chicken roll-ups
150 g | (5 ½ oz) cooked rice |
50 g | (1 ½oz) mushrooms, finely diced |
½ | brown onion, finely diced |
a handful of spinach leaves | |
50 g | (1 ½oz) mozzarella, torn into small chunks |
20 g | (¾oz) panko breadcrumbs |
20 g | (¾oz) Parmesan cheese, grated |
1 tsp | salt |
½ tsp | black pepper |
4 | chicken breasts |
Preheat the oven to 190°C. |
In a bowl, mix together the cooked rice, mushrooms, onion, spinach, mozzarella, panko, Parmesan, salt, pepper and a drizzle of olive oil. |
Lay the chicken breasts on a chopping board. Using a rolling pin (or the bottom of a heavy pan), bash them until they're around 5mm (¼inch) thick. Alternatively, butterfly the breasts and then bash them. |
Spoon some of the rice mixture on to each chicken breast and roll up tightly, securing with toothpicks if needed. |
Place the chicken roll-ups in a baking dish and bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes, or until cooked through. |
Notes: |
These are lovelier still cooled down and taken into work for a quick lunch the next day, we might add. |