Chicken Parmesan Bundles

This is a great variation of chicken Parmesan.  Plus you can use a bundle of spinach to get some extra veggies into your diet.  My daughter loved this dish even with the spinach.

Start by rinsing and taking the stems off of a whole bundle of spinach.  Yes, I said a whole bundle and you will see why in the next picture.  Put all that spinach into a pan and wilt it down on medium heat, stirring so that all the spinach wilts down.

Once it is all wilted down it will look like the picture above.  It shrinks down quite a bit and that is why you use a whole bundle of spinach.

Mix cream cheese, spinach, 1 cup mozzarella and 3 Tbsp. Parmesan until well blended; spread onto chicken breasts. Starting at one short end of each breast, roll up chicken tightly. Secure with wooden toothpicks, if desired.

Beat egg in shallow dish. Mix remaining Parmesan and cracker crumbs in separate shallow dish. Dip chicken in egg, then roll in crumb mixture. Place, seam-sides down, in 13×9 inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.

Bake 30 min or until chicken is done. Remove and discard toothpicks, if using. Serve topped with spaghetti sauce and remaining mozzarella.

Now that I am looking back at the pictures I totally forgot to serve with the sauce and mozzarella on top.  It was delicious with out it and it great with it.  So use your imagination in the above picture.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Chicken Parmesan Bundles

~ 4 oz. cream cheese, softened

~ 1 bundle of spinach or 1 10 oz. package of frozen spinach, thawed and well drained

~ 1 1/4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

~ 6 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese

~ 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (1 1/2 lb.), pounded to 1/4 inch thickness

~ 1 egg

~ 10 Ritz crackers, crushed (about 1/2 cup)

~ 1 1/2 cups spaghetti sauce, heated

Heat oven to 375⁰ F. Mix cream cheese, spinach, 1 cup mozzarella and 3 Tbsp. Parmesan until well blended; spread onto chicken breasts. Starting at one short end of each breast, roll up chicken tightly. Secure with wooden toothpicks, if desired.

Beat egg in shallow dish. Mix remaining Parmesan and cracker crumbs in separate shallow dish. Dip chicken in egg, then roll in crumb mixture. Place, seam-sides down, in 13×9 inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.

Bake 30 min or until chicken is done. Remove and discard toothpicks, if using. Serve topped with spaghetti sauce and remaining mozzarella.

Click Below to Print Recipe

Chicken Parmesan Bundles