Cajun Stuffed Chicken


Cajun Stuffed Chicken

5 from 1 vote
Course Main Dish

Ingredients
  

Chicken:

  • 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • 8 oz soft goat cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups spinach chopped
  • cajun seasoning

Cream Sauce:

  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 2 tsp all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup heavy cream
  • shredded parmesan cheese
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • cajun seasoning
  • garlic powder
  • smoked paprika

Asparagus:

  • 1 asparagus
  • black pepper
  • salt
  • 1 Tbsp hot sauce We used Louisiana Gold Pepper Sauce

Instructions
 

Chicken Preparation

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees and place rack in upper third of oven. Cover rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper
  • Make cutlets by cutting breast in half width wise, placing between plastic or parchment paper and pounding with a rolling pin till chicken is about a 1/4 inch thick (see photos).
  • Season one side lightly with sea salt, pepper, and Wundoemus
  • Turn seasoned side down and use a spatula to spread soft goat cheese on unseasoned side.
  • If goat cheese does not spread easily, it's ok. The cheese will spread out as it cooks.
  • Top with chopped spinach. Roll up chicken breast and stuffing and place seam side down on parchment covered rimmed cookie sheet.
  • If you can, place all chicken to one side of cookie sheet leaving room to add asparagus the last ten minutes of cooking. Place in oven and cook for 35 minutes. If chicken breast are really large you may need to cook 5 minutes longer. While chicken cooks prepare cream sauce and asparagus.

Sauce Preparation

  • Place sauce pan on medium/high heat. Add butter, when melted, add flour and whisk until smooth.
  • Slowly add cream while whisking. Add Parmesan cheese and thicken to desired consistency. Add a few turns of freshly ground pepper, a few pinches of sea salt, garlic powered, smoked paprika, and Wundoemus.
  • Turn heat to low and keep warm until asparagus is done. If sauce thickens too much just add a little more cream to thin it out.

Asparagus Preparation

  • Brush asparagus with olive oil, sprinkle with sea salt and pepper. Add to cookie sheet with chicken the last 10 minutes of cooking or use separate parchment covered cookie sheet.
  • Place asparagus on plate, top with chicken. You can either leave the breast whole or slice into pinwheels so the stuffing can be seen. Drizzle with cream sauce, and serve!

Notes

Cajun seasoning - we used Wundoemus, but you can use whatever you have available.
Goat cheese - we used Sgt. Pepper's goat cheese and let it get to room temperature so it was soft and easy to spread.
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