Ingredients
4 lg Chicken breast halves, wings
-attached
1 sm Head Bibb lettuce
1/4 lb Blue cheese, crumbled
3/4 c Loosely packed watercress leaves
2 tb Butter (1/4 stick), softened
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Coarsely ground black pepper
2 tb Bottled oil and vinegar dressing
Watercress sprigs for garnish
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About 50 minutes before serving,with knife,
remove bones from chicken
breast halves, leaving bones in wings. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
In
bowl, with fork, mix blue cheese, watercress leaves and butter
until
blended. Starting at a narrow end of each chicken- breast half,
carefully
push fingers between skin and meat to form a pocket. Spoon 1/4
of cheese
mixture into each pocket. Place chicken, skin-side up, in open
roasting
pan. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake 30 minutes or until
chicken is
fork-tender and golden brown, brushing occasionally with drippings
from
pan. To serve, arrange Bibb lettuce on platter; drizzle with
bottled oil-
and vinegar dressing. Place chicken on lettuce. Garnish with
watercress
sprigs.
Makes 4 servings.
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