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Italian Hasselback Chicken Breasts

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Stephanie Chavez
Updated Mar 8, 2023
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This hearty hasselback chicken recipe comes together in just a cinch—and the Italian-inspired flavors are anything but boring. Hasselback chicken breasts are stuffed with savory salami and cheese, placed over a layer of fresh mushroom slices and coated with a delicious sun-dried tomato-pesto sauce before baking. Whip up some kid-friendly hasselback chicken for family dinner, and you'll have everyone coming back for seconds!

Italian Hasselback Chicken Breasts

  • Prep Time 15 min
  • Total 45 min
  • Ingredients 5
  • Servings 4
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Ingredients

  • 1 cup sun-dried tomato-pesto sauce
  • 1 package (8 oz) sliced fresh mushrooms
  • 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
  • 4 slices mozzarella or provolone cheese, cut into strips
  • 10 slices salami, chopped

Instructions

  • Step 
    1
    Heat oven to 350°F. Coat bottom of 11x7- or 12x8-inch (2-quart) glass baking dish with 1 tablespoon from 1 cup sun-dried tomato-pesto sauce.
  • Step 
    2
    Arrange 1 package (8 oz) sliced fresh mushrooms in single layer in bottom of dish. Coat mushrooms with some of remaining sauce.
  • Step 
    3
    In tops of 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, make slices from top to almost bottom and 3/4-inch apart to form pockets; be sure not to cut all the way through. Spread 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons of sauce over each chicken breast half, making sure to also coat inside of pockets.
  • Step 
    4
    Fill pockets with strips cut from 4 slices mozzarella or provolone cheese and 10 slices salami, chopped. Place chicken over mushrooms in dish. Coat tops of chicken with remaining sauce.
  • Step 
    5
    Bake 30 minutes or until instant-read thermometer inserted into chicken (not into filling) reads 165°F.

Nutrition

770 Calories
55g Total Fat
57g Protein
9g Total Carbohydrate
3g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
770
Calories from Fat
500
Total Fat
55g
85%
Saturated Fat
15g
77%
Trans Fat
1/2g
Cholesterol
170mg
56%
Sodium
1410mg
59%
Potassium
720mg
21%
Total Carbohydrate
9g
3%
Dietary Fiber
2g
8%
Sugars
3g
Protein
57g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
8%
8%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
40%
40%
Iron
30%
30%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 5 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 6 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1/2
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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