I love chicken breasts. But how can you make your recipes attractive and surprising? Well, you will find a lot of inspiration for that on surprising.recipes. You may find some ideas at the bottom of this article. But Today we will make Hasselback chicken. Yes, just like the potatoes, but this time we will slice the chicken breasts. By the way, Hasselback potatoes are of course the perfect side dish for this recipe.
Hasselback chicken
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
- ¼ bell pepper red
- 5 cherry tomatoes
- 50 grams feta cheese
- parsley
- pepper
- salt
- paprika powder
- grated Parmesan
Instructions
The preparations
- Place the chicken breast between two wooden spoons (or something similar to prevent cutting them through) and slice it with a distance of app. 1,5 cm.
- Remove stem and seeds from the red bell pepper. Then cut about a quarter of the pepper into small pieces.
- Also cut the cherry tomatoes into small pieces.
- We also cut the feta cheese into small pieces.
- Finely chop the parsley leaves.
Preparing and baking the Hasselback chicken
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Mix the peppers, cherry tomatoes, feta and chopped parsley leaves in a bowl. Add herbs to taste if necessary.
- Fill the slits in the chicken fillets with this mixture.
- Then sprinkle the chicken fillets with grated Parmesan and paprika powder.
- Bake the Hasselback chicken in the oven for 25 minutes.
Nutrition
How to make Hasselback chicken?
The best thing about Hasselback chicken is that it's also very easy to make. The preparation is the biggest task, and this time, the vegetables and feta need to be finely chopped.
Chopping the vegetables fine
We will fill the chicken breasts with finely chopped red bell pepper, cherry tomatoes, and feta. So, we need to finely chop these first.
We start with the bell pepper. We remove the stem and seeds. Then we cut about a quarter of the red bell pepper into small pieces. We also cut the cherry tomatoes into small pieces.
Next, we also dice the feta into very small cubes. We finely chop the parsley leaves.
Finally, we mix the red bell pepper, cherry tomatoes, feta, and chopped parsley together in a bowl.
Preparing and baking the Hasselback chicken
The process of baking Hasselback chicken is quite straightforward. Here are the steps:
Preheat the Oven: Set your oven to 180°C and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Prepare the Chicken breasts: Place the chicken breasts between two wooden spoons to prevent cutting too deep. Make incisions in the chicken breasts, approximately 1.5 centimeters apart.
Fill the Incisions: Carefully fill the incisions in the chicken fillets with the vegetable-feta mixture.
Finishing Touches: Sprinkle grated Parmesan cheese and paprika powder over the Hasselback chicken.
Baking Time: Arrange everything on the baking sheet and place it in the oven. After 25 minutes, you'll have a delicious Hasselback chicken ready to enjoy.
As for what to serve with it, Hasselback potatoes are a perfect choice. In this article you can also learn what Hasselback is all about.
More surprising.chicken
As mentioned earlier you can find a lot of inspiring ideas to make chicken breasts on surprising.recipes. Be sure to have a look at these surprising recipes:
- Asian orange chicken.
- Delicious cashew.chicken.
- Ghent chicken casserole - Gentse Waterzooi.
- Thai chicken coconut curry.
- Mexican style chocolate chicken.
If you speak Dutch, you can find the Dutch version of this recipe on gerechtenweb.blog.
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