CHICKEN FLORENTINE ROLL UPS

Chicken Florentine Roll Ups image

Provided by Brandy Harrison-Hildreth

Categories Chicken

Time 1h40m

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 lb chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
1 bunch green onions
1 pkg baby spinach
cooking spray
garlic powder
emerils essence
toothpicks

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. While oven is heating up, lay out cream cheese to soften. *You can also put it in a microwave safe dish for a few minutes on defrost, just to soften it up.* Chop up green onion bunch, the whole bunch, chives and onion tops. Add to the cream cheese. Shake in garlic powder to taste and mix well.
2. Set the cream mixture to the side, while you take out the chicken breast and pound them thin enough to roll, but not so thin that they tear apart. I usually put them in a large zip lock and pound out with the smooth side of a meat tenderizer.
3. Take one of the chicken breast and ice liberally with the cream cheese mixture. Then unstem spinach and place leaves on top of mixture until it is covered. Spinkle a little of Emeril's Essence on top of the spinach. Roll from the small end of the chicken in a tight roll. Once completely rolled up, place toothpicks accordingly to keep roll in place. Place in a greased baking dish and repeat steps until all chicken is rolled. Once all of the rolls are in the baking dish, spray or drizzle with a little butter *I use ICBNB Spray* then sprinkle tops with Emeril's Essence. Place in oven and bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes.