Chicken Italiano

By rossboys

Ingredients

• 2 10oz pkgs frozen chopped spinach, thawed & drained
• 1 8oz block fat-free cream cheese
• Cooking spray
• 1/2 cup Italian-seasoned breadcrumbs
• 4 4oz skinned, boneless chicken breast halves
• 2 tsp olive oil
• 4 1oz slices part-skim mozzarella cheese, cut in half
• 1/4 tsp dried oregano
• 8 1/2 " thick slices tomato
• 1/4 cup grated fresh Parmesan cheese

Details

Servings 4

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 deg.

Combine spinach and cream cheese. Press spinach mixture into bottom of a 13x9" baking dish coated with cooking spray.

Place breadcrumbs in a shallow dish. Cut each chicken breast in half horizontally to make 2 cutlets. Dredge chicken in breadcrumbs.

Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over med-high heat. Add chicken, cook 2 min on each side or until lightly browned. Arrange chicken over spinach mixture. Top with mozzarella, and sprinkle with oregano. Top with the tomato slices and Parmesan. Bake at 350 deg for 30 min. Spoon one-fourth spinach mixture onto each of 4 plates; arrange 2 chicken cutlets and 2 tomato slices over spinach mixture.