Cheesy Mushroom & Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts with White Sauce

Gargi Mahatme, a staunch follower of my food blog, "Love and Calories", have always admired my efforts put in cooking and has recommended many world foods to me. Some of them, she has tried in her own kitchen and has sent the recipes to me. One such dish is this delicious "Cheesy Mushroom & Spinach Chicken Breasts". I am very pleased to include this dish in my blog as the "Guest Recipe". Thank You Gargi for sharing this recipe and apologies for the delay in publishing it to the world!! Enjoy Cooking!!

Ingredients:

• 6 chicken breasts 
• oregano flakes
• grated cheese (generous amount)
• white button mushrooms (finely diced/chopped)
• a small bunch of spinach (you can use parsley as an option instead)
• olives (optional) but if you are using parsley,  add the olives as it will have the Italian touch to the dish.. (cheese+parsley+olives+garlic)
• 8-10 garlic (finely chopped)
• butter 
• extra virgin olive oil
• salt & pepper for seasoning
• toothpicks to close wrap the chicken breasts

Method:

1)Take the Chicken breasts place it in a plastic bag and then flatten them with the help of a roti roller of a pastry roller.Set aside.

2)Take a Wok and place it on a low flame. Add extra virgin olive oil and allow it to heat just a little bit. Add garlic and saute until you get the aroma of the fried garlic. (if you are using olives, this is the time to put it)

3)Add the chopped mushrooms and saute until mushrooms are done.

4)Add the chopped spinach or parsley.Cook for about 2 minutes. (if you feel, it requires more butter then  feel free to add it while cooking)

5)Add pepper, oregano flakes and salt. Stir well.

6)Generously add the grated cheese and mix well until the cheese has melted and every mushroom has been coated with the cheese).  Turn off the flame and allow the mixture to cool.

7)Stuff the mixture in the chicken breasts and wrap the chicken breasts with the help of the toothpicks.

8)Place it in the preheated oven for 30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked. (Preheat Oven to 180 to 190 degrees C.)

***serve the remaining mixture along side the chicken and the white sauce.

**Recipe for the white sauce along with the cheesy mushroom Spinach Stuffed chicken breasts: 

White Sauce recipe:

Ingredients:

• 1or 2 cups chicken broth
• flour
• cheese
• butter

Preparation:

1) Heat a wok. Add butter on a low flame. Allow it to heat just about little.Then add the grated cheese. Mix well. Lumps will form still u mix well. Add chicken broth to this and mix well again. Switch it off when the consistency becomes like a thin flowy sauce.