Taste of Home
Puff Pastry Chicken Bundles
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 30 min. Bake: 20 min.
YIELD: 8 servings.
Inside these golden puff pastry "packages", chicken breasts rolled with spinach, herbed cream cheese and walnuts are a savory surprise. I like to serve this elegant entree when we have guests or are celebrating a holiday or special occasion.
-Brad Moritz, Limerick, Pennsylvania
Ingredients
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8 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (about 6 ounces each)
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1 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon pepper
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40 large spinach leaves
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1 carton (8 ounces) spreadable chive and onion cream cheese
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1/2 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
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2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed
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1 large egg
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1/2 teaspoon cold water
Directions
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1.
Preheat oven to 400°. Cut a lengthwise slit in each chicken breast half to within 1/2 in. of the other side; open meat so it lies flat. Pound with a meat mallet to 1/8-in. thickness. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
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2.
Place 5 spinach leaves on each chicken breast half. Spoon a scant 2 tablespoons of cream cheese down the center of each chicken breast half; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon walnuts. Roll up chicken; tuck in ends.
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3.
Unfold puff pastry; cut into 8 portions. Roll each into a 7-in. square. Place chicken on 1 half of each square; fold other half of pastry over chicken. Crimp edges with fork. Combine egg and cold water; brush over edges of pastry.
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4.
Bake on a greased 15x10x1-in. baking sheet until a thermometer reads 165°, 20-25 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
1 serving: 624 calories, 32g fat (10g saturated fat), 136mg cholesterol, 742mg sodium, 39g carbohydrate (1g sugars, 6g fiber), 44g protein.
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