These Spinach and Feta Stuffed Chicken are baked, easy to make, low-carb, gluten-free, and very flavorful.
We (me and Thomas) are spending the week in Montreal since my husband is out of the country, traveling for work. I prefer to come here because my in-laws always help me with my baby boy if I need their help.
You can imagine that being alone in Toronto without Pierre and my family is not fun, especially now that I have a baby to take care. So I came to Montreal, giving my in-laws more time to play with their grandson and giving myself have some help too. They absolutely love being with Thomas and of course, Tom also loves being with them. So, it’s all good!
We are at the family cottage and it’s so cold here!! I can’t believe we are few days from spring and it’s still very cold. But I have to say that although is cold I love the look at the frozen lake! It’s so beautiful.
Before my husband left Toronto for a couple weeks, I created this Spinach and Feta Stuffed Chicken recipe and it was a big winner. Inspired by this Asparagus Stuffed Chicken Breast and Sun-Dried Tomato, Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Chicken. My husband loved it and now it will be on our dinner menu at least once a week. We love “stuffed” recipes, see my Easy Ground Turkey Stuffed Peppers and Ground Turkey Sweet Potato Stuffed Peppers if you don’t believe me.
This recipe is very flavorful. The combo of feta cheese, spinach, and black olives bring any chicken recipe to another level. On top of all these tasty ingredients, I used mozzarella cheese and tomato sauce to add more layers of flavor to this dish. AWESOME!! These Spinach and Feta Stuffed Chicken goes really well with spaghetti (pasta or zucchini noodles) or even roasted veggies, rice, or quinoa salad. You can even serve it with a soup like this Spinach Sweet Potato Soup. Enjoy!
Spinach and Feta Stuffed Chicken
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup chopped yellow onion
- 5 ounces baby spinach
- 2 ounces crumbled feta cheese about 1/2 cup
- 3 tablespoon black olives diced
- 4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless free range organic chicken breasts
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 cup sugar-free tomato sauce
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella
- Fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Prep the filling:
- In a large skillet over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon olive oil.
- Add onion and cook for about 8 minutes. Don’t forget to stir occasionally.
- Add spinach and cook for 1 minute. Remove pan from heat. Add feta and black olives and mix everything well to combine. Set it aside.
Prep the chicken:
- Cut the chicken into 8 pieces and pound all the four pieces until they are thin. Season chicken with salt and pepper on both sides. Put 1 ½ tablespoon of the spinach mixture in the middle of the chicken and roll it up. Secure together using toothpicks, if needed. Repeat the process for all the chicken pieces.
- Put ½ cup of the tomato sauce on the bottom of a greased baking dish and set it aside.
- In a skillet, sauté the chicken breast in oil until golden brown. Then transfer the chicken to the baking dish.
- Cover evenly with remaining tomato sauce and bake for 25 to 30 minutes until the chicken gets to an internal temperature of 165°F degrees.
- Remove chicken from the oven, top with mozzarella cheese and bake for more 2 minutes. Before serving top with fresh parsley.
Tips
- Make sure to pound the chicken into even thickness so they all cook through at the same time.
- Since spinach wilts as they cook, it’s best to cook them before adding them to the chicken.
- I recommend shredding your own mozzarella as pre-shredded cheese tends to not melt as smoothly.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.
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Sues says
This seriously looks like the best chicken ever!!
Olivia says
You’re so sweet, Sues. Thanks a lot for always stopping by 😉
Olivia says
Thanks a lot, Sues!
Chris Waghorn says
I’m a big fan of stuffed chicken, and Feta, feta is great! All cheese is great to be honest but feta is closer towards the top of the list. This looks so yum!
Olivia says
OH thank you so much! Yes, this chicken is very flavourful especially because the feta cheese 😉
Shelly says
While the taste of this dish was pretty good, I was disappointed in the recipe. I made this for a friend who just had a baby (and made a batch for my family at the same time). I got down to the part of the direction where it said to top with mozzarella. This wasn’t listed in the ingredients so I didn’t have any on hand. I had to leave my recipe in the middle and run to the store to get some. It also didn’t say how much. Also, it says “olive oil – diced”; that was obviously a typo to mean olives. And it doesn’t say when to use the salt and pepper. I used it in the mixture, but maybe I was supposed to use it on the breasts? This was a short recipe, so I was surprised at how confusing that all was. Also, the mozzarella burned on top by the time the chicken was cooked. If I were to make this again, I would add the mozzarella right at the end so it just has time to melt and burn to a crisp.
Olivia says
I’m so sorry to hear that. I just adjusted the recipe to clear further confusion. Thanks for pointing it out!
Katherine says
My local store already has stuffed chicken breast with spinach and feta cheese already prepped that’s all I have to do is throw it in the oven