½cupsliced fresh spinach leavespacked or ¼ cup canned or boiled spinach
1teaspoonof prepared seasoning
1tablespoontomato paste *
2cream cheese triangles or cubes*
¼cupwater
Breading
5tablespoonflour
2½teaspoonof prepared seasoning
1eggsbeaten
½cupbread crumbs or cornflakes
Oil to fry
Instructions
Prepare Seasoning
Mix ingredients of seasoning in bowl and set aside.
Marinate Chicken
Wash and pat dry chicken breast.
In a bowl mix all ingredients of marination. Apply marination over chicken breast and let it marinate for 30 minutes.
Prepare Stuffing
While chicken marinates let us prepare stuffing. In a pan heat oil, then add spinach , prepared seasoning ,tomato paste, cheese triangles and water. Cover the pot and cook for 7 minutes until spinach is tender.
Remove the lid and cook further until it forms a thick sauce.
Make deep cavity in chicken breast by making deep cuts in the outer side of breast. Then stuff the filling in the cavity. Set aside.
Breading Station
Mix 2 teaspoon of prepared seasoning with flour in a bowl. In another bowl, beat an egg with ½ teaspoon of prepared seasoning. Keep bread crumbs in third bowl. Set all three bowls in a line.
Dip each chicken breast carefully in flour, dusting off any excess flour. Then dip in egg wash and finally coat with bread crumb. (You can also coat with crushed cornflakes.)
Shallow fry breaded chicken breast for 10 minutes, 4-5 minutes on each side, until crispy and golden.
Video
Notes
You may substitute 1 teaspoon garlic powder with 1 teaspoon garlic paste.
Add garlic paste in chicken marination and skip garlic in seasoning.
You can substitute 1 tablespoon tomato paste with 1 fresh tomato diced, but then you have to cook longer until tomato melts and water dries.
You can substitute 2 cream cheese triangles with 3 tablespoon of cream cheese.