Crispy Chicken with Goat Cheese & Sun Dried Tomatoes

Say the words “goat cheese” and I am all in! This recipe for Crispy Chicken with Goat Cheese & Sun Dried Tomatoes takes your plain old chicken to flavor country! It is a boneless skinless chicken breast, pounded thin, and filled with a mixture of goat cheese, mayo, garlic, and sundried tomatoes. It then gets rolled up and topped with a crunchy panko breading mixture.

My husband does not feel the same way as I do about goat cheese. He wants nothing to do with it…but he loves fish and I want nothing to do with it- so we are even!

Last time he was out of town I made a couple of these and ate them the entire time he was gone. And I loved every single bite!

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How to Make Crispy Chicken with Goat Cheese & Sun Dried Tomatoes

Pounding The Chicken

You are going to start by pounding your chicken breasts very thin, about 1/4 inch. I like to do this one of two ways:

• Place the chicken in a ziplock bag on a hard surface. I use a meat tenderizing mallet like the one linked here, or you can use a wooden rolling pin to pound the chicken to the desired thickness, 1 breast at a time.
• Place the chicken on a solid cutting board and cover the top of the chicken with plastic wrap. Pound the chicken to the desired thickness using a meat mallet or wooden rolling pin.

Crispy Chicken Filling

Make the goat cheese and sun dried tomato filling by mixing together the mayo, goat cheese (it will be easier to mix the goat cheese if it is not straight out of the fridge), fresh garlic, sun dried tomatoes, basil, and a pinch of salt & pepper. You can set that aside for now.

Filling the Chicken

I like to do the next couple steps right on the foil lined sheet pan that you will bake on. It makes it way easier and less clean up…. something we all like, right!?

Lay the chicken breasts flat and spread a few tablespoons of the goat cheese mixture over the chicken. Roll the chicken breast over the filling, lightly, making sure the filling does not squeeze out of the sides of the roll up. Place the breasts seam side down on the sheet pan.

It is ok if some of the cheese mixture gets on the pan while you are rolling them up. It is a messy process, but I promise it turns out beautiful. Some of the filling will spill out during baking process and it gets all golden and gooey…. those are the super delicious parts you will want to make sure and serve with the chicken…. or sop up with a piece of bread.

Time to Bake

Now season each chicken roll up with a little olive oil and salt and pepper and pop it in the oven for 15 minutes.

While that cooks you can put together the super delish crispy topping. It couldn’t be easier, you stir together the 4 ingredients and season with a little salt and pepper. Make sure the mayo is distributed evenly in the panko bread crumbs.

Pull the par cooked chicken out of the oven and top each breast generously with a HEAP of the panko bread crumb mixture.

Carefully put the chicken back into the oven for an additional 10-12 minutes until the topping is golden brown and crunchy.

Bread Crumbs vs. Panko Bread Crumbs

Panko bread crumbs are the traditional bread crumbs bigger brother. Where traditional bread crumbs are processed into a finer powder, the panko crumbs are a bigger, drier, and crunchier.

Can I use regular breadcrumbs instead of panko bread crumbs? The answer is unfortunately no, for this recipe. I am sure there are a lot of recipes that the two are interchangeable but this is not one of them. You want the light crispy texture of the panko crumbs.

Make This Recipe Your Own

Here are a few additions you could try to change this recipe:

• Add toasted pine nuts to the goat cheese mixture for a little nutty crunch.
• Get your greens by adding spinach. I would recommend using frozen- thawed spinach that has been completely drained of liquid. Then add it to the goat cheese mixture.
• Put a few chopped artichokes in the goat cheese mixture.

Crispy Chicken with Goat Cheese & Sun Dried Tomatoes for Dinner

Crispy Chicken with Goat Cheese and Sun Dried Tomatoes is pretty filling so no need to go crazy with the side items. I like to make a Caesar Salad and my Oven Roasted Asparagus or Lemon Garlic Green Beans.

This Crispy Chicken with Goat Cheese and Sun Dried Tomatoes made a great dinner during my photo shoot- I couldn’t resist!

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Crispy Chicken with Goat Cheese & Sun Dried Tomatoes

A delicious baked chicken breast stuffed with a tasty goat cheese and sun dried tomato filling, topped with a crunchy panko breading. 

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time25 mins

Total Time45 mins

Course:Dinner

Servings: 4 people

Author: Susie

Ingredients

Chicken

• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts fresh, not frozen
• olive oil

Goat Cheese Filling

• 5 ounce goat cheese log if possible pull it out of the fridge 20 minutes early to soften
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1/3 cup sun dried tomatoes, packed in oil drained and chopped
• 1 plump garlic clove minced
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1/2 tsp salt
• black pepper

Crunchy Topping

• 1 cup panko bread crumbs
• 2 tbsp mayonnaise
• 1 tsp dried basil
• pinch of salt, pepper, & red pepper flakes

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 350.
• Pound the chicken breasts to about 1/4 inch thickness with a meat mallet or rolling pin. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl mix together all the ingredients for the goat cheese filling. Stir until it is well combined and there are no clumps of goat cheese remaining. 
• On a foil lined sheet pan lay the pounded chicken breasts out flat. Spread a few spoonfuls of the goat cheese mixture evenly over the flattened chicken breasts.  Lightly roll the chicken over the filling, like a burrito, try to keep all the filling inside the chicken roll. Lay the chicken rolls seam side down on the pan. *** This will be messy, but don't worry it will turn out beautifully!
• Season the outside of the chicken with a drizzle of olive oil and a sprinkle of salt and pepper.
• Place the chicken in the oven for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl mix together the ingredients for the Crunchy Topping. 
• Remove the chicken from the oven and top it generously with the panko bread crumb mixture. You want this to be a pile of crunchy topping on each chicken breast.
• Carefully place the chicken back in the oven for an additional 10-12 minutes until the topping is golden brown and crispy and the chicken is cooked thru.
• Let the chicken rest for 5 minutes before serving.

Notes

** When you serve this dish make sure to scrape up all the bread crumbs and filling that spills out during the cooking. Those ooey-gooey-cheesy-crispy-bread bits are the best!!! 

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