Pollo Grigliato Ripieno
This stuffed grilled chicken is a gift to your taste buds and it's tantalizingly easy to make!
Ingredients
- ¼ cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil, divided
- 2 tbsp White Cooking Wine
- 2 cloves Garlic, minced
- 8 oz. Sliced Baby Bella Mushrooms White mushrooms are fine, too.
- 4 Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, butterflied
- ¼ cup Sun Dried Tomatoes, divided into 4 parts
- 2 oz. Goat Cheese, divided into 4 parts
- 12 oz. Capellini Or other thin long pasta
- ½ Lemon, zested
- 2 tbsp Capers
- 1 cup Grated Parmesan Cheese Fresh grated off a cheese block is ideal
- ¼ oz. Fresh Basil, torn or chopped, divided
Instructions
- Heat 1 tbsp. of olive oil in a pan on medium heat. Add the garlic and saute for 1 - 2 minutes, stirring occasionally, until fragrant. Add in the cooking wine and mushrooms. Saute for another 4 - 5 minutes, stirring to coat and keeping in a single layer. Remove from heat (mushrooms should still be slightly firm as they will cook more in the chicken).
- Butterfly the chicken breasts. Layer the goat cheese, mushrooms, sun dried tomatoes and half the basil evenly into the breasts. Close up the breasts and hold together with toothpicks. Note: You may have some mushrooms left over. Use enough where you can still close the breasts for grilling.
- Preheat grill on medium heat maintaining about 400 degree temperature. Cook the chicken for 7 - 8 minutes on each side.
- Cook pasta according to the package instructions to al dente. Drain the water and place back in pan. Mix in olive oil, lemon zest, and capers. Toss until thoroughly mixed.
- Top the pasta with the stuffed chicken breasts. Top entire dish with remaining torn basil and grated parmesan cheese.
Notes
Get a helper! This recipe comes together quicker and better timed if you can have one person handle the pasta while the other person handles the chicken. If prepared solo have all ingredients prepped, make the chicken first, then the pasta while the chicken rests (or put in oven on low/warm setting).
The other option is to roast the chicken in the oven so everything is in one place.