Italian Hasselback Chicken Breasts
Stephanie Chavez
Updated Mar 8, 2023
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
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
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Step1Heat 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.
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Step2Arrange 1 package (8 oz) sliced fresh mushrooms in single layer in bottom of dish. Coat mushrooms with some of remaining sauce.
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Step3In 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.
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Step4Fill 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.
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Step5Bake 30 minutes or until instant-read thermometer inserted into chicken (not into filling) reads 165°F.
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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
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