Chicken Stuffed w/ sun dried tomatoes, basil, and mozzarella (oh my!!)

We FINALLY got paid last night so I got to go grocery shopping this morning and replenish our kitchen! You guys already know what I do every pay period...meal plan! I found a video that made a pretty badass chicken dinner (no written recipe was included :/ ) but I knew that I had to make it. I found all the ingredients fairly cheaply so I was pretty excited! I found the video here and I actually changed the recipe a bit, but I hope you guys enjoy!

Sarah's Sun Dried Tomato, Basil, and Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken

Ingredients:

~2 chicken breasts, completely thawed & fat trimmed off

~handful of basil leaves, chopped

~sun dried tomato pesto (this was my plan b, I couldn't find sun dried tomatoes)

~shredded mozzarella cheese (I couldn't find the cheese shown in the video)

~EVOO

~pepper to taste

~oregano to taste

~red pepper flakes to taste

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400F.

2. Slice chicken breasts in half down the middle (that's the best way I can explain it) but make sure you don't cut through the back side. Make sure you cut big enough to create a sort of pocket for the fillings to fit.

3. Stuff your chicken breasts with mozzarella cheese, basil leaves, and sun dried tomato pesto.

4. Close the chicken breasts and place on baking sheet. Top with EVOO, shredded cheese, and sun dried tomato pesto, then bake for 20 minutes.

5. Your chicken will come out completely cooked, but just in case, your meat thermometer should be at least 165F in the center of the breast.

This was so good and I felt like an adult making this for Cory and I. I thought this was going to be so complicated to make but honestly it wasn't. I also didn't think the chicken was going to come out cooked all the way through (bad experiences in the past) but it was and it was so moist and flavorful! It actually had a little kick to it, so delicious. I paired it with steamed broccoli and lemon pepper rice (which Cory didn't like...) and man I felt like such a grown up eating a badass dinner on our NEW DINING ROOM TABLE!!! (it got delivered today ahh!!!)

I hope you guys try this for real it was amazing!

~S