Can you feel it, friends?! Spring! It’s in the air and it’s making me excited about all of the delicious produce that will be in season. Asparagus is one of my favorite spring veggies – I can never get enough! I came up with this dinner idea when I was dreaming of making one of my favorite omelette combinations, goat cheese and asparagus. It turned out SO good – I can’t wait for you to give it a try! Each chicken breast is 5 Blue WW SmartPoints/7 Green WW SmartPoints and 300 calories.
This dish is seriously delicious – it’s bursting with flavor thanks to the garlic and herb goat cheese. This flavorful cheese practically takes care of all of the seasoning for us! #Score This dinner is simple to make yet elegant and impressive if you want to serve it for guests. Go ahead and invite your in-laws over for dinner, I promise they won’t be disappointed! For the perfect meal I recommend serving this with a mixed green salad and some roasted potatoes. Yum!
Making the chicken is simple – we start by cutting each piece of chicken about 3/4 of the way open. This will allow us to have a nice pocket to add the goat cheese and asparagus. Once the chicken is cut, we spread some goat cheese into each piece and we don’t skip on the cheese around here either – each piece gets a full ounce! After the chicken is stuffed we coat the outside in breadcrumbs which will give it a nice crust. At this point we still need to add the asparagus – gently reopen each piece of chicken and lay in the spears. Easy peasy so far! All that’s left to do is sear each breast on the stove before sending it into the oven where it will finish cooking. That’s it. Told ya it was easy!
My Goat Cheese & Asparagus Stuffed Chicken makes 4 servings at 5 Blue WW SmartPoints/7 Green WW SmartPoints and 300 calories each. Enjoy!
- 4 chicken breasts, trimmed
- 4 oz garlic and herb goat cheese
- 12 spears of asparagus, trimmed (look for ones that aren't super thick)
- 1 egg white, lightly beaten
- 2 tbsp flour
- ¼ c bread crumbs (seasoned or unseasoned)
- salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Preheat oven to 375F. Line a baking pan with parchment paper and set aside.
- Cut open each chicken breast from the side, about ¾ of the way through, creating a pocket for the goat cheese and asparagus. Spread 1 oz of goat cheese inside of each chicken breast.
- Prepare the coating: place lightly beaten egg white into a large shallow bowl, place flour and bread crumbs on two separate plates. Season the chicken with a little salt and pepper then coat the stuffed chicken breast in the flour, dip in the egg white, and then coat with the bread crumbs. Set the breast aside and repeat with all pieces of chicken.
- Gently open each chicken breast again and lay 3 spears of asparagus inside. (This keeps the asparagus from getting covered in the coating.)
- In a large, heavy skillet heat the olive oil over medium heat. Brown the chicken breast on each side, just 1-2 minutes per side, until golden brown. Transfer to the baking pan. Give the ends of the asparagus a spritz of cooking spray.
- Finish cooking chicken in the oven for about 25 minutes, until cooked through and the internal temperature reaches 165F. Enjoy!
Serving suggestion: serve with mixed greens salad and roasted potatoes
*Nutritional Info is calculated using chicken breast that is 5 oz each.
Nutritional information is calculated with MyFitnessPal and may vary based on brands used. Smart Points information is calculated with the Weight Watchers app and may also vary based on brands used.
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