poultry essentials: stuffed chicken breast

How To Make poultry essentials: stuffed chicken breast

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  Step 1
  PREP/PREPARE
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  Step 2
  Gather your ingredients (mise en place).
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  Step 3
  Prepping the Chicken Breast You have two choices: you can pound it flat, or you can butterfly it. Pound Flat Use a meat mallet or heavy-bottom pan to pound the chicken breast into an even thickness of about 1/4 inch. Butterfly It Carefully cut the chicken breast in half, leaving a bit on one side, so it opens like a book. You can find tutorials on the internet for both techniques. If you want my opinion, I prefer the butterfly method.
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  Step 4
  Stuff and Roll the Chicken Breast Lay the spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, and Feta on the chicken breast, sprinkle with a bit of salt and pepper, then roll up. Wrap the rolled chicken breast tightly with the bacon, and sprinkle with a bit more salt and pepper.
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  Step 5
  Place a rack in the middle position and preheat the oven to 400F/205C.
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  Step 6
  Add the oil to an ovenproof skillet over medium heat. When the oil begins to shimmer, add the bacon-rolled chicken breast.
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  Step 7
  Allow to sear for about 2 minutes, and turn over, and sear on all sides, about 2 minutes per side. This will get the cooking process going and help to crisp the bacon.
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  Step 8
  Place into the preheated oven, and bake until the internal temperature reaches 165F/73C, about 30 – 40 minutes.
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  Step 9
  Remove from the oven and allow to rest for about 5 minutes before serving.
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  Step 10
  PLATE/PRESENT
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  Step 11
  Thickly slice and serve. I served mine over rice. Enjoy.
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  Step 12
  Keep the faith, and keep cooking.
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  Step 13
  Namaste’
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