This recipe is not only easy to make but serves as the perfect main course for a nice sit down evening with your friends and family.
Ingredients:
3 chicken breasts
One bundle of spinach leaves
1tsp garlic paste (for the stuffing)
Soy sauce for marinating
Mozzarella cheese (thinly sliced)
For the sauce:
A handful of mushrooms
1 packet cream
Corn-flour
Freshly ground pepper
1 small onion chopped
Method:
Flatten the chicken breasts with a meat mallet. Rub with soy sauce, garlic paste, salt and black pepper.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600"]
Photo: Nida Waqar[/caption]
Blanch* the spinach leaves and drain. Add salt, red chilli flakes and garlic paste.
*Blanching is a method in which you add vegetables to boiling water for one min and immediately drain and add it to a bowl of chilled water so it doesn’t lose its colour.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="337"]
Photo: Nida Waqar[/caption]
Spoon out about one heaped tablespoon of the spinach mixture on each breast and spread. Add more if required. It should be a thin layer. Add the sliced mozzarella and roll the breast up, securing with toothpicks. Cut it into three after securing it.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="337"]
Photo: Nida Waqar[/caption]
Heat up two tablespoons oil, in a frying pan and place the chicken in it. Let it cook on one side for one minute each. Keep a medium flame. Then add about 1/4th cup of water and cook it, changing sides for even cooking. Take the pieces out in a plate and let it rest. Take the toothpicks out after five minutes.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="337"]
Photo: Nida Waqar[/caption]
For the sauce:
Heat a tablespoon of oil, add the chopped onion and sauté till transparent. Add the mushrooms and pepper. Add a cup of water and cook for two minutes. Blend and put it back on the flame. Add the cream and thicken with corn-flour to get the right consistency. Season with salt. You can add chopped parsley to it too.
Pour the sauce over the chicken and serve with pasta or a buttered bun.
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="337"]
Photo: Nida Waqar[/caption]
There couldn’t be a more elaborate looking and easy cooking dish for that formal dinner evening you had planned out!
Give this delicious recipe a try and let me know how your guests reacted to it in the comments below.
Bon Appétit!