Mediterranean Stuffed Boneless Chicken Thighs

Ingredients

• 6-9 boneless skinless chicken thighs
• 4-5 black olives, minced not sliced
• 4-5 mushrooms, minced not sliced
• 1/8 cup pine nuts (optional)
• 1/4 cup feta cheese (preferably damp packed in water)
• 1/8 cup approx olive oil or sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon curry powder
• 2 tablespoons oregano
• 1 / tbsp black pepper
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional)
• 1 garlic clove (minced)
• 1 cup baby spinach (minced)

Directions

1. 1

   Put oil, curry, oregano, pepper, cayenne pepper, and minced garlic into a small mixing bowl and stir with a fork.

2. 2

   Pour oil and spice mixture into glass or ceramic baking dish and coat the whole bottom of pan with oil/spice mixture.

3. 3

   Wash the chicken thighs under cold water and roll them out flat.

4. 4

   Drag both sides of each thigh through the oil/spice mixture in baking dish and lay them flat and orderly in baking dish.

5. 5

   Lightly brown the pine nuts in a non-stick frying pan for 1 minute, then mince.

6. 6

   Put minced pine nuts, minced spinach, crumbled feta cheese, minced black olives, minced mushrooms into a bowl and toss them together. This is your stuffing.

7. 7

   Place generous amount of stuffing on each flattened thigh.

8. 8

   Roll the thighs around the stuffing to enclose it.

9. 9

   Preheat oven to 375 (oven temperatures vary) and bake for 30 -40 minutes or until chicken is white throughout when sliced.

10. 10

    Serve with rice and a vegetable or salad.