Lasagna Stuffed Chicken Breasts With Spinach

Hold on to your hats because THIS recipe is a definite keeper, one the whole family will love! Lasagna Stuffed Chicken Breasts With Spinach is perfect for a family meal. Add a salad and maybe some garlic bread and you are set!

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There are a few ways in which I classify "winning" as a mom, one of them is when everyone in my house enjoys the same dinner. I know many of you can relate to that, lol!

This Lasagna Stuffed Chicken is really good and it's not hard to make. Plus, its totally versatile and the leftovers are great reheated.

Why you'll love this ricotta stuffed chicken

Baked stuffed chicken breasts, filled with Italian cheeses, spinach, and seasoning, mingling with a flavorful red sauce. What's not to love? Crispy chicken on the outside, fluffy cheese filling on the inside. This is a family favorite recipe!

I'm seriously blown away by the quality, taste, and texture of the Mezzetta® sauces I have tasted. SO much so that I am taking a stance to say that these are the very best jar sauces I have had to date.

You know how you almost always tinker with your store-bought pasta sauce to get it tasting the way you want? With the 4 varieties, I tasted...no need necessary. That is a win when I am not making my own sauce!

This ricotta stuffed chicken recipe is a play on Chicken Rollatini Recipe. Pretty much the same thing except these bundles are a little larger and more robust. If you are on a Keto diet, these will work for you. Same goes for a gluten-free diet, simply swap out the Panko for a GF variety of breadcrumbs.

You may also enjoy my friend Ryan's Crockpot Lasagna Soup recipe.

How Do You Make Lasagna Stuffed Chicken?

• Making this recipe is easy!
• All you need is a handful of ingredients - chicken, spinach, seasoning, ricotta and mozzarella cheeses, breadcrumbs and sauce.
• Use thinner chicken cutlet pieces found at your grocery store our cut and pound your own.
• After browning your chicken, nestle them in oven safe dish lined with pasta sauce and bake until done. Then dig in!

Tips

• The secret to knocking this recipe for Lasagna Stuffed Chicken Breasts With Spinach out of the park is to make sure you crisp up all sides of your stuffed chicken Don't just sauté the top and bottom of your chicken, use tongs and crisp up the other sides too.
• Another tip is to used plain frozen chopped spinach for the filling. Fresh spinach may make the dish watery. You have the ability to squeeze the thawed frozen chopped spinach dry which works best in this recipe.

What Is The Difference Between Lasagna Stuffed Chicken and Chicken Rollatini?

They are basically the same thing. The real difference is the size of the chicken you are working with. If you have thinner smaller pieces of chicken and can stand them up in your dish (so the filling side faces up) people call them Chicken Rollatini. I also think a Rollatini refers to the spreading of the filling ON the chicken and then rolling it up vs slitting open a chicken breast and stuffing it. Potato...Pa-tot-o.

Variations

• You can make Lasagna Stuffed Chicken Breasts With Spinach and omit mozzarella cheese, it is delicious with just a spinach and ricotta filling.
• Choose to leave out the spinach or add ground beef or ground sausage to the filling or line the chicken breasts with a piece of prosciutto before filling and rolling them. It's up to you, any of those will work.

I hope you enjoy this stuffed chicken recipe as much as my family does!

Enjoy! XO Colleen

Originally published April, 2019. Updated June, 2024.

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Lasagna Stuffed Chicken Breasts With Spinach

Colleen Kennedy

This recipe for Lasagna Stuffed Chicken Breasts With Spinach is a family favorite recipe. Like Chicken Rollatini. Crispy chicken outside and fluffy cheese filling. No noodles necessary!

5 from 7 votes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 50 minutes mins

Course Entree

Cuisine Italian, Italian American

Servings 6 servings

Calories 153 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 3 large or 6 thin chicken breasts see notes
• 15 oz container Ricotta cheese
• ½ cup Mozzarella cheese
• ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
• Salt & pepper
• 1 cup plain frozen chopped spinach thawed and squeezes dry
• 2 eggs
• 2 cups panko breadcrumbs
• Grapeseed or Olive oil for browning.
• Pasta sauce
• Optional: garlic paste for the filling

Instructions

 

• Make sure your chicken is the same amount of thickness throughout. Pounding it with a mallet in spots 9under plastic wrap) if necessary.
• Season your chicken on both sides with salt and pepper.
• In a small mixing bowl, combine the cheeses and mix with a spatula until smooth. Season with salt & pepper, add in the spinach and stir until combined.
• Place a couple of spoonfuls of the mixture onto each piece of chicken and smooth it out evenly.
• Roll from the smallest edge towards the larget edge until chicken is a bundle. Place seam-side down on paper plates or on a baking sheet.
• Preheat oven to 375.
• Pour enough pasta sauce into the casserole dish you will bake the chicken in, to coat the bottom about ½ inch.
• Whisk your eggs in a bowl and place Panko on a plate, seasoning it with some salt and pepper.
• Dip chicken one at a time in the egg, coating all sides and allowing excess to drip off. Immediately roll in Panko and place on a cutting board or tray, repeat with each piece of chicken.
• Heat frying pan over med-high heat. Once the pan is hot, add 2-3 TBS oil and brown chicken on all sides (about 2 minutes a side. Place into your oven safe dish
• Place 2 TBS of oil into a skillet (It's best to brown two at a time, so you have plenty of room to flip the chicken over as well as brown the sides), Place chicken into sauce lined casserole dish and repeat with remaining stuffed chicken.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cooked through. Final cook time will vary by size and thickness of chicken,
• Sprinkle chicken with grated parmesan and chopped parsley if desired and serve. You can also add Mozzarella cheese to the top of each stuffed chicken and return it to the oven until its melted.

Notes

Nutritional calculation does not account for homemade or brand of pasta sauce you may use.

Nutrition

Serving: 6servingsCalories: 153kcalCarbohydrates: 16gProtein: 9gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 66mgSodium: 318mgPotassium: 164mgFiber: 2gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 3227IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 162mgIron: 2mg

Keyword Chicken Rollatini, Lasagna Stuffed Chicken, Ricotta Stuffed Chicken

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