Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Lemon-Dill Sauce

  5.0 – 2 reviews  • Chicken Breast

Lemon cheesecake quickly.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 55 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 5
Yield: 5 stuffed chicken breasts

Ingredients

  1. 5 slices bacon
  2. 1 shallot, chopped
  3. nonstick cooking spray
  4. 5 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
  5. ¾ cup ricotta cheese
  6. ¾ teaspoon garlic powder
  7. 2 tablespoons butter
  8. 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  9. 1 cup chicken broth
  10. ¼ cup heavy cream
  11. 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  12. 2 tablespoons dry white wine
  13. 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill

Instructions

  1. Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer bacon to a paper-towel lined plate to drain, leaving bacon grease in the skillet. Chop bacon when cool enough to handle. Add shallot to bacon grease in the skillet and cook over medium-low heat until caramelized, 5 to 10 minutes.
  2. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat a glass casserole dish with cooking spray.
  3. Place the tip of a sharp knife 1 inch from the top of a chicken breast. Cut a shallow slice lengthwise down the center, stopping 1 inch from the bottom. Cut shallow slices horizontally across the top and bottom of the slice. Repeat with remaining chicken breasts.
  4. Combine chopped bacon, caramelized shallot, ricotta cheese, and garlic powder in a small bowl. Stuff each chicken breast with 2 to 3 tablespoons of the ricotta mixture and place in the prepared casserole dish.
  5. Cook in the preheated oven for 25 minutes.
  6. Meanwhile, melt butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add flour and whisk to create a roux. Slowly pour in chicken broth, stirring constantly until smooth. Add in cream, lemon juice, white wine, and dill. Cook, stirring continuously, until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
  7. Remove chicken from the oven. Pour sauce over chicken breasts, return to the oven, and cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 10 more minutes.
  8. Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and turn on the oven’s broiler. Broil chicken until slightly golden, about 3 minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 330 kcal
Carbohydrate 7 g
Cholesterol 115 mg
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Protein 32 g
Saturated Fat 9 g
Sodium 584 mg
Sugars 1 g
Fat 19 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Kristen Baker
I needed a recipe to use my fresh picked dill and green onions and I saw this one. It turned out really well although I halved the amount of lemon juice because sometimes recipes can be too tart for me. I used the extra sauce for mashed potatoes and it was really flavorful. Thank you I will be making this again!
David Stephens
I made this last night. The flavors were great. The family loved it. I’ll be making this again. Great job on a very flavorful recipe.

 

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