Creamy spinach-stuffed chicken with courgette
2
Points®
Total time: 50 min • Prep: 25 min • Cook: 25 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
These impressive-looking stuffed chicken breast fillets are a great dish if you’re entertaining guests. Everything is cooked on one tray, so you’ll save time on the washing up later on!


Ingredients
Spinach
75 g
Medium fat soft cheese
75 g
Parmesan Cheese
20 g, finely grated
Dijon Mustard
1 teaspoon(s), level
Garlic
1 clove(s), crushed
Chicken breast, skinless, raw
800 g, 4 x 200g
Courgette
4 medium
Calorie controlled cooking spray
8 spray(s)
Cherry Tomatoes
400 g
Rocket
100 g
Balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon(s)
Instructions
1
Preheat the oven to 200°C, fan 180°C, gas mark 6. Fill the kettle with water and boil. Line a large shallow roasting tin with baking paper. Put the spinach in a colander set in the sink and slowly pour over the boiled water. Stir until wilted. Leave to cool, then squeeze out any excess water and roughly chop.
2
Put the soft cheese, Parmesan, mustard and garlic into a bowl with plenty of black pepper and a pinch of salt. Add the chopped spinach and mix well.
3
Cut a slit into the side of each of the 4 chicken breast fillets to make a pocket, then fill each pocket with a quarter of the soft cheese mixture.
4
Peel the courgettes lengthways into wide ribbons, stopping when you reach the seedy middle (see Cook’s tips, below). Wrap 10-12 ribbons around each chicken breast, ensuring they overlap and tucking them underneath. Transfer to the prepared tray. Mist with cooking spray and season to taste.
5
Bake for 5 minutes, then arrange the tomatoes around the chicken fillets. Mist the tomatoes with cooking spray and season well. Bake for a further 20 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and pale golden. Serve with rocket leaves drizzled with balsamic vinegar.
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