Cheese-stuffed Chicken with Wild Rice
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recipe ingredients
3 cups nonfat chicken broth (2 cans)
1 1/4 cups wild rice
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
2 cups red pearl onions (about 3/4 in. wide) or coarsely chopped red onions
8 boned, skinned chicken breast halves (5 to 7 oz. each)
1 package (about 5 oz.) garlic-herb-flavor Boursin or Alouette cheese
3/4 cup orange marmalade
About 1 teaspoon fresh-ground pepper
2 tablespoons minced fresh chives or green onions
Salt
recipe directions
In a 3- to 4-quart pan over high heat, bring broth, rice, and orange peel to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer until rice is tender to bite, 50 to 60 minutes. As rice cooks, peel onions. Add onions (whole or chopped) to rice for the last 10 minutes of cooking.
Rinse chicken and pat dry. With a sharp knife, cut a horizontal slit about 2 inches long on the side of each breast, then wiggle knife back and forth to form a pocket as long and wide as possible without piercing the exterior of chicken. Spoon l/8 of the cheese deep into each pocket.
Spoon rice mixture (including liquid) equally into 2 shallow casseroles (each 3 qt., about 9 by 13 in.). Lay 4 chicken breast halves, smooth side up, on rice in each casserole.
Bake, covered, in a 350*F oven for 15 minutes.
In a bowl, mix marmalade and pepper. Uncover casseroles, brush chicken evenly with marmalade mixture, and continue to bake until chicken is no longer pink in center of thickest part (cut to test), about 20 minutes.
Sprinkle with chives. Spoon rice and chicken breasts onto plates. Add salt and pepper to taste.
| calories | total fat | sat fat | protein | fiber | sodium (mg) | carbs | ww pts |
| 421 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 2 | 249 | 43 | 9 |
This was great! It looks very fancy, but very easy. I would so give it a 10!
My family loved this one, no one can below that it is healthy too! We will definatly be making it again. I would even serve it for company.
excelent!Very fancy appearance and tastes like youve worked all day. I make it for special occasions. But thing about it is it is an easy recipe. My marine son in law made it and he is not a cook! So it tastes like gourmet but is easy. I highly recommend it.
I can’t say that I love this one. I was not able to find the right cheese, so I substituted cream cheese mixed with garlic powder. That turned out fine. The thing that we thought ruined it was the orange marmalade. I don’t think that I will be making this dish again.