Cheesy goodness of Tomato and Mozzarella Hasselback Chicken - this is one chicken dish you just have to try.
I had some chicken breasts to use up for dinner and I wasn’t quite sure what to do with them, I must admit I prefer to use chicken thigh’s or a whole chicken, I just find they are better in dishes like casseroles, curries, or baked etc as breast meat tends to overcook very easily.
So I figured the best thing to do with the chicken breasts was to oven baked them with some kind of stuffing or filling.
I had recently been enjoying using up my healthy extras on Ryvita's placed under the grill with some cheese and tomato slices until the cheese melts - so good!!
However I had no healthy extra b choice leftover and so I figured this would work really well with the chicken breast, if I sliced it just like these yummy Garlic Hasselback potatoes, and stuffed it with tomato slices and mozzarella.
Delicious tomatoes keep the chicken breast moist, and then, of course, you also have all the melted cheesy goodness of the mozzarella cheese - perfection!!
A pinch of Himalayan sea salt and some black pepper along with some chopped fresh Italian parsley. finishes the dish off nicely.
How can I add a ⅓ speed foods to this Tomato and Mozzarella Hasselback Chicken?
For speed foods, you can pick any vegetables or salad of your choice, this dish will pair really well with a huge variety of speed foods. I went for some simple broccoli, which I steamed a little and then sauteed in a pan with a little cooking oil spray a pinch of chilli flakes and some salt and black pepper.
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The whole family will enjoy this Tomato and Mozzarella Hasselback Chicken - How will you serve yours?
Kitchen Items used in this Tomato and Hasselback Chicken:
- Kitchen Scales
- Measuring Spoons
- Santoku Knife (perfect knife for chopping veg)
- Chopping Board
- Oven proof dish
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Mozzarella and Tomato Hasselback Chicken
Cheesy goodness of Tomato and Mozzarella Hasselback Chicken - this is one chicken dish you just have to try.
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
- 1 large beefsteak tomato
- 2x50g of mozzarella (2xHEa's), sliced
- balsamic vinegar
- 2 teaspoons paprika (sweet not smoky)
- salt and black pepper
- freshly chopped Italian parsley
- olive oil cooking oil spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200c or 400f (gas mark 6)
- Make slits along the chicken breast
- Slice a beef steak tomato and then cut some half moons from each slice.
- Stuff the half moons of tomato slices (skin facing up) into the slits on the chicken and then also stuff each slit with some mozzarella.
- Brush over the top of each chicken breast with some balsamic vinegar
- Season each chicken breast with one teaspoon of paprika and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.
- Spray over the top with some cooking oil spray.
- Place in the oven and bake for approx 25 mins.
- Take out at the 15 min mark and using the back of a fork, just push down into the slits any tomato that is sticking out. Sprinkle with freshly chopped Italian parsley and place back in the oven for the remaining 10 mins, until cheese is melted and golden and chicken is cooked through.
- Serve with your choice of sides.
Notes
This recipe is gluten free, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly
- Extra Easy - 1 HEa per serving
- Original/SP - 1 HEa per serving
- WW Smart Points - 6 per serving
*suitable for freezing
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Nutrition Information
Yield 1 Serving Size 2Amount Per Serving Calories 350Total Fat 13.4gSaturated Fat 7.2gCholesterol 137mgSodium 513mgCarbohydrates 4.6gFiber 0.5gSugar 2gProtein 51g
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Have had this for tea tonight and will definitely be making it again. I served it on a bed of butterbean mash and vegetables 🙂
glad you enjoyed 🙂
Oh my goodness....yummmyyyy!!! What a fab way to brighten up boring ole chick breasts! Served with new season Irish new potatoes & dry friend courgette & mange tout 😉 very very tasty....I added a little dry basil before cooking, that was the only add on if my own....lush, Tks again for your recipe wizardry 🙂 xx won't let me give you 5 stars ??? But I do give it 5!
I haven't made this for a while and your comment has just drawn it to my attention again, so guess what I plan on making this week 🙂 - so glad you enjoyed it.
This is really easy and delicious ! Recommended 100% !!
This is a delicious way to serve what can sometimes be a rather plain piece of meat. Easy to prepare and pretty much goes with any veg or potato. A perfect dish for a slimmingworlder 🙂 I love it!!
Yummy! Highly recommend!
Fancied chicken but didnt know what I wanted with it, so I gave this a try. So glad I did. It was so quick and easy to make.
Glad it didn't have many ingredients, as I had a screaming toddler around my ankles lol.
Might of over did it with the Paprika though as it didn't have a recommend amount lol
I'll definitely be making this again xx
I remember those days well. So glad you enjoyed it.
Another firm favourite! Love this dish and so do the family. So quick and easy too!
Delicious. Will definately make again. Lovely and fresh and the tomatoes made it moist. My chicken breasts can be over done sometimes. Thanks for sharing.
It’s one of my favourite recipes with chicken breasts. So glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for commenting.
Made this tonight and was really yummy. I added fresh basil leaves when serving for a real caprese taste. Only comment is that I had to cook chicken a lot longer than instructed as it wasn't cooked through. May be the breasts we're too close in the pan or were quite big though 🙂
Looks delicious! Do you use fresh mozzarella or grated for this?
definitely use fresh mozzarella for this.
Of all the recipes this has to be the nicest ever that everyone absolutely loved. And so easy.
so glad to hear you really enjoyed this, thank you.
Tasty and juicy. I didn’t have sweet paprika, only smokey, so I omitted it.
I served it with Hasselback potatoes.
Loved this ! Ever so simple but soo tasty !
Had a ball of mozzarella needing used up and didnt know what to make... found this recipe it was absolutely lush simple and so so tasty