Chicken and Zucchini Roll-Ups ($10 Meal)
Author: Leslie Green - The Hungry Housewife
Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 60 mins
Total time: 1 hour 5 mins
Chicken stuffed with zucchini and cheese makes a delicious $10 meal.
Ingredients
  • 1 zucchini, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, 3 breasts
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons oil, divided
  • 1 cup My Essentials 4 Cheese Italian Blend Shredded Cheese
  • 1/2 cup Bread Crumbs
  • 1/2 teaspoon Onion Powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon Garlic Powder
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 box Hannaford Rice & Vermicelli Mix Chicken Flavored, cooked to package directions
  • 1 bag (16 oz.) My Essentials Frozen Green Beans, cooked to package directions
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. In a medium skillet over medium heat, add 1/2 tablespoon oil.
  3. Add the zucchini, salt and pepper and cook for 5 minutes.
  4. Stir in the garlic and cook for an additional minute.
  5. Remove the zucchini mixture and allow to cool while you prep the chicken.
  6. Place the chicken in-between 2 pieces of plastic and pound the chicken to 1/4” thickness.
  7. Mix together the bread crumbs, onion powder and garlic powder in a shallow plate.
  8. In another shallow plate whisk the egg.
  9. Add the cheese to the cooled zucchini, mix and evenly divide over the chicken breasts.
  10. Roll the chicken breast up into a roll and secure with toothpicks.
  11. Roll the chicken into the egg and allow excess to drip off.
  12. Roll in the bread crumbs.
  13. In a medium oven proof skillet, heat 2 tablespoons oil over medium heat.
  14. Add the chicken and cook for 4 minutes per side.
  15. Place the chicken in the oven and cook for 35 minutes.
  16. Slice the chicken into coin shaped and serve with the rice and green beans.
Notes
*Price estimate does not include pantry staples you may likely already have. Prices are also adjusted for quantity; for example if a recipe calls for half an onion, we include the cost of that quantity.* Recipe Created for Sweetbay Supermarket by Leslie Green – The Hungry Housewife. Photo by Leslie Green – The Hungry Housewife
Recipe by The Hungry Housewife at http://www.thehungryhousewife.com/2012/03/chicken-and-zucchini-roll-ups-10-meal.html