Boursin Chicken
This creamy baked Boursin chicken recipe is such a crowd-pleaser! With minimal ingredients and the easiest one dish clean-up, it's a surefire dinnertime success story!
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- ⅛ teaspoon sea salt thick flakes of fresh ground salt preferred
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper thick flakes of fresh ground black pepper preferred
- 1 cup boursin cheese homemade, or 5.2 ounce container of Boursin
- ¼ cup milk any kind you have on hand
- ⅛ cup fresh chives chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- In a baking dish or cast iron, brush both sides of chicken with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Add ¼ cup dollop of Boursin on top of each chicken breast.
- Bake 25 minutes or until internal temperature of each breast reaches 165°F.
- Remove from oven and transfer to stovetop in an oven safe skillet/pan over medium low heat. Add milk and scrape melted boursin from chicken. Stir or whisk around chicken until combined. Coat chicken with cheese and remove from heat.
- Garnish with chives. Allow to rest 5-10 minutes before serving.
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Notes
Tips
- Use cast iron to go from oven to range.
- Use a meat tenderizer to pound the chicken to make it tender and help it cook more evenly.
- Allow chicken breasts to rest 5-10 minutes before slicing and serving to seal in the juices.
Nutrition
Calories: 631kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 38g | Fat: 51g | Saturated Fat: 25g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 179mg | Sodium: 770mg | Potassium: 594mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 973IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 89mg | Iron: 1mg