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Baked Bacon-Wrapped Spinach Stuffed Chicken Rolls Recipe

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Portions: 4 portions

Calories: 834kcal

Surprise your family with these bacon-wrapped spinach-stuffed chicken breast rolls: the dinner if you want clean plates afterward. If you are looking for a tasty and easy dinner recipe, then these chicken rolls will definitely satisfy you.

Why I ā¤ļø it • Recipe • Ingredients • Video •. Preparation

Chicken breast rolls.

Chicken breast rolls.

Why I ā¤ļø it

I am not a big fan of chicken breasts. Yeah, there, it's now in the open. Chicken breasts are the sliced white bread of the meat world. Give me thighs and wings any day! But because nearly everything has a redeeming quality: chicken breasts are incredibly versatile and, with the right ingredients, lend themselves to very creative dishes. 

This is why I have so many recipes with chicken breast, despite my above-mentioned probably-scandalous opinion. And they are all good enough to be in my favorite chicken recipes.

Chicken breast rolls recipe

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There's so much to love in these flavorful, spectacular bacon-wrapped, cheese-and-spinach-stuffed chicken breast rolls. It's surprising just how easy it is to make them.

Course: Dinner, Lunch
Inspiration: American
Category: bacon chicken roll ups, chicken roll ups with spinach, chicken rolls
Author: Clara Gonzalez

Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time40 mins
Freezing3 hrs
Total Time3 hrs 50 mins

Utensils and tools

  • Meat mallet
  • Plastic film
  • Cutting board
  • Large bowl
  • Roast tray with a wire rack
  • Oven
Bacon-wrapped spinach-stuffed chicken breast rolls.
Bacon-wrapped spinach-stuffed chicken breast rolls.

Ingredients

For the chicken rolls

  • 1 cup (210 grams) ricotta cheese
  • ¼ cup of freshly-grated parmesan cheese
  • 1 cup (30 grams) of chopped fresh spinach
  • ½ tablespoon of onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon of Italian seasoning.
  • ½ teaspoons salt, or to taste
  • 1 large egg
  • 4 (544 grams) chicken breasts
  • 16 slices (460 grams) of bacon

For the sauce

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil,
  • 2 crushed garlic cloves
  • 1½ cups (355 ml) tomato sauce
  • 2 tablespoons minced curly parsley, divided
  • ¼ teaspoons black pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground)
  • ½ teaspoon of salt, or to taste

Video

Preparation

Before starting, please make sure you have all the ingredients and utensils ready.

Step 1: Make the stuffing mixture

Making the stuffing mixture.
Making the stuffing mixture.

In a mixing bowl, combine ricotta, parmesan, spinach, onion powder, and Italian seasoning, and mix well. Season with salt to taste. Mix in the egg. Set aside.

Step 2: Flatten the chicken breasts

Flattening the chicken breasts.
Flattening the chicken breasts.

Butterfly each chicken breast. Place each chicken breast between two pieces of plastic wrap.

Using a meat mallet or meat pounder, pound the chicken breasts until they are very thin and have about doubled in area.

Step 3: Stuff the chicken

Stuffing the chicken.
Stuffing the chicken.

Make the chicken rolls by scooping a quarter of the stuffing onto each chicken breast. Roll tightly, making sure to seal the ends. You can also pin them with toothpicks to prevent them from coming apart.

Cover the rolls with plastic film and freeze them (they must be frozen hard for the next step). If you wish, you can freeze for several days and complete the following steps at a later date.

Step 4: Wrap the chicken roll ups with bacon

Wrapping the chicken roll ups with bacon.
Wrapping the chicken roll ups with bacon.

Wrap the rolls tightly with bacon slices. Do not let the chicken rolls thaw before cooking. Place the baking roll on a baking tray with a wire rack. Tuck the bacon ends under the rolls.

While you make the roll-ups, preheat the oven to 400 ĀŗF [205 ĀŗC].  

Step 5: Cooking the chicken rolls

Rolls ready for baking.
Rolls ready for baking.

Cook for 20 minutes, or until the bacon has turned crispy and golden brown at the top. Remove the pan from the oven and rotate.

Return to the oven and cook for 20 more minutes, or until the top side of the bacon is also crispy, and the internal temperature read with an instant-read thermometer reaches 165 degrees ĀŗF [74 ĀŗC].

Step 6: Making the sauce

Making the sauce.
Making the sauce.

While the chicken is in the oven, heat the olive oil in a saucepan or skillet over very low heat. Stir in the garlic, and cook covered for two minutes, or until the garlic releases its aroma. Pour the tomato sauce and half the parsley. Simmer covered for 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

Remove from the heat and mix in the remaining parsley (you can save some for garnishing when served).

Step 7: Serving

Chicken breast rolls.
Chicken breast rolls.

Ladle the sauce onto a large shallow dish. Place the chicken roll-ups on the sauce and serve (remember to remove the toothpicks if you used any).

Top tips

  • I usually double the recipe and keep half of the rolls frozen for later in the week. It makes a great make-ahead meal.

Serving suggestions

This is a recipe that we love at home, and it has the advantage that you can prepare extra and freeze it to take it to the oven after freezing.

We serve it with a salad, with broasted potatoes, and this way, we take advantage of the oven while it is already hot. We also loved it with steamed veggies.

Stuffed chicken breast rolls.
Stuffed chicken breast rolls.

Variations

You can use other cheeses or combinations. A half-and-half mixture of cream cheese and mozzarella cheese goes great with it. Instead of mozzarella, you can also use swiss cheese or even cheddar cheese.

Nutritional information

Calories: 834kcal - Carbohydrates: 10g - Protein: 52gFat: 64g - Saturated Fat: 21g - Cholesterol: 230mg - Sodium: 2049mg - Potassium: 1166mg - Fiber: 1g - Sugar: 4g - Vitamin A: 1625IU - Vitamin C: 13.3mg - Calcium: 155mg - Iron: 2.6mg

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FAQs

How do you roll chicken breast?

Place the flattened chicken breast on a piece of plastic film, place the stuffing on the chicken breast, and, helping yourself with the plastic film, roll the chicken breast like a tube.

How do you flatten chicken breast for stuffing?

Place the flattened chicken breast between two pieces of plastic film, and hit the meat with the flat side of a meat mallet to flatten the meat to a consistent thickness.

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Bacon-wrapped Chicken Breast Rolls

Ingredients

For the chicken rolls

  • 1 cup ricotta cheese 210 grams
  • ¼ cup of freshly-grated parmesan cheese
  • 1 cup of chopped fresh spinach 30 grams
  • ½ tablespoon of onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon of Italian seasoning.
  • ½ teaspoons salt or to taste
  • 1 large egg
  • 4 chicken breasts 544 grams
  • 16 slices of bacon 460 grams

For the sauce

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 crushed garlic cloves
  • 1½ cups tomato sauce 355 ml
  • 2 tablespoons minced curly parsley divided
  • ¼ teaspoons black pepper freshly-cracked, or ground
  • ½ teaspoon of salt or to taste

Instructions

Step 1: Make the stuffing mixture

  • In a mixing bowl, combineĀ ricotta,Ā parmesan,Ā spinach,Ā onion powder, andĀ Italian seasoning, and mix well. Season withĀ saltĀ to taste. Mix in theĀ egg. Set aside.

Step 2: Flatten the chicken breasts

  • Butterfly each chicken breast. Place each chicken breast between two pieces of plastic wrap.
    Using a meat mallet or meat pounder, pound the chicken breasts until they are very thin and have about doubled in area.

Step 3: Stuff the chicken

  • Make the chicken rolls by scooping a quarter of the stuffing onto each chicken breast. Roll tightly, making sure to seal the ends. You can also pin them with toothpicks to prevent them from coming apart.
    Cover the rolls with plastic film and freeze them (they must be frozen hard for the next step). If you wish, you can freeze for several days and complete the following steps at a later date.

Step 4: Wrap the chicken roll ups

  • Wrap the rolls tightly with bacon slices. Do not let the chicken rolls thaw before cooking. Place the baking roll on a baking tray with a wire rack. Tuck the bacon ends under the rolls.
    While you make the roll-ups, preheat the oven to 400 ĀŗF [205 ĀŗC].

Step 5: Cooking the chicken rolls

  • Cook for 20 minutes, or until the bacon has turned crispy and golden brown at the top. Remove the pan from the oven and rotate.
    Return to the oven and cook for 20 more minutes, or until the top side of the bacon is also crispy, and the internal temperature read with an instant-read thermometer reaches 165 degrees ĀŗF [74 ĀŗC].

Step 6: Making the sauce

  • While the chicken is in the oven, heat theĀ olive oilĀ in a saucepan or skillet over very low heat. Stir in theĀ garlic, and cook covered for two minutes, or until the garlic releases its aroma. Pour theĀ tomato sauceĀ and half the parsley. Simmer covered for 15 minutes. Season withĀ saltĀ andĀ pepperĀ to taste.
    Remove from the heat and mix in the remaining parsley (you can save some for garnishing when served).

Step 7: Serving

  • Ladle the sauce onto a large shallow dish. Place the chicken roll-ups on the sauce and serve (remember to remove the toothpicks if you used any).

Nutrition

Calories: 834kcal

Published by Tia Clara - Sep 22, 2018

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  1. RamonitaBonita

    October 07, 2018 at 12:45 am

    5 stars
    Fricky darn tasty, we all loved it!

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  2. kiran

    September 28, 2018 at 4:38 am

    5 stars
    This is something very interesting and amazing. I really love the idea and way you present this to us. Thank you so much for sharing this chicken rolls.

    Reply

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