Baked Chicken Breast with Spinach-Cheese Filling

Ingredients

• 500 g spinach
• 4 chicken breast fillets
• Salt
• pepper (ground)
• nutmeg
• 1 ball mozzarella
• 2 Eggs
• 4 Tbsp breadcrumbs
• 4 tbsp flour
• 2 tbsp clarified butter

Instructions

1. 1.

   Wash, rinse, and drain spinach in a pot with a little boiling water until wilted; cool, squeeze out excess moisture, then roughly chop.

2. 2.

   Peel chicken breasts, cut a pocket lengthwise, and season with salt and pepper.

3. 3.

   Dice mozzarella and mix into the spinach, seasoning with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.

4. 4.

   Fill each pocket with some of the mixture and secure with toothpicks.

5. 5.

   Beat eggs in a shallow dish; spread flour and breadcrumbs on separate dishes.

6. 6.

   Coat filled breasts first in flour, then dip in egg, and finally roll in breadcrumbs. Fry in hot clarified butter over medium heat for about 10 minutes until golden brown all around.