Chicken Breasts Stuffed with Blue Cheese and Cranberry
Recipe submitted by Carole34
This stuffed chicken breast goes really well with brown rice and a cheesey sauce.
Ingredients
- 1 large chicken breast per person
- 1 tbsp cranberyy sauce per breast
- 2oz blue cheese per breast
- salt and pepper
- oil for flash frying
Method
- Slice breast length ways to make a pocket. Stuff with 1 tablespoon of cranberry sauce and 2oz of your favourite blue cheese per breast. Use a knife to 'stretch' a rasher of streaky bacon (you could use parma ham or pancetta). Wrap the chicken breast with bacon and secure with cocktail sticks or string. Brown each breast to shrink the bacon then place in the breasts in the oven, Gas Mark 6/200c/400f, for about 15 mins or until the juices run clear!!!
- You could use the left over blue cheese to make a cheese and mushroom sauce to go with the breasts!! Delicious!!!
Notes & Tips
For cheese sauce Fry finely diced onion, garlic to taste and sliced mushrooms in about 3 tblsp of white wine. Add blue cheese until melted then thin the mixture with cream until desired consistency.
