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Festive Chicken Roll-ups
This is the Festive Chicken Roll-ups recipe.
- Prep: 15 min
- Cooking: 20 min
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Ingredients
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves fillets removed (4 oz/120 g each)
- 2 tbsp (30 mL) basil pesto
- 5 oz (150 g) Canadian Swiss thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup (125 mL) Italian-style bread crumbs
- 1/2 tsp (2 mL) paprika
- 4 tsp (20 mL) butter melted
- Finely chopped fresh parsley
- Red bell pepper thinly sliced
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Preparation
Pound chicken breasts between sheets of waxed paper until 1/4 to 1/8 inch (6 to 3 mm) thick. Spread 1 tsp (5 mL) pesto on each piece.
Place Canadian Swiss in a strip along the length of each breast, cutting it to fit as necessary. Starting at the narrow end, roll up, jelly roll style, being careful to enclose cheese. Tuck ends underneath.
Combine bread crumbs, paprika and butter in a small bowl. Coat each chicken roll-up with crumbs and place, seam side down, in a 1-1/2 quart (1.5 L) rectangular roasting pan; sprinkle with a little more paprika.
Bake in 400 °F (200 °C) oven 20 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. Garnish each serving with parsley and red pepper, if desired.
Tips
Stuff, roll and coat chicken early in the day. Cover and refrigerate. Increase baking time by 5 minutes.
Variation: Replace basil pesto with roasted red pepper or sun-dried tomato pesto and Italian-style bread crumbs with corn flake crumbs.
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Nutritional information
Per servingEnergy: | 286 Calories |
Protein: | 35 g |
Carbohydrate: | 5 g |
Fat: | 14 g |
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Calcium: | 267 mg |