Gorgonzola Stuffed Chicken Breasts

A delicious and easy dinner. Chicken breasts with a twist.

What’s better for a cold January evening?

Gorgonzola Stuffed Chicken Breasts

A delicious and easy dinner.
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: anoldiebutafoodie, balsamic vinegar, basking ridge, bernardsville, buttermilk, cherry preserves, chicken breasts, far hills, Gorgonzola, new jersey, peapack-gladstone, somerset county
Servings: 4
Calories: 315kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 chicken breasts bone in
  • 2/3 cup Gorgonzola cheese
  • 2 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch
  • 2 tbsp all purpose flour
  • 2 tbsp cherry preserves
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • sea salt
  • black pepper
  • 1 tsp dried thyme

Instructions

  • Slice a pocket into the chicken breast
  • In a small bowl, combine Gorgonzola and mayonnaise, mashing with a fork
  • Season chicken inside and out generously with sea salt and pepper
  • Stuff chicken with Gorgonzola mixture
  • Preheat oven to 425°
  • Combine corn starch, flour, sea salt, pepper and thyme
  • dip chicken in buttermilk and then dredge in flour mixture
  • discard extra buttermilk and flour
  • Heat a heavy pot and add olive oil
  • Sear chicken, roughly 4 minutes a side
  • Place entire pan in preheated oven and bake for 25-30 minutes
  • Remove pan from oven and set chicken breasts aside. Some of the mixture will have melted into the pan. This is fine. It adds to the flavor of the sauce.
  • Mix the preserves and balsamic vinegar in a small bowl and stir into pan
  • Bring mixture to a low simmer, stirring constantly until it thickens, adding enough chicken broth to deglaze the pan
  • Pour the sauce over the chicken breasts and halve before serving

Notes

I'd like to wish everyone a happy New Year.   Our home construction project is finally completed and aside from a few finishing touches, we are done....which means....
It's time to get back to it.
So here is my first recipe for the New Year.  I hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
xoxo,
 
-S-

Nutrition

Serving: 0.5breast | Calories: 315kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 93mg | Sodium: 474mg | Potassium: 507mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 227IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 144mg | Iron: 1mg
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