Description

If you want to impress family or guests, make this quick, easy to make chicken dish. It looks complicated but really isn't. It is beautifully stuffed with spinach, cream cheese, artichokes, 2 cheeses and garlic. Serve it with or without the amazing creamy

Ingredients

• Chicken:
• 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
• 2 T. Italian seasoning
• 1 t. mild paprika, optional
• salt and pepper, to taste
• Spinach Artichoke Dip:
• 4 oz. frozen spinach, thawed
• 8 oz. block cream cheese, light or reduced fat, at room temperature
• 6 oz. bottled or canned artichoke hearts in brine , finely chopped*
• 1/2 c. shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/4 c. finely grated parmesan cheese
• 1 T. minced garlic
• salt, to taste
• Cream Sauce: (optional)
• reserved spinach dip filling
• 1 c. milk, skim, 2% or full-fat

Steps

1. Chicken:
2. Place each chicken breast on a flat surface; season both sides of each breast with the Italian seasoning and paprika. Cut a slit so that the it opens like a book or cut a pocket about 3/4 quarters of the way through, being careful not to cut all the way through.
3. Dip Filling: