Gluten-free Sun Dried Tomato and Basil Stuffed Chicken Breasts are easy, mouthwatering, and ready in 30 minutes!
Craving the convenience of an easy chicken recipe for dinner tonight, but not the predictable, ho-hum dishes you’re used to making?
Try Sun Dried Tomato and Basil Stuffed Chicken Breasts — a quick-cooking chicken recipe that’s anything but boring!
Looks like a lowly ol’ chicken breast right? Wrong-o! Stuffed inside is a mixture of not one, but two types of sun dried tomato and basil-flavored cheeses, chewy sun dried tomatoes, and fresh basil.
From start to finish you can get this dish prepped, cooked, and on the table in under 30 minutes. Promise!
While quick and easy, this chicken feels anything but. The fresh flavors will wow and, hello, anything stuffed is usually a crowd pleaser.
Start by making the Sun Dried Tomato and Basil stuffing which, as I mentioned, is spiked with two types of cheeses. The first is Laughing Cow wedges. Love these babies!
To keep with the theme I use their Light Mozzarella Sun Dried Tomato & Basil Wedges. You’ll need four — peel then pop them into a large mixing bowl.
Next add 1/4 cup Tomato & Basil crumbled feta cheese. It is full of flavor!
Now add 1/4 cup chopped sun dried tomatoes. I prefer sundried tomatoes packed in oil vs dehydrated.
Finally add 1/4 cup fresh chopped basil.
Mix everything up then set it aside.
Next, slice a pocket into the thickest part of 4 chicken breasts. Use a sharp knife and make sure not to cut all the through to the other side.
Stuff 1/4 of the stuffing into each pocket, then seal with a couple toothpicks.
Brush both sides of the chicken breasts with extra virgin olive oil, and season with salt and pepper, then saute for 4-5 minutes a side, or until the chicken is cooked all the way through. Be sure not to crank the heat above medium otherwise the chicken will burn before it’s fully cooked.
Remove the toothpicks, steam up some veggies, then dig in and enjoy!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 chicken breasts
- 4 Laughing Cow Sun Dried Tomato & Basil wedges
- 1/4 cup Tomato and Basil feta cheese crumbles
- 1/4 cup sun dried tomatoes packed in oil, chopped
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil
- salt and pepper
- extra virgin olive oil
Directions
- Slice a pocket into the thickest part of the chicken breasts, being careful not to cut all the way through. Combine Laughing Cow wedges, feta cheese, sun dried tomatoes, and basil in a bowl then divide mixture into fourths and stuff a quarter of the filling into each pocket. Close pockets with toothpicks then brush both sides of the chicken with extra virgin olive oil and season lightly with salt and pepper.
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat then saute chicken for 4-5 minutes a side, or until cooked all the way through. Remove toothpicks then serve.
Nutrition
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This recipe looks great. I can’t imagine the fact that Aiden is going to be a grownup at some point in his life. I feel like he’s mine forever and it’s a little unfathomable that won’t be forever!
Ha, just like Candy, I find myself opening each new recipe (email) wondering if there will be a photo of little L …
The chicken looks really good, but I really wanted to see that “tiny little thing wearing a puppy dog-adorned onsie”! :)
Oh yay…I LOOOOOVE all of your chicken recipes. I think I make at least one per week so I cant wait to try this soon!
Yummy recipe! Can’t wait to make them. Your little baby is so adorable — a real cross between you and Ben. He’s already growing so fast. Sounds like you are doing everything right – just loving him up – and enjoying the ride. Thanks for all the updates and pictures.
I am experiencing your emotions about Linc from the other end. My grown son and his family are living with us for a couple months while they transition. I’m having a hard time dealing with the fact that my little boy is a man, a husband and father. Enjoy every minute, he’ll be grown before you know it. Love your site !!
Looks great! I wish the hubby liked sun-dried tomatoes as much as I do. I can’t get enough of those lil’ things.
Kristin, I’m SO happy that you included band concerts in your list of potential activities for Lincoln’s school-aged years! I was a huge high school band geek, so it’s really exciting for me to hear that parents (other than my own!) think that sports aren’t the only after-school activity for their kids. :)
And I’ve been meaning to try making stuffed chicken for years now, but I could never quite understand how to make the filling stay inside. I read other recipes’ directions, but your pictures make the toothpick step so much clearer. Thank you for including those!
Sun-dried tomato and basil is one of my favorite combos! Make it creamy and stuff it inside chicken? Sounds like a winner to me! :)
I really love the idea of stuffed chicken- I cannot believe I have never did it before it looks so easy and delicious and professional looking! im honestly not a huge fan of sundried tomatoes for no other reason than bc i had a bad experience with it. I bought them jarred from WF to make my now boyfriend the first meal i ever made for him and they tasted AWFUL. like so awful i threw the dinner out and made somethinig else haha ever since then i have had an eversion to sundried tomatoes and stick to roasting tomatoes instead! haha
My son was just born yesterday, however, he is a SENIOR on the golf team this year. How did that happen? Trust me, next thing you know, you will be watching your MAN play golf and wonder how your age tells you you are 41 and he is 17, but your mind thinks you are 23 and he was just born yesterday. I wanna go back and do it again! :**( Instead, I will just make him this chicken dish for dinner tonight and remember when he got his first set of golf clubs at age 4 :)
My heart just skipped a beat. These look amazing! Getting ready to make sun dried tomatoes with my homegrown ones. This will definitely be on top of the list when I’m done.
sun-dried tomatoes and feta – you are speaking to me! And laughing cow too?! Love it!