Chicken Pockets Stuffed with Feta and Yogurt
 
 
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Recipe type/ Τύπος Πιάτου: Main Course
Cuisine/ Κουζίνα: Greek
Ingredients/ Συστατικά
  • 4 chicken breasts
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 small or two large green peppers, cut in four
  • 8 kalamata or green olives, chopped
  • 3 pickled cucumbers, chopped
  • 3 tbsp feta cheese per breast, crumbled (total 12 tbsp)
  • 2 tbsp yogurt per breast (total 8 tbsp)
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp fresh basil, chopped
  • ½ tsp dried oregano
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 4 dried tomatoes, chopped
  • 2 fresh tomatoes, sliced and each slice cut in half
  • ½ cup chicken stock
  • Salt and pepper
Instructions/ Εκτέλεση
  1. Preheat oven to 200° C/ 400° F.
  2. Take a deep baking pan.
  3. Place the pieces of the green peppers in such way as to cover the bottom of the pan.
  4. Pour the 2 tbsp of olive oil.
  5. Set aside.
  6. Cut the chicken breasts lengthwise paying attention to not cut completely.
  7. Stop the knife before the edges of the breast forming a pocket that will receive the filling.
  8. Salt and pepper them.
  9. In a bowl mix the olives, the pickled cucumbers, the feta cheese, the yogurt, the sugar, the fresh basil, the dried oregano, the onion, the garlic and the dried tomatoes.
  10. Take each breast; put the one half slice on the one inside side and another one on the other inside side of the pocket.
  11. Put about two to three spoonfuls of the filling in the pocket and place the chicken breast with this side up on the baking pan.
  12. Repeat with the rest of the breasts.
  13. Place the remaining halved slices of tomato in between the chicken pockets.
  14. Be careful to choose a baking pan in which the breasts will be somewhat squeezed and thus they will remain in their place as they cook.
  15. Pour the ½ cup of chicken stock.
  16. Bake for one hour.
  17. Remove, let it rest for 10 minutes and then serve.
  18. It goes perfectly with French fries and/or baked potatoes.
Recipe by Culinary Flavors at https://www.culinaryflavors.gr/chicken-pockets-stuffed-with-feta-and-yogurt/