Apple Cranberry Stuffed Chicken Breast
Apple Cranberry Stuffed Chicken Breast recipe. An easy bake idea with grilled chicken stuffed with honey, mustard and fruit mixture.
Apple Cranberry Stuffed Chicken Breast
Easy oven baked grilled apple and cranberry stuffed chicken breasts recipe idea for a lunch or dinner for a family. An easy bake idea with grilled chicken stuffed with honey, mustard and fruit mixture. A quick and easy meal to bake for weekday meals. Use any chicken pieces you like, as you would need to slit it open to stuff the chicken with the fruit and sauce mixture. Make this recipe for a larger crowd or gathering with side dishes of veggies and or salads.
What to eat with stuffed chicken breast?
Serve a few warm side dishes or cold side dishes or salads with the stuffed chicken for a meal. Any vegetables you prefer. Even potato salad or baked potato.
How to keep stuffed chicken breast closed without toothpicks?
Toothpicks or dry spaghetti pasta can keep the stuffed chicken breast together while baking.
How do you cook chicken breast in the oven so it doesn t dry?
For this recipe the chicken breasts are first grilled on one side, then stuffed and wrapped in foil to bake for a short time. This allow them to cook in their own juices and become flavorful and tender.
Ingredients
- Some amazing red cranberries.
- apples
- garlic peppers
- chicken breasts
and more to obtain with the amounts in the recipe attached.
Learn about the best fall apple varieties and how to use them in a knock-your-socks-off recipe that includes nutritionally rich apples and cranberries.
Some sweet apples.
The air is cool, clean, and crisp; the leaves are brilliant shades of reds, oranges, and browns. Yes, fall has finally arrived. That, of course means it is the perfect time to gather the family and head to the apple orchards.
Then after you have marinated the chicken breast over night preferably. (yogurt is good idea to marinate chicken with or salt and pepper and a splash of lime)
How To
There is nothing like grabbing some low-hanging sweet, crisp, and delicious apples. (Tip: leave the stem on, and the apples will stay fresh longer) Some of the varieties you’ll find during a typical Northeast fall include Golden Delicious, Braeburn, Cortland, Sun crisp, and many others, the perfect varieties to cook with.
The weather isn’t the only reason to venture out to the apple orchards. This once-forbidden fruit contains less than 100 calories and has very little fat, cholesterol, and sodium. They provide a great source of dietary fiber and vitamin C.
The sheer enjoyment of apple picking, coupled with the first-rate nutritional value of apples, can easily cause you to bring home one too many bushels. So, now that you have them home, what do you do with this beautiful bounty?
Apple pies and apple crisps top most people’s recipe lists. But apples aren’t just for dessert anymore. Wow, your friends and family with this apple-stuffed chicken, which packs an additional nutritional punch. Thanks to the antioxidant-rich cranberries.
This recipe serves 8, but you can easily cut it in half. So delicious and different.
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PrintApple and Cranberry Stuffed Chicken Breast
Apple and Cranberry Stuffed Chicken Breast recipe. An easy bake idea with grilled chicken stuffed with honey, mustard and fruit mixture.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 30 min
- Total Time: 50 min
- Yield: 8
- Category: Meals, supper or lunch dinner
- Method: Oven Baking
Ingredients
1.¼ cup red wine vinegar
2.6 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
3.2 teaspoons of Dijon mustard
4.1 teaspoon of dry mustard
5.4 tablespoons of honey
6.1/3 cup of olive oil
7.8 skinless, boneless chicken breasts
8.3 medium apples (use the sweet, crisp varieties such as Suncrisp, Braeburns, or Cortlands)
9.2 tablespoons of butter
10.¾ cup of dried cranberries
11.Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Marinate the chicken breasts for at least an hour, preferably overnight. The longer you marinate the chicken, the juicer it will be.
- Preheat the oven to 400-degrees.
- Grill the chicken on one side (an indoor or outdoor grill both work great!) just long enough to make a grill mark (about 1-3 minutes). For a more professional look, rotate the chicken 45-degrees to make a hatch-mark pattern. (Note: only grill ONE side of the chicken)
- Peel, core, and chop the apples. Sauté the fruit in the butter over medium-high heat for 5-10 minutes, until they develop a golden brown color. Add the cranberries, mix, and remove from the heat—season with salt and pepper.
- Cut a pocket in the thick end of each breast and stuff with the apple mixture
- Place the breasts grilled-side up in a baking dish, top with any of the extra apple-cranberry mixture, and cover with foil
- Bake the chicken for 15 minutes, or until cooked through. Alternatively, you can refrigerate the chicken for up to 24 hours before baking.
