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Help with stuffing chicken breast

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leemschu
leemschu Posts: 609
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Last week I cooked some chicken breast but I stuffed them with pepper jack cheese. I did this by inserting a knife in the side of the breast and cut a pocket in the middle. The entry hole was only about a 1 inch slit. By the time the chicken finished the cheese had melted out mostly. And technique that will help the cheese stay in and not ooze out?
Dyersburg, TN
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    you can buy cheese that's made for sausage that will stay intact.  Or use a cheese that doesn't melt like feta.  Or parm/romano, some hard cheese.
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,832
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    Or wrap in bacon tightly.
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  • dlk7
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    I wrap them with tightly with bacon.

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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    ...or meat glue the hole closed
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  • dlk7
    dlk7 Posts: 1,053
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    I buy bacon wrapped stuffed chicken breasts from UW Provisions in Middleton, WI.  David has probably 10 different kinds but the Jalepeno and cheese stuffed ones are amazing.

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  • Jstroke
    Jstroke Posts: 2,600
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    With soft cheeses you need to pound out the chicken breast and then use it like a tortilla. Wrap it up and tothpick it or wrap it in Bacon. 
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,618
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    I've done the same thing, @henapple showed me how to cut a pocket in the breast from the top, small slit 1/2 way through then go horizontal with the knife.
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 14,618
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    ...but you can't flip them without wrapping in bacon or something else.
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,791
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    Jstroke said:
    With soft cheeses you need to pound out the chicken breast and then use it like a tortilla. Wrap it up and tothpick it or wrap it in Bacon. 
    What this guy said.

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  • Toxarch
    Toxarch Posts: 1,900
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    I pound it flat between two pieces of celophane then wrap it around a half jalapeño stuffed with cheese and sausage. Then I wrap the whole thing in bacon and baste with bbq sauce near the end. It's called a chicken bomb and it's awesome.
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  • Scottborasjr
    Scottborasjr Posts: 3,494
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    If I could agree and like what @SGH and @Toxarch said I would. If you really want to do the stuffed chicken and not lose anything at all, after one flip, put the stuffed chicken on foil, then the cheese becomes part of the coating. 
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  • Black_Badger
    Black_Badger Posts: 1,182
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    I've done stuff like this before with cheese that likes to melt and if you use the 'pocket' method like you described above here's a pretty good trick to keeping the cheese (mostly) inside. After you do the stuffing pierce both flaps with a kabob skewer and then hang the skewer from a rack during the cook. This keeps the 'pouch' pointed up and the cheese inside until serving. I prefer to use metal skewers and you can do multiple breasts per skewer. I'm sure there are other variations but this should be a good jumping off point.

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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    @leemschu... Try boneless thighs 
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  • Little Steven
    Little Steven Posts: 28,817
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    Just plug the hole with a piece of fresh bread squeezed a bit

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