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19 December, 2020 by Ruthy Kirwan

Ricotta Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Tender chicken breasts pounded thin and rolled around a creamy mixture of ricotta, cream cheese, and lemon. Coated in crispy panko!

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This weeknight dinner makes great leftovers, is super family-friendly, and it’s one of my personal favorites for dropping off on the front steps of a friend in need!

You can use any breadcrumbs you wish- I always recommend crispy panko, but regular breadcrumbs work, as well.

If you don’t have cream cheese, sour cream is a good substitute- or you can use extra ricotta cheese. I’ll also sometimes add a little ground mustard powder into the ricotta mixture for a change-up in the flavor, too. 

Tender chicken breasts pounded thin and rolled around a creamy mixture of ricotta, cream cheese, and lemon. Coated in crispy panko!

Ricotta Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Ruthy Kirwan
Tender chicken breasts pounded thin and rolled around a creamy mixture of ricotta, cream cheese, and lemon. Coated in crispy panko!
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Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 35 minutes mins
Course Dinner, One Pan
Servings 4

Equipment

  • 1 Full-Size Sheet Pan, 11 x 7 inch

Ingredients
  

  • 2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs skinless chicken breasts
  • 16 ounces whole milk ricotta
  • 4 ounces cream cheese room temperature
  • 4 garlic clove minced
  • 2 tablespoons lemon zest
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
  • 3 egg
  • 1 cup seasoned breadcrumbs

Instructions
 

Prep Ahead:

  • Pound the chicken thin and transfer to a resealable bag or container.
  • Mix the ricotta, cream cheese, garlic, lemon, salt, and pepper and store in a resealable bag or container.

Prepare From Prepped:

  • Preheat the oven to 375*F and line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
  • Whisk the eggs smooth in a wide bowl. Place the seasoned breadcrumbs in another wide bow and set the bowls next to each other.
  • Roll up the chicken with the ricotta mixture and then dip in the eggs and breadcrumbs, following the instructions in steps 6-8.

Make From Fresh:

  • Preheat the oven to 375*F.
  • Pound the chicken breasts thin, to about ½” thick.
  • Combine the ricotta cheese, cream cheese, garlic, lemon zest and juice, salt, and pepper in a bowl and whisk with a fork until the cream cheese is smooth and combined.
  • Line a large sheet pan with foil or parchment paper.
  • Whisk the eggs until smooth in a wide bowl. Place the seasoned breadcrumbs in another wide bowl, and set the bowls next to each other
  • Open up the pounded chicken, and spread evenly with 1-2 tablespoons of the ricotta mixture. Roll the chicken up, then dip in the egg, then the breadcrumbs, and place the rolled chicken on the pan.
  • Continue in this way with each piece of chicken, dividing the ricotta mixture evenly throughout, until all the chicken has been stuffed and breaded.
  • Place the pan in the oven and bake 18-20 minutes, until the breadcrumbs have browned and the chicken is cooked through, to a temp of 165*F.

Notes

This weeknight dinner makes great leftovers, is super family-friendly, and it’s one of my personal favorites for dropping off on the front steps of a friend in need! You can use any breadcrumbs you wish- I always recommend crispy panko, but regular breadcrumbs work, as well. If you don’t have cream cheese, sour cream is a good substitute- or you can use extra ricotta cheese. I’ll also sometimes add a little ground mustard powder into the ricotta mixture for a change-up in the flavor, too.
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Category: Chicken, Dinner, Oven Baked, Sheet PanCooking Type: Oven Baked, Sheet PanMain Ingredient: ChickenMeal Type: Dinner

About Ruthy Kirwan

Ruthy Kirwan is a recipe tester and developer living in NYC with her two small kids and hard-working husband. She created Percolate Kitchen in 2016 to help busy people get their act together in the kitchen. Learn more at percolatekitchen.com/about

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  1. paul

    16 February, 2022 at 10:26 am

    Uh, where’s the spinach, Popeye?

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Tender chicken breasts pounded thin and rolled around a creamy mixture of ricotta, cream cheese, and lemon. Coated in crispy panko!
Tender chicken breasts pounded thin and rolled around a creamy mixture of ricotta, cream cheese, and lemon. Coated in crispy panko!
Tender chicken breasts pounded thin and rolled around a creamy mixture of ricotta, cream cheese, and lemon. Coated in crispy panko!