CHICKEN BREASTS STUFFED WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATOES, FETA, OLIVES AND PINE NUTS

CHICKEN BREASTS STUFFED WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATOES, FETA, OLIVES AND PINE NUTS image

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 10

1/2-cup finely chopped red onion
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
1/2 cup pitted Kalamata olives or other brine-cured black olives, cut into thin strips
1/4-cup pine nuts, toasted lightly
1/2-cup drained oil-packed sun dried tomatoes, rinsed, patted dry, and cut into thin strips
1/4 pound Feta cheese, crumbled (about 1 cup)
2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon fresh marjoram or 1 teaspoon dried marjoram, crumbled
2 whole boneless chicken breasts with skin, halved

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 F In a large ovenproof skillet cook onion in 1 tablespoon oil over moderate heat, stirring, until softened. Add garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Transfer mixture to a bowl and let cool. Stir in olives, pine nuts, tomatoes, cheeses, marjoram, and salt and pepper to taste, stirring until combined. Insert a sharp paring knife into thicker end of each chicken breast half and cut a lengthwise pocket carefully, making it as wide as possible without puncturing sides. Fill each breast half with one fourth of filling. In the cleaned skillet heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil over moderately high heat until hot not not smoking and brown chicken, skin sides down. Leaving chicken skin sides down, transfer skillet to oven and bake until cooked through, about 12 minutes.