{"id":194,"date":"2011-08-12T20:35:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T20:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/?p=194"},"modified":"2011-08-12T20:35:31","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T20:35:31","slug":"chicken-breasts-stuffed-with-goat-cheese-and-basil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/?p=194","title":{"rendered":"CHICKEN BREASTS STUFFED WITH GOAT CHEESE AND BASIL"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<h1>4 boneless half chicken breasts<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1>\u00bd cup goat cheese<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1>2 green onions, thinly sliced<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1>3 basil leaves shredded<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1>Salt and pepper<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1>1 egg beaten<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1>1 cup dry bread crumbs<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1>2 T. unsalted butter, melted<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1>\u00bc cup unsalted butter<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1>\u00bd pound mushrooms, sliced<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1>\u00bc cup dry white wine<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1>2\/3 cup chicken broth<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h1>4 T. unsalted butter<\/h1>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pound chicken breasts to thickness of \u00bc inch.\u00a0 Combine cheese, onions and basil<br \/>\nin a small bowl.\u00a0 Season with salt and pepper.<br \/>\nSpread cheese mixture lengthwise over half of each chicken piece (actually, I spread it evenly over the entire chicken piece).\u00a0 Tuck short ends in.\u00a0 Roll chicken up starting at one long side into tight cylinders.\u00a0 Dip each cylinder in egg, allowing excess to drip into bowl.\u00a0Roll in breadcrumbs.\u00a0 These can be<br \/>\nprepared 4 hours ahead.\u00a0 Place chicken in baking dish.\u00a0 Drizzle 2 T. melted butter<br \/>\nover chicken and bake until cooked through.<br \/>\nAbout 20-25 minutes at 350 degree oven.<\/p>\n<p>Melt \u00bc cup butter in heqavy pan over medium heat.\u00a0 Add mushrooms and saut\u00e9<br \/>\nuntil tender, about 8 minutes.\u00a0 Add wine and boil 3 minutes.\u00a0 Add stock and boil<br \/>\nuntil liquid is reduced by half, about 6 mintues.\u00a0 Remove from heat and swirl in 4 T. of butter, 1 piece at a time.\u00a0 Season with salt and pepper.\u00a0 Cut baked chicken cylinders into \u00bd inch rounds.\u00a0 Fan out on plates.\u00a0 Serve immediately.\u00a0 Pass sauce separately.\u00a0 Serves 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4 boneless half chicken breasts \u00bd cup goat cheese 2 green onions, thinly sliced 3 basil leaves shredded Salt and pepper 1 egg beaten 1 cup dry bread crumbs 2 T. unsalted butter, melted \u00bc cup unsalted butter \u00bd pound &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/?p=194\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[47,48],"class_list":["post-194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main-courses","tag-chicken","tag-goat-cheese"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195,"href":"http:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions\/195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.margiesrecipes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}