writ­ten 07/08/2023, updat­ed 07/08/2023

What

Chick­en breast rolls stuffed with sauce, bacon, and spinach, bread­ed with Kel­log­g’s Corn Flakes Crumbs. Can eas­i­ly be dairy-free with­out addi­tion of cheese. No eggs. No soy. Unless in sauce.

Fun for a fam­i­ly because each roll can be cus­tomized for each per­son in terms of sauce, sea­son­ings, and fill­ing

Ingredients

Main: Chick­en breasts (whole or sliced), Kel­logs’s Corn Flakes Crumbs (or what­ev­er bread­ing, like panko), fill­ing, sea­son­ing, sauce, phys­i­cal fas­ten­er

Your choic­es of what­ev­er you like:

Fill­ing: spinach, cheese slices, bacon, dried cran­ber­ries, onions, etc

Sea­son­ings: soy sauce, salt, pep­per, sug­ar, lemon juice, gar­lic pow­der, onion pow­der, etc

Sauce: A‑1, mus­tard, hot sauce, man­go, toma­to, etc

Fas­ten­ers: tooth­picks, cook­ing twine, etc

Time

45 min­utes prep + 30–45 min­utes bake = 1.5 hours total

Steps

I used 4 whole breasts, pic­tures below

• Cook bacon
• Sauté spinach and fla­vor light­ly with lemon, gar­lic, soy sauce, pep­per, and crum­bled bacon, if desired
• Pre­pare and set out any sea­son­ings or sauces (your hands will be dirty)
• Pre­pare bread­ing in dish and set aside
• Line a bak­ing pan with bak­ing rack (you want air­flow under the chick­en)
• Pre­pare a sheet of plas­tic wrap and set near­by
• But­ter­fly the whole breasts (if using pre-cut breasts, skip ahead)
• Lay plas­tic wrap on top of but­ter­flied chick­en
• Using a meat ten­der­iz­er mal­let, pound until flat
  • Repeat for all chick­en
  • One by one, sea­son the chick­en on both sides
  • Pour sauce and rub it in
  • Lay­er cheese, bacon, and spinach
  • Top with more sauce, bacon, and cheese
  • Care­ful­ly fold in the sides, and then roll (Sauce and cheese will escape any holes or seams!)
  • Bind with phys­i­cal fas­ten­ers (I use tooth­picks)
  • Driz­zle oil (option­al)
  • Cov­er in Kel­log­g’s Crumbs/breading
  • Bake in oven between 350–400 degrees F for about 30–40 min­utes (depends on how much chick­en)
  • Remove fas­ten­ers
  • Slice, enjoy

Pictures

Notes

• Sauce is imper­a­tive if you don’t want it to turn out dry
• Fun to make for the fam­i­ly because every­one gets to choose their own sauce/flavor
• Pre-cooked bacon is easy, but imparts lit­tle fla­vor
• Bakes quick­ly since chick­en is thin and fill­ing is pre-cooked
• Ther­mome­ters are not rec­om­mend­ed giv­en how thin the meat is, can be used as a gauge
• Cut­ting open a test piece is the best option to test for done­ness
• Cheese is not nec­es­sary, but makes it oh so good
• Col­ored tooth­picks not rec­om­mend­ed, lol. Col­or comes off in chick­en.
• Bite sized is fun to eat, but annoy­ing to pre­pare
• Try not to cre­ate holes when but­ter­fly­ing
• Try not to lose any sauce or cheese to holes dur­ing bak­ing. Makes it very dry