Baked Chicken With Cream Cheese Vegetable Topping - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    4 bone-in skinless chicken breasts (about 2 1/4 pounds in all)
    1 tablespoon cooking oil
    1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
    1/2 orange bell pepper, chopped
    1/2 green bell pepper, chopped
    1 small onion, chopped
    1 carrot, grated
    1 small zucchini, diced
    8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
    1 teaspoon salt
    1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
    1/2 teaspoon dried whole dill weed
Preparation
    Heat the oven to 425 degrees F.
    In a medium frying pan, heat the oil over moderate heat.
    Add the bell pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until starting to soften, about 3 minutes.
    Add the onions,carrot and zucchini, cook 2 minutes longer, drain.
    Mix the vegetables with the cream cheese, 3/4 teaspoon of the salt, 1/4 teaspoon of the black pepper and dill.
    Sprinkle the chicken breasts with the remaining salt and pepper.
    Put the breasts in a roasting pan and spread them with the vegetable cream cheese.
    Bake the chicken until just done, 20 to 25 minutes.

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