Cottage Cheese Spinach Chicken

87 Reviews

Prep: 10 min
Cook: 25 min
Ready In: 35 min

“Cajun-seasoned chicken breast stuffed with a cottage cheese and spinach mixture, then baked in butter. Serve with tossed salad, if desired.” - by POTLICKER

Ingredients

1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, thawed
1/2 yellow onion, chopped
1 cup cottage cheese
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
2 tablespoons Cajun-style seasoning
2 tablespoons melted butter

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Original recipe yields 4 servings

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Squeeze excess water out of thawed spinach; in a large bowl, mix spinach with onion and cottage cheese and set aside.
Season chicken breasts with Cajun-style seasoning, then place 1/4 of cheese/spinach mixture in the center of each breast and fold in half. Secure with toothpicks and place in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish.
Drizzle with melted butter and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 25 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and juices run clear.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (4 total)

Calories
274 cal
14%

Fat
10.4 g
16%

Carbs
7.5 g
2%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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yellowzigzag

Feb. 5, 2006

"We loved this recipe. I added a little extra cottage cheese and a little garlic. Instead of rolling the chicken, I just butterflied and filled them. It took much longer to cook than recipe stated. ..." See moreI ended up baking it at 400 degrees for about 50 minutes."

PIALA420

Nov. 22, 2005

"Yum!!! delicious and good for you! My boyfriend said that this was absolutely gourmet and couldn't believe that it was actually healthy. The cottage cheese gives it a creamy moist texture without be..." See moreing overpowering. I do think it would work better to butterfly the breasts first, or at least pound them to flatten them a bit so you can put more of the yummy filling in. I covered the breasts with whatever filling was left over, and it was fantastic."

chillyjilly

Sep. 6, 2006

"This turned out really delicious...my picky husband even liked it a lot. Will definitely make again. I sauteed the spinach and onion with a dab of butter and garlic, salt and pepper before adding to..." See more the cottage cheese. I also added about 2 tbsp of cream cheese to the mixture. I recommend pounding out the chicken before seasoning (I rubbed chicken with about 1 tbsp of cajun seasoning and 1 tbsp of MAGIC seasoning) because this makes it easy to roll the chicken up. I baked at 400 for about 30 min and added some mozzarella for the last 10 min."

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