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Chicken Haystacks Recipe

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Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 boneless skinless chicken breast
1 sheet shredded Phyllo pastry (room temp.)
2 tbsp. feta cheese
1 tbsp. basil pesto sauce
2 tbsp. diced black olives (optional)
1 tomato (finely chopped)
10 fresh basil leaves (finely chopped)
Directions:
Directions:
Pat chicken dry and season with salt and pepper.
In a bowl, mix Feta cheese, chopped Basil with pesto sauce.
Make a horizontal cut in chicken creating a pocket.
Fill each chicken with Feta mixture.
Wrap each breast in Phyllo dough and bake at 350º for 25 minutes.
Serve with olives and tomato.
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
2
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
20 minutes
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
I like to wrap stuffed chicken with 2 layers of Phyllo. After carefully adding Pesto to top layer in order to help Phyllo stick; I add thinly sliced Phyllo strips to layer over the top wrapped layer for the "Haystack" effect.

 

 

 

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