STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Taste of Home
By: Pat Neu, Gainesville, Texas

Ingredients

●In a large saucepan, saute the mushrooms, rice, onion and celery leaves in butter until onion is tender.
●Add water and seasonings; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5-7 minutes or until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed. Stir in pecans.
●Stuff 1/2 cup of rice mixture under the skin of each chicken breast half.
●Place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish.
●Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 1-1/2 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 170 degrees.

461 calories/serving