This Mushroom and Mozzarella Stuffed Hen makes a scrumptious dinner, full of savory taste! The mushrooms are sauteed with garlic and herbs, the hen is seasoned to perfection earlier than searing and baking, and is filled with a mix of tasty Mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses. I discovered a serving of this hen to be tremendous filling, and it’s simple to halve the recipe or make extra as wanted in your family. Every bit of this Mushroom and Mozzarella Stuffed Hen is simply 399 energy, or 6 WW Factors on Weight Watchers. To view and monitor this recipe within the WW app, click on right here!
When you love the Garlic Herb Mushrooms on this recipe, I do have a separate put up only for these! They’re nice as a facet dish or a topping for hen or steak.
What ought to I serve this with?
This Mushroom and Mozzarella Stuffed Hen would pair properly with a wide range of tasty facet dishes! I believe it could pair properly with a veggie facet like my Stovetop Inexperienced Beans with Almonds or my Zucchini Casserole. I additionally assume it could be terrific with my Broccoli Cheddar Twice Baked Potatoes, Roasted Fingerling Potatoes, or Simple Sluggish Cooker Carrots. Or you may serve it with salad, seasoned rice, roasted greens, mashed potatoes, or no matter you favor!
The Hen Searing Step
This step is just a little messy, however completely price it to get a pleasant golden sear in your hen. It’s just a little tough to switch the hen to the pan and flip it over with out mushrooms slipping out, however don’t fear about it! If a number of mushrooms fall out, you possibly can simply simply stuff them again in as soon as the hen is moved to the baking sheet earlier than placing them within the oven. I suppose I might have used barely much less mushrooms in order that they wouldn’t slip out throughout this step, however actually, I really feel like that is the proper ratio of mushrooms to hen! Those that fall out can get stuffed again in or thrown on high and it’ll nonetheless be scrumptious.
Hen Cutlets
I typically purchase an enormous pack of boneless, skinless hen breasts on the retailer after which use kitchen shears to trim them all the way down to make 4-6 oz cutlets to make use of in recipes. For this Mushroom and Mozzarella Stuffed Hen my items had been about 6 ounces every. All the things I reduce off of the breasts to make the cutlets will get reduce into chunks to make hen bites, resembling my Nashville Scorching Hen Bites, Barbecue Rubbed Hen Bites, Lemon Pepper Hen Bites, or Blackened Hen Bites. It’s simple to weigh out 1 lb or 1.5 lb of hen chunks and a few 6 oz cutlets and freeze them for later in quart dimension freezer baggage. That approach, I all the time have some cutlets and a few hen bites readily available! Shopping for the majority packs of hen breasts is cost-effective, and reducing them into cutlets and bites ensured I’ve what I would like readily available after I go to make a recipe. I discover that kitchen shears make this job go faster and simpler than utilizing a knife, so I extremely suggest utilizing shears.
Extra Tasty Lightened Up Hen Recipes
On the lookout for extra tasty, lightened up hen recipes like this Mushroom and Mozzarella Stuffed Hen? Take a look at my Skillet Hen and Mushrooms in Gravy, Tacky Bacon Ranch Stuffed Hen, Tacky Backyard Vegetable Baked Hen, Mexican Road Corn Hen, Tacky Broccoli Stuffed Hen, Crispy Onion Dip Hen, Crispy Hen Parmesan, Apple and Brie Stuffed Hen, Maple Dijon Hen and Squash Skillet, Strawberry Balsamic Grilled Hen, Ricotta Stuffed Hen Bake, Cream Cheese and Herb Stuffed Hen, Tuscan Olive Hen, Pimento Cheese Stuffed Hen, Cream Cheese Stuffed All the things Hen, and plenty of extra within the Hen part of my recipe index!
Mushroom and Mozzarella Stuffed Hen
This Mushroom and Mozzarella Stuffed Hen makes a scrumptious dinner, full of savory taste!
- 2 tablespoons gentle butter, I take advantage of Land O’Lakes gentle butter unfold with canola oil
- 1 lb sliced white mushrooms
- ¾ teaspoon salt, divided
- ½ teaspoon black pepper, divided
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme, divided
- 1 tablespoon recent chopped parsley, (or a teaspoon of dried parsley)
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 4 (6 oz every) boneless, skinless hen breasts, 24 oz whole (for those who purchase giant breasts, trim them to six ounces every)
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 oz Parmesan cheese, finely shredded
- 4 oz shredded 2% milk Mozzarella cheese
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
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Pre-heat the oven to 400 levels Fahrenheit. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set it apart.
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Place the butter in a skillet and soften over med-high warmth. Add the mushrooms and prepare dinner, stirring sometimes, for about 5 minutes. Add ¼ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon pepper, ¼ teaspoon thyme, the parsley, and the minced garlic and stir to mix. Cook dinner for one more 30-60 seconds till the garlic is aromatic. Take away from warmth.
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Place the hen breasts on a reducing board. Utilizing a pointy knife, slice the breasts from the facet (making a high and backside) virtually during. In a small dish, mix the remaining ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon pepper, ¼ teaspoon thyme, and ¼ teaspoon garlic powder and stir collectively. Conserving the hen breasts folded shut, sprinkle the seasoning over the tops of the breasts and flip over to sprinkle over the bottoms. Flip the breasts again over and open them up.
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With every breast open on the slit, sprinkle the shredded Parmesan and Mozzarella cheeses evenly between the breasts, putting it on one facet the open hen. Organize the sauteed mushrooms over high of the cheese layer on every breast. Shut the breasts, folding the highest half again over the mushrooms and cheese and press it down.
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In a big skillet, add the olive oil and produce over medium-high warmth (in case your skillet or sauté pan doesn’t match all 4 breasts, simply prepare dinner two breasts at a time with 1 ½ teaspoons of oil every spherical). *Add the stuffed hen breasts to the pan and prepare dinner for about 1 minute till the bottoms are golden. Flip the breasts and prepare dinner for one more minute on the opposite facet. *This step may get messy! If a few of your mushrooms fall out into the pan when transferring, searing, or flipping, don’t fear! You possibly can all the time stuff the stray mushrooms again in when you switch the breasts to the baking sheet earlier than placing it within the oven.
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Switch the breasts to the ready baking sheet and stuff any errant mushrooms again in if wanted. Place within the pre-heated oven. Bake for 20-24 minutes till hen is totally cooked by means of.
WW Factors per (1 stuffed hen breast) serving: 6Â (Factors calculated utilizing the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
Vitamin Data per (1 stuffed hen breast) serving:
399 energy, 8 g carbs, 2 g sugars, 17 g fats, 6 g saturated fats, 52 g protein, 1 g fiber, 257 mg sodium (from myfitnesspal.com)
Weight Watchers Factors Plus:
10 per (1 stuffed hen breast) serving (PP calculated utilizing a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the vitamin data)
