Author: Leticia Celentano
Time for reading: ~1
minutes
Last Updated:
August 08, 2022
Learn how to cook "Chicken pockets stuffed with mozzarella and spinach and lemon rice". Delicious recipe.
Necessary products
For lemon rice:
1 teaspoon white long grain rice
1 small lemon
1 small onion
3 cloves garlic
salt to taste
oil
For the chicken pockets:
5 pieces of chicken fillet 100 grams each
120 grams of mozzarella
10-15 large leaves of spinach
salt and ground black pepper to taste
100 grams of breadcrumbs
1 teaspoon ground red pepper
oil
Method of preparation :
Wash the lemon thoroughly, drain the juice and grate the peel. Peel onions and garlic cloves, chop finely.
Heat 2 tablespoons of oil and fry the onion in it until transparent and garlic. Add the lemon zest and let it simmer for a few more minutes.
Wash the rice well (until the water is clear), drain it from the liquid and pour into the bowl with the stewed onion, garlic and lemon. Pour 2-3 tablespoons of oil and heat the rice, stirring it (the grains should be soaked in fat).
Dissolve 1 teaspoon of salt in 500 milliliters of hot water and add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, then pour over the rice. When the liquid boils, close the pan with a lid and let everything cook over low heat for 25 minutes. The berries will completely absorb the water. Leave in the pan without opening the lid and take care of the chicken pockets.
Wash the fillet and dry it. Rinse the spinach leaves with cold water and also dry. Cut the mozzarella into slices.
Make deep incisions on each piece of fillet on the underside and dissolve the meat like a book.
Season with salt and ground black pepper, put a few slices of mozzarella, 2-3 spinach leaves and again a row of mozzarella. Close the "pockets" and secure them with toothpicks. Season with salt and ground black pepper on both sides (outside).
Mix the breadcrumbs and red pepper. In this mixture, roll the fillet and fry in 3-4 tablespoons of oil for about 3 minutes on each side. Then stew for 30 minutes.
Serve hot with lemon rice.
Enjoy your meal!