Description

If you are searching for a delicious and comforting chicken dish, this one is it. It is wonderful with garlic, spices, spinach, roasted red peppers from a jar and prosciutto. Make it a meal and serve it over bow tie pasta or with roasted potatoes and a sa

Ingredients

• 2 heads garlic (or 3 if very small), tops cut off
• avocado or olive oil
• 2 large skinless, boneless chicken breasts, sliced lengthwise to create 4 thinner cutlets
• salt and black pepper
• pinch paprika
• 2 cloves garlic, pressed through garlic press
• 3 T. unsalted butter
• 5 T. flour
• 3 c. 2% milk
• 1/2 t. Italian seasoning
• pinch white pepper
• pinch nutmeg
• 1/4 c. grated parmesan cheese
• squeeze of lemon (scant 1/4 t.)
• 1 c. baby spinach
• 1/3 c. jarred julienned roasted red peppers (patted dry)
• 4 slices prosciutto, chopped and crisped up

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Drizzle a little oil over the heads of the garlic; wrap each in a small piece of foil; roast for 45 minutes, until golden-brown and soft; unwrap and allow to cool. Use the side of a knife to mash the roasted garlic into a paste; set aside.
3. While garlic is roasting, marinate the chicken. Place it into a bowl; drizzle over a little of the oil; sprinkle in a pinch of paprika and several pinches of salt and black pepper, plus the pressed garlic cloves; allow to marinate while the garlic is roasting.