Italian Chicken Cheese Rollups (Light) - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
    1 teaspoon dried basil
    1/4 teaspoon pepper
    1/4 teaspoon salt
    4 (1 ounce) part-skim mozzarella cheese, string
    cooking spray
    1 cup tomato sauce
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F.
    Place each chicken breast between 2 pieces of heavy-duty plastic wrap, pound to 1/4 inch thickness using a meat mallet or rolling pin.
    Combine basil, salt and pepper; sprinkle half of mixture evely over both sides of chicken.
    Place 1 string cheese stick across the center of each flattened chicken breast. Roll up chicken jelly roll fashion, starting with short end. Place chicken roll-up, seam side down, in an 11 x 7 inch baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining half of spice mixture, and coat with cooking spray. Cover and refrigerate up to 8 hours.
    Pour tomato sauce over chicken. Bake uncovered, at 350F for 35 minutes or until chicken is done and tomato sauce heated.

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