Spinach Stuffed chicken

I saw this "recipe" on Pinterest the other day and thought it looked  delicious that I just had to try it. Only problem was, there was no real recipe to follow, just the images. It didn't really look hard, plus I already had an idea on how I would do it, so I just went for it. Here is my version of:

Spinach Stuffed Chicken 

Ingredients: 

• 4 Chicken breasts
• Ricotta cheese
• fresh mozzarella cheese
• Tomato pasta sauce 
• Spinach
• Shake and bake  (no-name brand)
• Oregano
• Rosemary
• Pepper

Prep time: 20 min

Cook time 1 hr. 

Step 1

First I smashed the chicken breast with a rolling pin to make them a bit thinner and easier to roll up.I like to put plastic wrap over them so my rolling pin doesn't get all chickeny and save a bit of clean up.

Step 2

Then I made the filling to stuff the chicken with. I cut up the spinach and I wilted it down in a pan with a bit of oil. Then I took the wilted spinach and mixed it with about half a container of ricotta cheese. I also added in my spices of oregano and rosemary and pepper to the mixture. Give it a good stir and mix it all up. 

Step 3
Next I assembled it all together.

I spread the spinach mix on the smashed chicken breast then rolled it up and secured it with a few tooth picks.

Then I rolled it in the shake and bake mix.

Place in Pan. (this is not the best pan for this. It was more like a bowl and while it worked, I flat bottom square pan probably would have worked better. It got a little soupy while cooking).

Step 4
I placed the open topped dish in the oven at 300c for 45 minutes. After the chicken was cooked, I took it out and spread the tomato sauce over the chicken and cut up the fresh mozzarella and placed on top. I threw it back in the oven for an additional 15 min to warm up the sauce and melt the cheese a bit.

Step 5
EAT! YUMM!

(This picture below was me and Jamie trying to be food photographers and staging the plate. Note the three pieces of lettice)

Overall, I would give this meal a 4 star rating (out of 5). The tomato sauce we had wasn't really right (it had sausages in it) and I could have beat the chicken a bit thinner to make for a more even roll.. I would definitely make it again though. 

(Sorry that some of the pictures are on their sides, I can't figure out how to rotate my pictures on Blogger...any ideas?)