Italian Chicken Rollups

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 (4 ounce) boneless skinless chicken breast halves
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 (1 ounce) part-skim mozzarella string cheese
• cooking spray
• 1 cup marinara sauce

Recipe

• 1 place each chicken breast half between 2 slices of heavy-duty plastic wrap, pound to ¼ inch thickness, using a meat mallet or rolling pin.
• 2 combine basil, salt, and pepper; sprinkle half of mixture evenly over both sides of chicken.
• 3 place 1 string cheese stick across the center of each flattened chicken brest. roll up chicken jelly roll fashion, starting with short end. place chicken rollup, seam side down, in an 11x7-inch baking dish. sprinkle with remaining half of spice mixture, and coat with cooking spray. cover and refrigerate at least 2 and up to 8 hours.
• 4 preheat oven to 350 degrees. pour marinara sauce over chicken. bake uncovered for 35 minutes or until chicken is done and tomato sauce is thoroughly heated.