Air Fryer Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Apples is a delicious chicken recipe that is ready for the dinner table in 30 minutes. This easy recipe is a great way to level up the regular chicken game at dinner time and will be loved by the entire family.
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❤️ Why you'll love it
- This is a low carb recipe with 33 grams of protein and only 9 net carbs.
- The melty cheese and apple combination in the savory chicken breast is a meal that even picky eaters will love.
- It is a tender chicken dinner that takes little time to prep
🥘 Ingredients
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Boneless skinless chicken breasts
Salt, black pepper, and dried parsley
Apples
Muenster cheese
🔪 Instructions
- Place the onion powder, garlic powder, parsley, salt, and black pepper in a small bowl and mix to combine.
- Using ½ of the spice mixture, season chicken breasts.
- Place chicken breast in the air fryer basket and spray with olive oil cooking spray. Air fry at 400°f for 8 minutes.
- While chicken is air frying, melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the apple cider vinegar and remaining spices.
- Over medium-high heat, bring butter sauce to a boil, then simmer for 8 minutes, until the sauce has reduced and thickened. Set aside
- Remove chicken from air fryer and let cool for 5 minutes. Using a sharp knife, slice a pocket into the side of the chicken breast.
- Stuff the inside of the chicken with cheese and apple slices in layers.
- Return stuffed chicken breasts to the air fryer basket and using a pastry brush, coat with the reduced apple cider vinegar sauce. Cook for 12 more minutes, until internal temperature of chicken in the thickest part of the chicken without stuffing reaches 165 degrees F.
- Remove chicken from air fryer and let cool 5 minutes prior to serving.
🥄 Equipment
Air fryer
Meat thermometer
Chef knife
Cheese knife
Cutting board
Pastry brush
Saucepan
🥫Storage
Store leftover chicken in the fridge up to 4 days.
📖 Variations
- Use different kinds of cheeses in place of the muenster cheese. I like to use pepper jack cheese, brie, or cheddar cheese.
- For a sweeter glaze, substitute apple cider or apple juice in place of the apple cider vinegar. (doing this changes the carb count and it will no longer be a low carb recipe)
- Add a little bit of red pepper flakes to the vinegar glaze before brushing over top of the chicken for a little heat boost.
💭 Tips
- When buying chicken for stuffing, look for breasts that are not too large, but yet still are thick enough to cut into and make a pocket for the stuffing. Each chicken breast should weigh approximately 4 ounces.
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🍽 Serve with...
Serve these cheese stuffed chicken breasts with a side salad, or a side of green beans or broccoli.
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📖 Recipe
Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Perfectly cooked Chicken breasts stuffed with muenster cheese and apple slices and brushed with a reduced apple cider vinegar glaze up the ante at the dinner table, juicy meat and cheesy filling is something the whole family will love! Plus, it's low carb and keto friendly!
Equipment
- Cheese knife
- Saucepan
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Ingredients
- 12 ounces chicken breasts (about 3 breasts)
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon parsley
- 1 cup apple cider vinegar
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 medium apple , thinly sliced
- 4 ounces Muenster cheese , thinly sliced
Instructions
- Place the onion powder, garlic powder, parsley, salt, and black pepper in a small bowl and mix to combine.
- Using ½ of the spice mixture, season chicken breasts.Place chicken breast in the air fryer basket and spray with olive oil cooking spray. Air fry at 400°f for 8 minutes.
- While chicken is air frying, melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in the apple cider vinegar and remaining spices.
- Over medium-high heat, bring butter sauce to a boil, then simmer for 8 minutes, until the sauce has reduced and thickened. Set aside.
- Remove chicken from air fryer and let cool for 5 minutes. Using a sharp knife, slice a pocket into the side of the chicken breast.
- Stuff the inside of the chicken with cheese and apple slices in layers.Return stuffed chicken breasts to the air fryer basket and using a pastry brush, coat with the reduced apple cider vinegar sauce.
- Cook for 12 more minutes, until internal temperature of chicken in the thickest part of the chicken without stuffing reaches 165 degrees F.
- Remove chicken from air fryer and let cool 5 minutes prior to serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 445kcalCarbohydrates: 11gProtein: 33gFat: 29gSaturated Fat: 17gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 151mgSodium: 883mgPotassium: 635mgFiber: 2gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 871IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 96mgIron: 1mgNet Carbohydrates: 9g
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