POLOKWANE -Baking your chicken is a healthy way to cook as it locks in all the goodness and nutrition in your dish.
What’s for Dinner says the combination of basil and brie in this dish is a special treat.
Ingredients
- 6 chicken breasts, deboned (skinless)
- 1 pinch salt and pepper (to taste)
- 100g brie cheese, thinly sliced
- 250ml basil leaves, whole
- 150ml piquant peppers, finely chopped
- 15ml olive oil
- 1 x KNORR Creamy Mushroom Sauce
- 250ml boiling water
- 20ml fresh italian flat leaf parsley, chopped
Method
- Preheat oven to 180°C Using a sharp knife, cut into the thickest section of each breast to form a pocket, without cutting right through.
- Season the cavity with salt and pepper.
- Place a slice of cheese, basil and piquant peppers inside each breast cavity.
- Do not stuff it too full. Place the chicken breast onto a baking tray and drizzle with olive oil.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 200°C 30 min until the chicken is cooked and the filling has started to melt.
- Empty sachet contents into a jug.
- Fill up to 250 ml mark with boiling water.
- Stir with a fork for a minute until thick and smooth.
- Stir in parsley.
- Pour sauce over the chicken breasts and serve.