Garden Stuffed Chicken & Mozzarella
I was hopping through Google Reader when I came across a post about recipes and Katie Brown Celebrates over on B&B ex libris.
Anyway, she got me thinking about my various creations, and here's one that I posted on an older blog that I really loved making and eating. Check it out, try it. Tell me what you think.
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It is not often that I cook meals at home because frankly, I'm not that great a cook. However, on a rare occasion that I do cook, I mostly make up a recipe on my own. I was extremely excited about how the Chicken Mozzarella turned out last night, that I figured I would blog about it and share the recipe.
![Secret Ingredient Secret Ingredient](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F57e3e6f0-c527-48f0-8d00-bf0272b9c1b3_128x240.jpeg)
I started with two breasts of chicken and I split them horizontally so I could stuff them with yummy cheese and peppers. Once the breasts were split, I seasoned the insides of the chicken with garlic, oregano, pepper, onion, Parmesan cheese, and Worcestershire sauce. I diced up the red, green, and yellow peppers as well as the mozzarella cheese and chives. See Below.
![Side-by-Side Side-by-Side](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F56c02ffa-8f08-430a-bca7-79a7e2ebcc44_499x332.jpeg)
Once the inside was stuffed to the brim, I closed the chicken breasts with toothpicks. Topped the breasts with Italian seasoned bread crumbs and chives, and set them in a lightly sprayed glass baking dish. Check these images out.
![Buttoned Up 2 Buttoned Up 2](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2fe44cb4-06ba-4560-ab25-c2f8fc976a19_499x332.jpeg)
![Buttoned Up; Chicken Mozzarella Buttoned Up; Chicken Mozzarella](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F62712458-4aea-416e-8d35-43a31de44855_499x332.jpeg)
![Moist Chicken Mozzarella (before baking) Moist Chicken Mozzarella (before baking)](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7e91e5ba-373d-4ede-bff2-ff89c70a690e_499x332.jpeg)
Mind you, I am not a culinary genius. I baked the chicken breasts in the oven at 375 degrees for about 25 minutes or so (yes, I often fail to use a timer and do things sort of by hunches). When the chickens were nearly cooked, I placed slivers of mozzarella on the top to add more cheese, because I just love cheese. I placed the breasts back in the oven for a bit longer, maybe about 10 more minutes until the cheese melted and the breasts were fully cooked. And here is the result.
![Cooked Moist Chicken Mozzarella 2 Cooked Moist Chicken Mozzarella 2](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5ae5f3b4-7ce4-418c-86b8-ad686a5b56ae_500x375.jpeg)
![Cooked Moist Chicken Mozzarella Cooked Moist Chicken Mozzarella](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7408031b-5e7a-4b61-a010-d403f28490e1_500x375.jpeg)
I bet you are all salivating now. Enjoy!
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