Mediterranean Stuffed Chicken

This is a great base recipe. I put the feta and cream cheese in a food processor and added fresh spinach, roasted red peppers, garlic, and basil to make a filling with which to stuff the chicken. To the pan, I added about 3 T of extra virgin olive oil and 3 T of lemon juice. I wilted some fresh spinach, added some feta and mixed it with a lemon rice and it was great. My dinner party guests raved over it and couldn't get enough of the "lemon sauce" for the chicken. If you are experienced with roux, you could thicken the lemon-chicken stock after cooking and that would be great, too.

I made this for a dinner party. I used toothpicks instead of kitchen string. I also dipped the chicken in melted butter and then rolled in a 2:1 ratio of seasoned bread crumbs and parm cheese. Came out delicious!

We loved this recipe! I placed chicken between pieces of waxed paper and pounded it thin then added the cheese mixture (as listed in recipe). The only change I made was, after brushing the rolled chicken with melted butter, to sprinkle each piece with a mixture of bread crumbs and parmesian cheese. The little bit of cheese that oozed out during cooking time was excellent spooned on top of the chicken. I served this alongside gnocchi with browned sage butter sauce. Too good!

I thought this was excellent. The only thing I did differently was cut a pocket into the chicken, and used fresh garlic instead of powder. I also omitted the butter completly and drizzled lemon juice over the whole thing. Really good, thank you!

YUM-MY!!!! We all loved this dish! To the stuffing I added about 1 Tablespoon of Pesto-instead of the dill and 1-2 teaspoons fresh garlic instead of the garlic powder a few shakes of red pepper flakes into the mix. I seasoned the chicken really well (I did what a lot of people have done and just made a "pocket" for the stuffing.) I put sliced mushrooms on top of the chicken, 1/2 lemon juiced over everything, poured some extra virgin olive oil over the top seasoned and popped in the oven for about 40 minutes. This was AWESOME over Linguini I poured the sauce that was in the bottom of my chicken dish over the pasta-PERFECT!!!

This was SO good. I have found a new favorite fancy dish. I did alter it a little, based on the other reviews. I added some finely diced red onion, some chopped kalamata olives, and a pinch of crushed red pepper. I added more cheese too, to create a sauce type effect to put over orzo pasta that I seasoned with garlic and pepper and lemon. Thanks for a great recipe - Delicious!

This chicken is very Good! I added minced garlic and a little fresh squeezed lemon juice to the stuffing mix. I topped the breast pieces with lemon pepper instead of just plain salt and pepper. I was short on time so I just sliced the breasts open down the side to make a pocket and closed it with toothpicks. I increased the baking time to ~40 minutes to factor in the thicker pieces of chicken. We will definitely make this again and again!

WOW! this chicken was a hit... of course i had to add something as everyone does :) raspberry sauce to pour over top & decoration: 1/4 c seedless rasp jam, 2 tbs oj, 2 tbs white balsamic vinegar... bring to boil in sauce pan, reduce 3-4 minutes. YUM!!!

What a wonderful recipe! I followed the recipe pretty close but did add some finely chopped calamata olives to the mix. After I basted the chicken with the butter I dusted the top with coarsely crushed salad croutons. As this was going to a large group, I cut each breast on a bias into 5 pieces and plated on a bed of lettuce. Looked great and tasted even better! I'm getting into this cooking thing!!

I love this recipe. I make it at all the time served over lightly salted jasmine rice. I always use real minced garlic instead of garlic powder just because I love garlic. I even had some of the cheese spill over onto sweet white corn and it was awesome. Just for easy clean up, line a dish with foil before baking. Then just toss the foil when you're done. If there were more than 5 stars I'd give this recipe more.

Fantastic!! OMG, this dissapeared, it was so good! I altered it so slightly, I used 4 chicken tenders, pounded thin, I replaced dill with Oregano, Basil and Chives, about 1/2 to 3/4t each. I replaced garlic powder with 2 fresh cloves of garlic, minced. I replaced whole cream cheese with 1/3 less fat. Everything else was the same. Except in my oven at 350 for 20 minutes, then 400 for 5 more minutes. This was so amazing, creamy, flavorful, yum! I served with roasted red potatoes and fresh roasted green beans. So amazing. I have never ever tasted chicken this amazing before. Please post more easy recipes like this. This one was so perfect! Its a gourmet dish that takes 5 minutes to prepare and on the table in 30 minutes from start to finish with little cleanup! I baked 4 tenderloins wrapped in cheese fill in my glass 8x8 pan, each piece individually wrapped in twine, cutting off excess! Make this, you wont be disappointed! Thank you so much for posting this!

This is a real "keeper" recipe! I added more dillweed and used 1/2 teaspoon freshly minced garlic, instead of the garlic powder. I found that I would really have preferred only 1/4 teaspoon. Just my personal choice. I made enough for "planned-overs" and was so glad I did!

I used Italian seasoning instead of dill weed, and rolled the chicken in bread crumbs as other reviewers recommended. Also, I have a ton of roasted peppers to use up, so I blended that into the creamcheese mixture. Delish!

WOW this is scary good! I doubled the cheese recipe and used the extra to surround the breasts while baking. This allowed me extra for the fettucini topping. I also added some pepper and onions to the cheese mixture. For breading, I followed other suggestions and combined croutons and parmessean cheese. This was 5-star restaraunt good and would have been excellent just as is without my add-ons, but I have to be me.

This is a great recipe. I added some fresh spinach and tomato to the cream cheese and feta cheese mixture. I also put a little evoo and squeezed half a lemon in the baking dish and half through, squeezed the other half over the chicken

Way too much dill. I will only try this again with an altered recipe significantly reducing the dill or using oregano in it's place.

I followed suggestions from other reviewers with the roasted red peppers and spinach. Delicious.

This was great. I followed some of the suggestions and made a tapenade with feta cheese,olive oil, lemon juice and kalamata olives as well to top the chicken. My family enjoyed, will definitely make again.

We rolled the stuffed chicken breasts in panko crumbs before cooking and served on brown rice. Needed to cook a little longer than 20 minutes (about 30 minutes)and was perfect. Thanks for a great recipe!

I tried this recipe months ago and my family loves it! It has became one of my favorit recipes.

This was pretty good but took much, much longer than 20 minutes to cook. I had to keep taking out of the oven and checking the chicken. I'd say total cooking time was close to an hour. The chicken breasts I used weren't all that thick either and I even pounded them between two pieces of wax paper like other reviewers suggested. The flavor (when it was finally done) was very good though.

My husband & I just made this & loved it! Based on other reviews we added chopped scallions, a few chopped black olives & fresh garlic, salt & pepper to the cream cheese mix. And we cut pockets in the ckn., stuffed, secured w/ toothpicks, then dipped in melted butter & breaded in 1/2 ital. crumbs & 1/2 parm. cheese. Then added 4 T lemon juice/4T ol. oil to the baking dish. The ckn browned & the sauce was wonderful over lemon rice. We had salad & dill steamed carrots & a great night - thanks!

My family loves this recipe. I've changed it a bit to fit our tastes. I don't use dill weed (we don't like it) and add sliced sun-dried tomatoes to the cream cheese mixture. Sometimes I wrap each breast with proscuitto. Bake for about 25-30 minutes. Delish! One time I didn't have cream cheese and used mayonnaise-that worked great. This receipe can be varied to fit your family!

Very flavorful! I added a pinch of grated parmesan and reduced the dill weed to 1 1/2 tsp. I also didn't have cooking string, so I used the mixture as a topping, and baked the chicken unrolled. It turned out great! I will make this again!

This was fantastic! I keep getting requests to make this for dinner it was so delicious! I did make a couple changes. I used diced roasted garlic instead of powdered. It was kept from being too strong by the cream cheese and feta combo. I also wrapped the chicken in bacon. This made it so I had to cook it for longer but it was so worth it!!

BEST RECIPE EVER!! i did tweak it up big- seasoning my chicken w/salt and pepper first. then i used cream cheese, feta cheese, garlic powder, 1/4 cup shredded mozzerella cheese & 1 tablespoon steamed/drained spinach. i spread the filling and then rolled each chicken breast up using toothpicks to secure. dipped in melted butter and coated with mix 1/2season breadcrumbs 1/2 parm cheese. baked @ 350 degrees for 40 min. or until golden. so juicy & delicious and pretty easy! will make again for sure!!

Loved it!! Made it for my boyfriend and our roomate and it was all gone. Def making it again.

My husband & I both thought the dill overpowered the cheese mixture. I would definitly suggest cutting back on the dill. Other than that, I found the recipe pretty easy to make. I like recipes with not too many ingredients or steps. Keeping it simple for my busy life!

very good, but a bit rich.

This is a fantastic recipe! The best chicken we have ever eaten! I took some of the suggestions and added roasted red peppers, and fresh garlic to the filling. I also put some olive oil in the baking dish and sprinkled parmesan cheese on top. I left out the dill and baked for 40 minutes. We absolutely loved this!!!

This was delicious! I added some seasoned bread crumbs before I baked it in the oven, which really added to the flavor of the dish. You could really substitute any herd (dried or fresh) in place of the dill weed. I have tried it with basil and chives.

The first time I made it, the chicken was too thick and didn't cook all the way. It was a bummer to put it back into the oven, but a mistake I will not repeat again! It's delicious and I always get great reviews :)

Thought it was delicious! I did add roasted red peppers and doubled the cream cheese. I used big pieces of chicken and didn't pound them enough after I butterflied so it ended up taking closer to an hour. Also the stuffing ended up coming out a lot and made more of a sauce, but was still really good. I will use thinner pieces next time though- the mix was really very tasty. Also I'll use the string, as suggested instead of the toothpicks I used. Thank you!

Excellent dish! The feta cheese / cream cheese mixture is VERY tasty! I made a couple of alterations: 1. rather than brushing the chicken with melted butter, I sprinkled lemon pepper spice on top of each chicken breast; 2. further, since I was using jumbo-sized chicken breasts, I baked the chicken uncovered in the oven for 40 minutes, rather than just 20 minutes to ensure the chicken was thoroughly cooked. This recipe goes very well with the roasted chicken risotto with caramelized onion recipe from this website along with iceberg lettuce with feta cheese!

Very good, be sure to pound your chicken very thin or your rolls will be to fat to cook evenly.

I give this 3 1/2 stars. Not terrible, by any means, but I just wasn't big on the combination of cream cheese and feta. I love both, and I really thought it sounded awesome, gooey and cheesy. It just wasn't. I still liked it enough to eat leftovers the next day, but I probably won't make it again.

Yum yum! I made this small scale with the dill, it was very tasty. I made large scale (140 people) with basil instead of dill and it was SO much yummier. I cut a little pocket in the breast to make it go faster. I would definitely make this again!

Excellent! I added some frozen spinach to the filling and loved it. Used Lemon pepper, and salt for the topping. Used lemon/butter/olive oil mix for the sauce in the dish. It was great! :-)

I made the recipe using the pocket method as suggested by one viewer. It worked out great. We made israeli couscous and baked sweet potatoes with this and everyone raved about the combination of flavors. It's a great recipe and really like it that there weren't so many ingredients.

I can't tell you how delicious I thought these were! Yum!!!! So rich and flavorful. And they were easy, but appeared as if I spent hours! I scooped some of the stuffing that came out during cooking over the breasts before serving.

This was great! The filling was delicious and creamy. It went so well with the chicken. I couldn't believe how fast it was to make! I kept the chicken together with toothpicks and it worked well.

This was really good chicken, but I did change they cheesy filling substantially. I reduced both cheese (cream cheese to about 2 ounces and feta to about 1/4 cup) and I added in: garlic clove, fresh baby spinach, fire roasted red peppers. I blitzed this all together in my mini-food processer, stuffed the chicken and baked. The end result was very yummy - I will make again for sure.

Loved this!! It had such a fresh, pleasing taste. The only thing I would change is to make a pocket in the chicken breasts instead of pounding them flat. YUMMY!!

I made this for dinner a few nights ago and had a few friends over. It got great reviews! A little too rich for my taste but everyone else loved it! I suggest adding chopped mushrooms & onion. Gives it some good flavor. Also used garlic & herb feta. Will definitely add this to my recipe box. Thanks!

Sounded good, but it was too rich and cheesy for me.

Delicious! I used herbed feta cheese and topped the chicken with roasted red peppers...it was amazing!!

I did the chicken pocket instead of pounding it thin. I had to bake about 30 minutes. I used toothpicks instead of twine. Hubby thought it was great, I thought it was okay. The feta didn't come through, and the dill was so-so. I'd switch to minced garlic instead of powder, and maybe do something different instead of dill... tarragon? cumin and cinnamon? something.

yummylicious!!! butter keeps it soft and juicy on the outside and the stuffing keep it moist on the inside. Flavors are bursting in this recipes and goes all well together.

THIS IS AMAZING. I made the changes everyone else made including- to cheese mixture i added redpepper flakes, red onion and used italian seasoning instead of dill. Brushed the top with olive oil, butter and lemon mixture then sprinkled lemon pepper on top, cooked 40 min. Winner!!!

My parents, siblings, and spouse all tried this and they are crazy about it! My sister especially loves dill and this recipe has just the right amount. It's going into our family recipe book on the next printing. Way to go!

This was excellent! Very tasty and the saltiness of the filling from the feta cheese went extremely well with the chicken. It took about 40 minutes to bake, though as the chicken breast halves were quite large.

EASY AND TASTY. REPLACED THE DILL WITH SOME TARRAGON AND ITALIAN SEASON. I THINK ANY "TWEAKING" WOULD WORK WELL WITH THIS BASE. ENDED UP COOKING THE CHICKEN 35-40 MIN.

Excellent. I followed the recipe as written, but (as per another reviewer) poured the juice of half a lemon over the chicken before baking. It was awesome. Next time I will brown the chicken under the broiler before serving. I found it took about 40 minutes to cook through (I followed the method of pounding and rolling the chicken around the stuffing. No need for string or toothpicks). Will definitly make again.

This was delicious. I used garlic and herb feta cheese. I also kind of combined this with another recipe I saw and placed the chicken over about 5 bulbs of garlic-I smashed the garlic with a spoon but not completely. And I didn't tie the chicken so the cheese that leaked and garlic made a nice little sauce. The sauce is tasty, I don't eat the garlic bulbs. I baked it for about an hour at 325. I loved it but I'm a garlic lover, I think it would be good w/o the garlic addition as well.

Beautiful, one of my favorites now

This was great! We used real garlic instead of powder and rolled it in crushed garlic croutons for a little bit of a crunch.

This was really good! I added prosciutto and fresh garlic to the cream cheese mixture. The chicken definitely took longer than 20 minutes, but I probably didn't pound them thin enough.

I absolutely loved this recipe. It is similar to one I used to make but much better and easier. I changed it slightly. I mixed the butter with the Feta and cream cheese. For the Feta, I used both plain and herbed Feta and added a little extra because I love it. I held it together with toothpicks because I didn't have cooking string. I sprayed the top with butter flavored Pam and sprinkled garlic and Paprika on top. When it was almost done I just broiled it slighly to crisp the skin. Everyone loved it and I will make it often! Thank you.

DELICIOUS! I used McCormick's :It's A Dilly" seasoning which includes lemon pepper with the dill seasoning. I added a splash of milk to process the feta and cream cheese easier in the food processor. I have also followed LAMBIE's recommendations and added olives and red onions the but I was SO DISAPPOINTED. Stick with the recipe, it is perfect as is...no need to make any alterations. The only change that I made was that I used toothpicks not string. The cheeses were so creamy--I will make this again.

The whole family enjoyed this. I drizzled olive oil on top and a bit in the pan instead of the butter. The filling tastes like boursin. It was great. I used fresh garlic.

WONDERFUL base recipe, when altered for personal preference, it's amazing!! i strongly reccomend using a flavored cream cheese (i used Philadelphia's roasted red pepper), and whirring them together first. also, stuff with fresh chopped spinach for some green flavour and texture. i also breaded mine, it was fabulous. will make again and again and again!

I made this and my 3 year old wouldn't touch it. DH and I liked it, although it's a little too "fancy" for our tastes. DH said it tasted like something you'd order at a fancy restaurant. I also cut the dill down to 1 1/2 tsp, but that was still too much.

A great recipe, very tasty! I actually marinated the chicken in balsamic vinegar with minced garlic and oregano. It was pretty good, but it took longer than 20 minutes to cook!

I'v sampled several recipes from this site but I have to say this was everything it was made out to be.....Fabulous. I would agree with the others that this is something to serve to guests and even my 15 year old son liked it. I will certainly serve this again.

My whole family loved this dish! It is absolutely delicious and simple!

it was AWWWSOM!I LOVED IT.

I should have followed other reviewers advice and made a "pocket". It would have turned out much better. But the flavor was awesome!!

Yummy chicken dish! Made a few changes though. Used veggie cream cheese instead of plain, used fresh garlic and dill, lightly breaded chicken with italian bread crumbs before stuffing and then sprayed them with butter flavored cooking spray instead of using melted butter. Great basic recipe though. I'm sure you could play with the flavors (as I did) and still get a great result! One other note: I upped the temp to 400 degrees and baked for 25 minutes.

This was fantastic. I decided to just try the recipe "as is". So many times people change the recipe, then give it a poor rating. I loved it and my husband loved it. Served with black beans and rice. Sprinkled a little dill on top of chicken prior to serving. (this did take approx 45 minutes to get done ) Will definitely make again. Thank you Amy.

I chose this recipe for a "beggar's dinner party" where each couple brought an ingredient and a bottle of wine. It was perfect! We served it with pasta and marinara and sauteed mushrooms on the side. It seemed no-fail and was ready by the time we finished our appetizer.

I liked this chicken recipe. But when I make it again I will add more stuff to the stuffing like roasted red peppers or spinach. Also, I will cook it on the stove top or grill instead of baking (Personal Preference).

This dish was so delicious! I added a little more feta than the recipe called for so it was a cheesy, gooey, mess - but so worth it!

I wanted a change from the standard chicken recipe and WOW !! My husband loved it and that works for me. My husband is very picky eater, as he only eats beef and potatoes.

Decent. Makes for an impressive presentation, but the taste wasn't all that impressive. It was moist but not very flavorful.

I had high hopes for this recipe; however, the filling was rather bland and the overall taste of the dish was mediocre. None of the herb flavor came through--if I ever made this again, I'd probably use a bit more dill, along with fresh garlic and chopped onion.

Easy and delicious--we will have this again.

not enough stars for this so simple and elegant

I love this recipe! I made it one night in a hurry, without cream cheese, and it still was fabulous. Serve it with a mixed green salad, feta, tomatoes and italian dressing, and it's a perfect dinner.

This is an awesome dish. Try wrapping it in filo or puff pastry and bake till golden brown as I did. Really a pleaser.

Absolutely phenominal! My family loved this meal and it was so simple! If you like cheese, this is the perfect recipe for you! I followed the recipe exactly. The only thing that I did differently is seal the chicken with toothpicks. I will definately make this again!

I modified the recipe just a little due to other reviews. I roasted minced garlic with diced red and green peppers in 1T of butter. I added that to the cream cheese mixture. I also added dill, freshly ground pepper, and shreded parmesan to the top of the chicken prior to baking. Next time I will wrap the chicken in bacon and bake.

I gave this a four, only because I would reduce the amount of cheesy stuffing the next time around. It was delicious, though!! I will make this again. I was thinking of adding pineapple to the cream cheese and feta filling.

Very good, should have made chicken thinner, or added more cheese.

This one is a keeper! I used fresh garlic and dill, herb & garlic feta like recommended in other reviews, and just a splash of lemon juice. I served it to my family at Christmas and everyone was saying how it was gourmet restaurant quality. And the best part was that it was so easy. I'll be making this again for sure.

Great recipe! I substituted oregano for the dill because I hate dill taste, but kept everything else pretty much the same. Husband loved it, too. :)

This was easy and delicious! I used oregano instead of the dill. I added a few squeezes of fresh lemon juice before the butter and I used fresh garlic! My husband loved it and said it was a keeper!

I have made this many times now...it is a favorite around here. It is SO simple, yet elegant. I served company this with couscous and it was a big hit!

Heaven on a plate!

brushed with butter, sprinkled bread crumbs and parmesan cheese. Cooked for 30 mins.

Great recipe, I just agree with adding a few other things. I just added sun dried tomatoes and spinach to the mixture.

Amazing recipe - I followed instructions exactly, except that I used light cream cheese - garlic herb flavored. Even my husband, who normally doesn't like cheese gave this a 9.5 on 10. Thanks for sharing!

This is a great recipe! I made it exactly as written. We thought it was excellent!

I LOVED this recipe. I doubled it to serve for 8 and everyone loved it! Also, if you happen to get leftovers, it is good reheated.

This is simply wonderful. I made it for the 1st time last night, I pounded the chicken breast out thin and based on other reviews after rolling it in the butter I rolled it in Italian bread crumbs and after it was in the baking dish put sliced baby bella mushrooms and fresh parmesan cheese on the top oops I almost forgot! I also squeezed fresh lemon juice on it. Mine had to bake for a lot longer than 20 minutes, but I had large breast. I altered the filling amounts to accommodate the amount of chicken I had and used the whole 8 oz f cream cheese and extra feta. I did not alter the garlic or the dill amounts. I served this with the Almond Strawberry Salad & the Lemon Thyme rice from this website. It all went together perfectly! I will be keeping this one to use over and over again!

This was absolutely delicious! My boyfriend and I almost came to blows over who would get the last one!

I LOVED I LOVED IT ADDED SOME LEAMON JUICE

This was just okay for us. The cheeses were a tad to thick for our taste. Don't think I'll be making this one again. Thanks for sharing thou :)

Great flavor

a hit always. i also add some italian seasoning. im not exactly sure wht dill weed is... im assuming its the same as dill seasoning? anyway that works great. ill also use mozzarella and cut up some mushrooms - brush with oil and season and put them in with the chicken. so easy and delicious!