Stuff Your Belly With This Basil & Ricotta Stuffed Chicken Breast Recipe
Stuff Your Belly With This Basil & Ricotta Stuffed Chicken Breast Recipe
Recipe and photos by Launie Kettler
When it comes to the flavors of summer, basil jumps to the front of the line and raises its hand yelling, “Pick me! Pick Me!” Because, let’s face it, the slightly anise flavor of fresh basil pairs with all of our summer things…
Tomatoes.
Strawberries.
Watermelon.
Mint.
Oh, and let’s not forget grilled chicken! Or, in this case, stuffed chicken. And in this very particular case of utter deliciousness, ricotta and basil stuffed chicken bursting with parmesan and parsley, too!
We cheat and use toothpicks to keep all of the delicious filling inside the chicken, but if you want the filling to spill out au natural and get all toasty in the bottom of the pan, well, we can’t fault you for that!
And if you’d like a delicious sweet and spicy sauce to top off these basil and ricotta stuffed chicken breasts, then we’d highly recommend a healthy spoonful of our favoriteblueberry jalapeno jam recipe.
Launie Kettler is a food writer and photographer who cooks big food in a small kitchen in northern Vermont. Her husband and cats are tolerant of the fact that she plays the same Wilco and Son Volt albums over and over while pontificating about the beauty of cumin.