Ingredients: 200 grams Chicken thighs – washed and cleaned,200 grams Spinach – washed,1 teaspoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil,150 grams Ricotta Cheese,2 cups Whole Wheat Bread crumbs,2 teaspoon Mixed Herbs (Dried) – (basil,2 teaspoon Garlic powder,2 teaspoon Black pepper powder,Salt – to taste,Sunflower Oil – to fry
Time in minutes: 30 Servings: 4 Course: Appetizer Diet: High Protein Non Vegetarian
Instructions: To begin making the Chicken Spinach And Ricotta Bombs recipe, firstly wash and clean the chicken thoroughly.Using a knife make a deep slit on one side of chicken, making a pocket to hold our Spinach and Ricotta filling Once the pocket has been made, marinate the chicken in a bowl along with with salt, black pepper and olive oil.In a saucepan, boil water on high heat and it reaches a rolling boil, turn off the flame, add the washed and cleaned spinach leaves. Let it sit in there for 3-4 minutes. Remove the leaves from the saucepan and using a strainer allowing all the water to drain out. In a mixing bowl combine the spinach leaves along with the ricotta cheese, season with salt, mixed Italian herbs and freshly crushed black pepper powder to it. Mix well. Using a spoon, add this filling in the marinated chicken pocket. Once all the pockets have been filled, place the plate of filled chicken in the refrigerator to chill for an hour.This will help to set the cheese and spinach mixture inside the chicken.In an another plate, add fresh bread crumbs, to this add garlic powder, salt and black pepper powder and mix well.Take the chicken out of refrigerator and coat it with bread crumbs mixture.Heat oil in a wide pan for shallow frying on low-medium flame. Place the chicken one by one and fry them on both sides. This will take about 10-12 minutes.Once the chicken has cooked well, remove them on a tissue paper to drain excess oil.Spinach and ricotta cheese chicken bombs are ready. The goodness of soft and tender spinach leaves and the creamy ricotta flavours will make your mouth water. Serve Chicken Spinach And Ricotta Bombs with Cottage Cheese Dip Recipe with Pepper and Olives as a starter in your parties.