Stuffed Chicken Cutlets (Oamc)

* Pamela *'s Note:

From FREEZE IT in "Everyday Food". An elegant recipe for supper from the freezer. Use 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts, if desired.

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 8 ounces feta cheese
• ½ cup roasted red pepper , rinsed and patted dry
• 3 scallions , thinly sliced
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 16 chicken cutlets
• salt and pepper , to taste
• 2 cups tomato sauce (optional)

Directions:

1. Combine feta, peppers, scallions, oregano, and basil in a medium bowl.
2. Place cutlets on a flat surface, smooth side down. Spoon about 2 tbsp of feta mixture into the center of each cutler and the fold short sides in and then long sides creating a packet. Arrange packets, seam side down on a wax paper lined baking sheet making sure they do not touch each other. Freeze until firm-about an hour. Place into a ziploc bag, label and date. These can be frozen up to 8 weeks.
3. To serve: preheat oven to 400°F
4. Lightly grease two baking sheets and place frozen cutlets, seam side down. lightly season with salt and pepper and bake for 30-40 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. If desired, top with warmed tomato sauce.

Reviews

[jswinks]

These were pretty good - I used pounded chicken breasts and just rolled them around a glob of the mixture which worked well. I used fresh basil which really tasted great in there (about 1 Tbsp). Be sure you like feta though, the taste is very strong, but yummy if you like it!

[Chef_Beauchamp]

Chicken was okay. My family did not care for the stuffing inside the chicken. Spices were a bit strong.

[Steph_40135]

Really good meal. I will wrap the chicken with bacon next time though.