A lovely stuffed chicken breast recipe - stuffed with falafel, sun-dried tomatoes, cashew nuts and basil wrapped in bacon and oven roasted.
While this recipe is going to involve getting your hands dirty, it's actually not that complicated. It looks impressive, doesn't involve anything too exotic and even tastes good.
Ingredients (serves 2)
- 2 chicken breasts (ie both sides of the breast)
- 6tbsp of falafel mix, or freshly made
- 1/4 cup sun-dried tomatoes, chopped
- A small handful of cashew nuts
- A small handful of cheese
- A small handful of chopped fresh basil
- 4 rashers of bacon
- 6 lengths of oven-proof string, enough to wrap around your rolled chicken breast
Roll your own
Start by butterflying the chicken breast. This involves getting the largest possible surface area out of the chicken breast by placing on a board and slicing through the middle of the chicken breast, then folding out on a flat surface.
Along one edge, line up some falafel and chopped sun-dried tomatoes - this will form the center of the roll. Start rolling the chicken breast, as tight as you can.
As you start rolling, sprinkle basil, crushed cashews, any leftover sun-dried tomato and a little cheese inside the chicken breast. This is going to get extremely messy, but gives it all the flavor. There is no need to use too much cheese in this dish, so use sparingly.
Somehow, holding the roll of chicken tight, wrap 2 rashers of bacon around each chicken breast, and tie together with some string. If it's all holding together at this stage, you are doing well.
Cooking and serving
Once it's all rolled and tied down, place into an oven dish and cook in a preheated oven at 220 degrees Celsius for around 40 minutes. It's important to cook for a reasonable length of time so that the insides cook properly.
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Comments
Kaylene - Nov 2, 2007
What would be a good sauce to go on top of the chicken?
Mariena Payne - Nov 16, 2007
Wow..it's yummy..thanks for sharing the recipe.
I live in NZ as well...
I live in NZ as well...
karen - Dec 16, 2007
Hi that sounds great, but what is falafel and the recipe please
Harvey - Dec 17, 2007
Hi Karen,
Falafel is a chickpea based paste that is normally rolled into little balls and fried.
You can buy it in the supermarket, or make your own.
My recipe is a little different to most in that it is based on chili beans and couscous, but it it just as good as the chickpea based versions.
I uploaded the recipe to the site this morning for you (It has been sitting on the camera for a while waiting to be put on the website so thanks for the incentive to do so!).
Harvey.
Falafel is a chickpea based paste that is normally rolled into little balls and fried.
You can buy it in the supermarket, or make your own.
My recipe is a little different to most in that it is based on chili beans and couscous, but it it just as good as the chickpea based versions.
I uploaded the recipe to the site this morning for you (It has been sitting on the camera for a while waiting to be put on the website so thanks for the incentive to do so!).
Harvey.
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