One of my goals is to not waste, especially food. I hate throwing away food because I didn't eat it before it went bad or veggies start to mold in the fridge. I try to plan out meals and buy food only for that week, but plans always seem to change and one of the meals doesn't work out. So one of the things I do is go through my fridge to see what is going to expire soon and I make a meal with those items. So this last week I realized I had some brie cheese in the fridge that I bought for Christmas day. Nick and I were booths battling sinus infections on Christmas so brie was not really appealing. I did a little Google search and decided to make apple, cranberry and brie stuffed chicken. Luckily I had everything on hand for the meal and it turned out awesome. I served this with green beans.
Here is the original recipe and below is my version with a few tweaks to the original, I hope you enjoy!
Cranberry, Apple and Brie Stuffed Chicken
- 3 good sized boneless skinlesschicken breasts, pounded out to about
- 1 package of brie cheese (about.55 lb pkg), remove the outer white part
- 3/4 cup of cranberries
- 1/4 apple diced small
- 3 pieces bacon
- Desired seasoning – I used seasonedpepper, salt and bohemian forest rub
In a medium size bowl mixthe brie, cranberries and apple. Take your rings off and dive in with yourhands, the best way to mix this is to knead and mix with the hands. After thisis done and the chicken is pounded a little flatter, put this mixture on halfthe chicken breast, then folder over the other half. Wrap each stuffed breastwith one piece of bacon to help hold in the mixture. Season the wrapped-stuffedchicken. Bake at 350 degrees forabout 45 minutes.
