
How To Make Chicken Breasts with Creamy Vegetable Topping
Enjoy bites of juicy chicken, smothered in a richly creamy and tangy sauce with veggies, all in one plate, by whipping up this easy chicken breasts recipe!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1tbspcooking oil
- 1red bell pepper
- 2scallions,including green tops
- 1carrot
- 8ozcream cheese
- 1tspsalt
- ½tspfresh ground black pepper
- 4chicken breasts,(about 2¼ lbs in all), bone in
Instructions
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Heat the oven to 425 degrees F.
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In a medium frying pan, heat the oil over moderate heat. Add the bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 3 minutes, until starting to soften. Add the scallions and carrot and cook 2 minutes longer.
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Mix the vegetables with the cream cheese, ¾ teaspoon of the salt and ¼ teaspoon of the black pepper.
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Sprinkle the chicken breasts with the remaining ¼ teaspoons of salt and pepper. Put the breasts in a roasting pan and spread them with the vegetable cream cheese.
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Bake the chicken for 20 to 25 minutes, until just done.
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Serve warm, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 542.92kcal
- Fat:Â 39.16g
- Saturated Fat:Â 15.85g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.20g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 13.76g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 5.26g
- Carbohydrates:Â 6.34g
- Fiber:Â 1.34g
- Sugar:Â 3.97g
- Protein:Â 40.25g
- Cholesterol:Â 173.73mg
- Sodium:Â 667.56mg
- Calcium:Â 89.04mg
- Potassium:Â 598.20mg
- Iron:Â 1.83mg
- Vitamin A: 427.17µg
- Vitamin C:Â 40.30mg
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