If you’ve never cooked your chicken in the hasselback style before, then we suggest you start with this yummy Roasted Hasselback Spinach & Ricotta Chicken recipe. Some of my mum friends always opt for chicken wings and chicken legs – but don’t think highly of chicken breasts, but with this recipe, they’ve had a change of heart!
Roasted Hasselback Spinach & Ricotta Chicken
Elevate chicken breasts with hasselback cuts, stuffed with spinach and ricotta, roasted to juicy perfection. Elegant, flavour-packed, and visually impressive—ideal for family dinners or impressing guests.
4
servings20
minutes50
minutes350
kcal1
hour10
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Ingredients
2 tsp Olive oil
3 cups Baby spinach
0.66 cup Ricotta cheese
0.5 cup Cheddar cheese-grated
2 tsp Paprika
4 Chicken breast
.25 tsp Salt and black pepper-add more or adjust according to your preference
Directions
- Preheat oven to 180 and line a baking tray with foil. Set the tray aside for now.
- In a large, heavy-bottom pan add the olive oil and cook the spinach on a medium heat until it is wilted. Add the ricotta cheese and cook until melted and combined with the spinach. Set aside.
- Place the chicken breasts on a cutting board. Using a very sharp knife (this makes it much easier) cut slits across the chicken breast, cutting about 3/4 of the way through. The slits should be around 2cm apart. Be careful not to cut all the way through!
- Put the chicken breasts on the baking tray and stuff each of the slits on each chicken breast with your spinach/ricotta mixture and then generously salt and pepper the breasts. One this is done sprinkle over the paprika, and then divide the cheese evenly.
- Place the chicken breasts in the oven and bake for 20-25 minutes. To brown the cheese, you can cook them until a grill for a few minutes at the end, and just deduct 5 mins from baking time.
- Serve!
A perfect family dinner, this chicken dish is a great way to use up baby spinach leaves, and is sure to leave an impression. So much flavour for dinner, you’ll want to have some more.
Seriously if you’ve haven’t tried this recipe before, you’re missing out!
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