SERENA’S ITALIAN STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

6 boneless chicken breasts

trim off the fat from the breast and take knife and on the fattest part of the chicken make a insert.. push knife carefully and slowly back and forth making a pocket inside the chicken.

Then take 1 box of Chicken flavored stove top stuffing pour in med size bowl

then take 1 cup Ricotta cheese and put in with stovetop

take parmesan cheese and pour some in I didn’t measure about 1/4 cup

pour in about 1/3 cup cottage cheese

Mix up with your best tools.. your hands!

NOW you are ready to STUFF your chicken don’t stuff TOO full but make sure you stuff the full cavity for maximum flavor and even cooking of all breasts

once you have cavity stuffed.. carefully wash off chicken and set it aside..

In a small bowl you will make an egg wash.. 2 eggs with a tad of water beaten

in another bowl you will pour in some italian bread crumbs

Now you will preheat the oven to 355 and grease a large cookie sheet with olive oil.

set it aside and get out a large frying pan. Pour in some olive oil or veg oil and heat.

Take your chicken and dip in egg wash and into bread crumb mixture

THEN into hot pan. DO NOT OVERCROWD.. do three at a time

let brown on one side for two minutes then flip and brown the other side for about two minutes.. don’t burn

at this point they will smell amazing.. take out of pan and onto greased cookie sheet..

Put into oven and set time for 40-45 minutes to bake at 355

NOW you can be making your Rigatoni and Sauce to go with it like I did or you can make a simple pasta salad to serve with it.. =)

take out of oven and let REST before cutting or serving

Now Serve and enjoy

Been craving this dish so bad.. had to finally break down today and make it again… YUMMERS