Linda's Chicken Bundles

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts, pounded thin
• 1 cup frozen spinach, thawed, and drained well
• 1/2 cup portabella mushroom, chopped fine
• 4 marinated artichoke hearts, chopped fine
• 4 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 1/2 cups fontina cheese, shredded
• 4 eggs, beaten well
• 2 cups italian seasoned breadcrumbs
• salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 lemon, juice of, to 1 depending on how lemony you like it
• 1 cup sauvignon blanc wine
• parsley, fresh
• salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Recipe

• 1 bundles:.
• 2 pound each chicken breast, between 2 pieces of saran wrap, to 1/4" thick.
• 3 open the thawed (10 ounce) box of spinach, and measure out 1 cup.
• 4 put the other 2 ounces aside.
• 5 squeeze the spinach, to remove as much water as you can, and put in a large bowl.
• 6 chop the mushrooms, artichoke hearts, and garlic into small pieces, and add to the bowl.
• 7 shred the fontina cheese, and add to the bowl.
• 8 mix all together well.
• 9 divide the filling into 4 servings.
• 10 put one portion of the filling onto each chicken breast.
• 11 roll each breast up jelly-roll fashion, and use toothpicks to hold ends together.
• 12 set aside.
• 13 coating:.
• 14 in a separate bowl, beat eggs.
• 15 set aside.
• 16 spread bread crumbs in a large dish.
• 17 add salt and pepper to bread crumbs, and mix well.
• 18 roll stuffed chicken breasts in egg, then bread crumbs, covering well.
• 19 heat olive oil in a frying pan, and add chicken bundles.
• 20 cook until nicely browned all over, about 10 minutes.
• 21 meanwhile, preheat oven to 350.
• 22 when chicken is browned, put the skillet into the oven, and bake another 15 minutes or so, until the chicken is cooked through.
• 23 meanwhile make the sauce.
• 24 sauce:.
• 25 put the butter in a skillet, and let melt.
• 26 squeeze the juice of 1 lemon into the butter mixture.
• 27 add the wine, and stir well.
• 28 sprinkle the parsley over the mixture, and mix well.
• 29 add salt and pepper, to taste.
• 30 let sauce reduce for a few minutes.
• 31 put chicken bundles in serving dish, and pour sauce over all.
• 32 serve.