Chicken Spinach Bake

This turned out great!  My daughter went back for seconds.

That's always a plus in my book.

Enjoy!

(click on pics to see a bigger image of the pic)

Ingredients:
Skinless Boneless Chicken Breast, 3 Garlic Cloves (We love garlic, so I use more), 1lb (16oz) Frozen Spinach, Shredded Mozzarella, 1 Red Bell Pepper, 1T Real Butter - Unsalted (not pictured, sorry), Sea Salt, Pepper, Parsley

Turn your oven on to 400 degrees.  Place your skillet over a medium heat.  Let it warm up while you get the chicken ready.  Slice the Chicken, lengthwise, in half

Salt and Pepper and rub in.  Turn them over and do the same on the other side.

Place them into a hot skillet to sear it.  Cook a few minutes and turn to sear the other side.  This will help keep it nice and juicy inside.

While your chicken is cooking, slice up your veggies.

When your chicken has this nice golden look, on both sides, place them on a cookie sheet.  Be sure to grease your pan first!  With Olive Oil Spray.  I learned that one the hard way.  :-(

Put your Spinach, Peppers, Garlic, Butter, and Salt and Pepper in the skillet, over medium heat.

Let is saute till the garlic is transparent.  Doesn't that look yummy!?

Then, spoon the spinach onto each chicken breast, sprinkling some Mozzarella on top.  Place a strip of Red Pepper over that.  Then sprinkle some Parsley over that.  Place in oven for 10 minutes.

Here is how it looks after taking it out of the oven.  At this point, I realized that I should have greased the pan first.  :-/

And there you go.  We had Cranberry Apple Salad with this.  Turned out to be a great dinner.  :-)






Recipe:

• 3 Skinless Boneless Chicken Breast
• 3 Garlic Cloves
• 1 Red Bell Pepper
• 1lb (16oz) Frozen Spinach
• Shredded Mozzarella
• 1T Real Butter - unsalted
• Sea Salt, Pepper, and Parsley to taste

Directions

1. Turn Oven on to 400 Degrees.
2. Place your skillet over medium heat.
3. Slice your chicken, lengthwise, in half and lay out flat.
4. Salt and pepper, then rub in on both sides.
5. Place in hot skillet to sear the side - cook for a few minutes
6. Flip to sear the other side - cook for a few more minutes
7. While chicken is cooking, slice up the garlic and peppers
8. When chicken is golden brown on each side, place them on a greased cookie sheet.
9. Put the spinach, sliced up veggies, salt, pepper, and butter into skillet and saute till garlic is transparent.
10. Spoon out spinach onto each chicken breast.
11. Sprinkle mozzarella on top.
12. Place 1 strip of pepper on top then sprinkle with parsley
13. Place in oven for 10 minutes.

Voila!  You're done!  :-)

If you try this, let me know.  I'd love to hear from you.
Thank you.