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Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Mozzarella and Spinach

April 1, 2016 by Cris 36 Comments

Here it is! The so-promised chicken breasts stuffed with mozzarella cheese and spinach recipe is so crazy-delicious that even some vegetarians will come running over for dinner! 🙂 I mean it!

Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Mozzarella and Spinach-1 No April Fool’s Day (the one day that it’s apparently acceptable to do awful things to the people you care about and get away with it)! No hours of preparation! Not even cooking skills required! You only need chicken breast (as many as you like), spinach, mozzarella cheese, Gouda cheese (optional), turmeric (optional), chili flakes, butter and olive oil. I’m counting 8 ingredients. You?

Before you dive in, I’d like to apologize for my absence in here. It’s been a rough few weeks – first dealing with the broken hand and then finishing with a nasty flu that kicked my butt. Ouch!

But that’s over now (I really HOPE so!). And I am even racing tomorrow and ready to kick some ass! :)) So fingers crossed, please! 🙂

You guys.

Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Mozzarella and Spinach-2I really cannot get enough of this dish – baked chicken breasts stuffed with buttery cooked-spinach and mozzarella cheese, all covered in Gouda cheese – so so DELICIOUS! It’s my new favorite way of eating chicken breast.

You can make this recipe as is, or borrow the buttery cooked-spinach and mozzarella cheese for stuffing your favorite type of meat – turkey stuffed with buttery cooked-spinach and honey-feta cheese come to mind first. You could also replace the fresh spinach with frozen one and skip the spice turmeric (also called curcumin), topping the chicken breasts instead with toasted nuts, maybe even pouring white wine evenly over the chicken. Mmmmm! 😉

Ready? Get started by following my list of ingredients such as chicken breasts, fresh baby spinach, mozzarella cheese, Gouda cheese, turmeric, chili flakes, butter and olive oil.

Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Mozzarella and Spinach-3 First things first, heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon butter to the pan. Add spinach and cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently until spinach has started to cook down. Then add mozzarella cheese and cook 2 extra minutes while keep stirring.

Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Mozzarella and Spinach-4 Meanwhile, cut a horizontal slit through the center of each chicken breast to form a pocket.

Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Mozzarella and Spinach-5Then place a large spoonful of spinach mixture in each pocket and season it with turmeric and chili.

Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Mozzarella and Spinach-6Lastly, sprinkle with Gouda cheese and place the chicken breasts stuffed with mozzarella cheese and spinach on baking dish. Then drizzle with olive oil. Bake 30 to 35 minutes at 200°C, until chicken breasts get light golden brown.

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Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Mozzarella and Spinach
Author: Cook It Fit
Prep time:  5 mins
Cook time:  35 mins
Total time:  40 mins
Serves: 4
 
Chicken breasts stuffed with mozzarella cheese and spinach recipe makes an incredible dish for dinner! This recipe yields enough for 4 servings but if you may want to double the recipe, then just use two baking dish in the middle and upper third of the oven, and swap them halfway through cooking.
Ingredients
  • FILLING:
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese
  • ⅓ cup (about 1½ ounces) Gouda cheese
  • ¼ teaspoon chili flakes
  • ¼ teaspoon turmeric
  • 1 cup fresh baby spinach, rinsed and drained
  • CHICKEN:
  • 4 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
Instructions
  1. First things first, preheat the oven to 250°C (~480°F).
  2. Next, heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon butter (or olive oil) to the pan. Add spinach and cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently until spinach has started to cook down. Then add mozzarella cheese and cook 2 extra minutes while keep stirring.
  3. Meanwhile, make incisions into chicken, ½ inches apart, being careful not to cut through the chicken.
  4. Then stuff each incision with a large spoonful of spinach mixture and season it with turmeric and chili.
  5. Lastly, sprinkle with Gouda cheese and place the chicken breasts stuffed with mozzarella cheese and spinach on baking dish. Then drizzle with olive oil.
  6. Bake 30 to 35 minutes at 200°C, until chicken breasts get light golden brown.
Notes
Recipe slightly adapted from CookingLight

CHANGE IT UP: You could replace the fresh spinach with frozen spinach and skip the spice turmeric (also called curcumin), topping the chicken breasts instead with toasted nuts, maybe even pouring white wine evenly over the chicken.
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That’s it! It’s simple, straightforward, SUPER DELISH (I promise!) dish that will make your weeknights-dinner tastier. 😉

Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Mozzarella and Spinach-9Et Voilà – so delicious, healthy and fast to make – for gray days and sunny days and any day in between.

Did you make this recipe? Then tag #cookitfit on your favorite social media channels. I’d love to see! 🙂

Stay healthy & be happy!
Xoxo Cris

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Comments

  1. Lucy Robinson says

    April 1, 2016 at 8:45 pm

    Looks delicious, would goats cheese work?

    Reply
    • Cris says

      April 1, 2016 at 8:46 pm

      Definitely!!! 🙂 Thank you, Lucy! Xoxo

      Reply
      • Lucy Robinson says

        April 1, 2016 at 8:48 pm

        🙂
        Xxx

        Reply
  2. Sarah says

    April 8, 2016 at 6:07 pm

    Okay, this is going on my meal plan for next week! YUM!!!!

    Reply
  3. Kim says

    April 24, 2016 at 4:43 pm

    Looks delicious! Do you have the nutritional value?

    Reply
    • Cris says

      April 30, 2016 at 5:02 pm

      Hi, Kim! It shouldn’t be more than 350 calories per serving. I hope this helps. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Linda says

    July 29, 2016 at 12:09 am

    Can I use fresh buffalo mozzerella instead?

    Reply
    • Cris says

      August 10, 2016 at 2:44 pm

      Absolutely, Linda! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Kyle says

    November 16, 2016 at 3:11 am

    I see preheat oven to 250 but then it says bake at 200. Also that seems like a low heat for baked chicken, we baked it at 250 for 35 minutes and the chicken read 154 on the thermometer.

    Reply
    • Cris says

      November 16, 2016 at 10:15 pm

      Hi, Kyle. I’d suggest you guys bake the chicken at 250 for 35 minutes. If it always works that way, then you shouldn’t change it. I hope this helps. Please let me know how it turned out for you! 🙂 Enjoy!

      Reply
    • wesley meigs says

      April 10, 2019 at 3:17 am

      I too was suspicious about the 200 degree cooking temp.
      I baked it @ 250 for 35 min and it was about half cooked.

      Reply
    • Brett says

      April 10, 2020 at 1:14 am

      Hi Cris…I’m looking forward to trying this tonight! You might want to provide both degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit because it looks like there is some confusion from the comments. A few folks are cooking the chicken at 200 degrees F which, as you know, is a low temperature….but your recipe calls for 200 degrees Celsius which is around 400 degrees F. I’ll let you know how it turns out!

      Thanks!

      Reply
  6. Michele says

    January 24, 2017 at 9:21 pm

    You say to cut a horizontal slit through center of chicken yet your picture shows the breasts have several slits

    Reply
    • Cris says

      January 24, 2017 at 9:46 pm

      Michele, you’re right!!! Actually, there are several slits. Thank you for noticing and sending me your feedback. I’m going to change the instructions right away. I hope you still gave the recipe a go. 🙂

      Reply
  7. Christine says

    February 23, 2017 at 8:06 pm

    Going to cook this for dinner tonight☺

    Reply
    • Cris says

      March 3, 2017 at 9:51 pm

      Hi Christine! I hope you really enjoyed it. 🙂

      Reply
  8. Riss says

    April 6, 2017 at 5:03 pm

    I cooked this last night and it was delicious!

    Reply
    • Cris says

      April 11, 2017 at 7:45 pm

      Hi, Riss! Thank your for your feedback. 🙂 I am happy you’ve enjoyed it as well. It’s been my fav way of cooking chicken for quite some time now.

      Reply
  9. Elizabeth says

    July 13, 2017 at 1:05 pm

    I’m going to cook this tonight, if I wanted to add sauce on top which would you use?

    Reply
    • Barbara Wands says

      July 25, 2017 at 10:51 pm

      We used a tomato butter sauce over the top

      Reply
      • Cris says

        July 30, 2017 at 10:17 am

        That sounds like a fantastic idea! Thank you, Barbara! I will also give it a go.

        Reply
    • Cris says

      July 30, 2017 at 10:24 am

      Hi, Elizabeth! Sorry for the delay. I’d definitely give to mango-sauce a try. Haven’t done it yet, though.

      Reply
  10. Barbara says

    September 20, 2017 at 8:48 pm

    What side dish goes best with this chicken ? I want to make this tonight but not surrwhat t goes well with. Thanks

    Reply
    • Cris says

      September 20, 2017 at 9:11 pm

      Hi, Barbara! Asparagus salad will do the trick.

      Reply
  11. Meg says

    January 10, 2018 at 1:42 am

    At first it says preheat to 250 degrees Celsius. Later it says bake at 200. I’m gambling on the latter…

    Reply
  12. Erica says

    October 5, 2018 at 12:25 am

    Can I substitute blue cheese for the gouda cheese?

    Reply
    • Cris says

      October 5, 2018 at 8:48 am

      Hi Erica. Sure you can, I personally haven’t tried it thou. Let me know please how it goes. Enjoy!

      Reply
  13. Georgia Leshko says

    January 28, 2019 at 4:09 pm

    We really like your site, it has good information, Have a nice day!

    Reply
    • Cris says

      February 1, 2019 at 9:44 pm

      Thank you very much for your feedback, Georgia! Have a nice weekend! Xoxo

      Reply
    • Cris says

      March 22, 2019 at 7:55 pm

      Thank you very much, Georgia! Have a lovely weekend! Best, Cris

      Reply
  14. Fantastic chicken says

    March 10, 2019 at 4:35 am

    One of the best chicken recipes I’ve had in a while. I covered in foil for 35 min at 450 F. Took the foil off for the last 5 min to brown a little bit (helps control the burn on the bottom of the pan as well). Also added a bit of garlic to the spinach cheese combo. Amazing….definitely doing it again

    Reply
    • Cris says

      March 22, 2019 at 7:58 pm

      That’s a great idea. I’ll try it myself, too. Thank you so much for your feedback! Wishing you a very nice weekend. Cris xx

      Reply
  15. Susan Kovacs says

    March 30, 2019 at 3:02 am

    It was delicious. I thought it was a bit heavy on the mozza but as usual my hubby says there’s no such thing as too much cheese! Next time I’ll try a bit more spinach. And maybe skip the olive oil drizzle to lower calories?

    Reply
    • Cris says

      September 3, 2019 at 4:56 pm

      Hi Susan, thank you so much for your feedback! Skipping the olive oil to lower the calories is definitely an option. Try it and let me know how it went. Xoxo, Cris

      Reply
  16. Deb says

    April 28, 2019 at 3:18 am

    Shut the front door- this was good! : ) the only change I made was subbing chipotle chili pepper for the turmeric, as I was out, and adding chopped sundried tomatoes with the spinach and cheese stuffing. My chicken breasts were large, so I did end up cooking them a few minutes longer. Wonderful recipe..

    Reply
    • Cris says

      September 3, 2019 at 4:53 pm

      So happy to read your comment, Deb! Glad you enjoyed it 🙂 Xoxo, Cris

      Reply

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