Chicken Parmesan Bundles
When it's 4pm and you're not sure what to make for dinner, make this. Chicken Parmesan Bundles to the rescue!
Servings: 4
Calories: 561kcal
Ingredients
- 4 oz Cream Cheese softened
- 10 oz frozen chopped spinach thawed, and well drained
- 1 ¼ c mozzarella shredded cheese divided
- 6 tbsp Parmesan grated cheese (or Romano grated cheese), divided
- 6 small boneless skinless chicken breasts pounded to ¼-inch thickness
- 1 egg
- 10 Ritz style Crackers crushed (about ½ c)
- 1 ½ c pasta sauce heated
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375ºF.
- Mix cream cheese, spinach, 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese and 3 tbsp of the Parmesan or Romano cheese until well blended; spread evenly onto chicken breasts.
- Starting at one of the short ends of each breast, roll up chicken tightly. Secure with wooden toothpicks and set aside.
- Beat egg in shallow bowl or pie plate.
- Mix remaining 3 tbsp Parmesan cheese and the cracker crumbs in separate bowl or pie plate.
- Dip chicken bundles in egg, then roll in crumb mixture.
- Place, seam-sides down, in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
- Bake 30 min. or until chicken is cooked through.
- Remove and discard toothpicks, if using.
- Serve topped with the pasta sauce and remaining ¼ cup mozzarella cheese.
Nutrition
Calories: 561kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 56g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 214mg | Sodium: 2092mg | Potassium: 1815mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 10205IU | Vitamin C: 23.8mg | Calcium: 438mg | Iron: 5.4mg