These Feta and Blackberry Rooster Breasts look and style fancy, however come collectively simply for an incredible weeknight dinner possibility. My husband completely gushed about this recipe and advised everybody on his work workforce they should make it, so I’d say it was a giant hit in our home! Did I particularly title this recipe Feta-And-Blackberry Rooster Breasts in order that we will name it FAB rooster? Who’s to say? It is fairly fabulous although.
The rooster breasts are savory and cooked completely on the stovetop with salty, tangy, creamy Feta cheese, and the calmly candy blackberry compote pairs with it completely. You’ll be able to serve the blackberry compote on the aspect like cranberry sauce or spoon it excessive! Higher nonetheless, every of those Feta and Blackberry Rooster Breasts are simply 355 energy, or 5 WW Factors on Weight Watchers (or 6 WW Factors if following the diabetic Weight Watchers plan). To view and monitor this recipe within the WW app, click on right here!
Recipe Notes
- How one can Serve: This rooster pairs properly with a wide range of completely different sides! I served it with Ben’s Unique Lengthy Grain and Wild Rice within the images, however it could even be nice with roasted greens, stovetop inexperienced beans, sauteed spinach, mashed or roasted potatoes, or a aspect salad.
- Feta: I used crumbled Feta on this recipe and I believe the saltiness and tanginess paired completely with the candy blackberry compote. When you don’t have Feta readily available, I believe crumbled goat cheese would even be scrumptious!
- Blackberries: I used Driscoll’s “Sweetest Batch” blackberries, that are my favourite, however any blackberries will do splendidly! The unique recipe I tailored this from used contemporary figs, so you can positively attempt different fruits if blackberries aren’t obtainable to you. I believe pears could be a enjoyable and engaging various.
- Garlic: You’re not going to cook dinner the garlic on this recipe, it’s simply getting used to taste the rooster earlier than cooking. I positively advocate utilizing contemporary garlic cloves and smashing them with the flat aspect of your knife. Be sure to therapeutic massage them into the rooster breasts earlier than permitting them to take a seat collectively within the fridge.
- Herbs: I positively suppose the contemporary rosemary and thyme are value it for this recipe! They supply a lot taste to the rooster and compote. Nevertheless, in case you resolve to make use of dried herbs, simply bear in mind to make use of about 1/3 as a lot because the recipe requires in order to not overwhelm the dish.
- Rooster Cutlets: You’ll need your rooster cutlets to be about ½ inch thick and of even thickness for this recipe in order that they cook dinner evenly. You are able to do this by pounding your 6 ounce rooster breasts with a meat mallet till the specified thickness is reached. Alternatively, in case you’re beginning with large, thick rooster breasts, you may slice them horizontally to get a thinner 6 ounce cutlet.
Chopping Up Rooster Breasts
I typically purchase a giant pack of boneless, skinless rooster breasts on the retailer after which use kitchen shears to trim them right down to make 5-6 oz cutlets to make use of in recipes. All the things I minimize off to make the cutlets will get minimize into chunks to make rooster bites, reminiscent of my Barbecue Rubbed Rooster Bites, Lemon Pepper Rooster Bites, or Blackened Rooster Bites. That method, I at all times have some cutlets and a few rooster bites readily available! Shopping for the majority packs of rooster breasts is cost-effective, and chopping them into cutlets and bites ensured I’ve what I would like readily available after I go to make a recipe. I discover that kitchen shears make this activity go faster and simpler than utilizing a knife, so I extremely advocate utilizing shears like these (affiliate hyperlink).
Extra Tasty Lightened-Up Rooster Recipes
On the lookout for extra tasty, lightened up rooster recipes like these Feta and Blackberry Rooster Breasts? Take a look at my Blackened Rooster with Avocado Corn Topping, Mexican Avenue Corn Rooster, Tacky Broccoli Stuffed Rooster, Lemon Pepper Rooster Bites, Crispy Onion Dip Rooster, Nashville Scorching Rooster Bites, Crispy Rooster Parmesan, Apple and Brie Stuffed Rooster, Maple Dijon Rooster and Squash Skillet, Strawberry Balsamic Grilled Rooster, Blackened Rooster Bites, Ricotta Stuffed Rooster Bake, Cream Cheese and Herb Stuffed Rooster, Tuscan Olive Rooster, Pimento Cheese Stuffed Rooster, Cream Cheese Stuffed All the things Rooster, and lots of extra within the Rooster part of my recipe index!
Feta and Blackberry Rooster Breasts
These Feta and Blackberry Rooster Breasts style fancy, however come collectively simply for a scrumptious weeknight meal!
- 4 (6 oz every) skinny rooster breast cutlets, (in case you purchase giant breasts, trim them to six ounces every and pound them ½” skinny)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped contemporary rosemary leaves
- 2 giant garlic cloves, peeled and smashed below the flat aspect of a knife
- 5 teaspoons olive oil, divided
- 2 oz crumbled Feta cheese
- ¾ teaspoon contemporary thyme leaves, divided
- ½ cup crimson wine
- 1 ½ cups contemporary blackberries
- 2 teaspoons honey
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Sprinkle either side of the pounded skinny rooster cutlets with the salt and pepper and place them in a mixing bowl. Add the chopped Rosemary, smashed garlic cloves, and a tablespoon of the olive oil. Utilizing clear palms, combine collectively and therapeutic massage the garlic, oil, and rosemary into the rooster cutlets. Cowl the bowl and refrigerate for 30-60 minutes. As soon as the refrigeration time has handed, discard the smashed garlic clove items.
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Drizzle the remaining two teaspoons of olive oil into a big sauté pan and convey over medium-high warmth. When the oil is sizzling, lay the rooster breasts in a single layer within the pan. Cook dinner for 4-5 minutes till golden on the underside. Flip the breasts and sprinkle the crumbled Feta cheese onto the highest (cooked aspect) of every breast and observe by sprinkling on ½ teaspoon (complete) of the thyme leaves. Cook dinner for one more 4-5 minutes till the rooster is cooked via. Take away the rooster to a aspect plate and canopy to maintain heat.
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Add the wine to the pan and fire up any leftover bites from the pan. The wine will seemingly begin to boil nearly instantly. Cut back the warmth to medium and let the wine boil till diminished by half (ought to solely take a pair minutes). Add the blackberries, honey, and remaining ¼ teaspoon of thyme leaves and stir to mix with the wine. Cook dinner for about 3 minutes, utilizing a picket spoon to stir and calmly smash the berries each minute or so to make a smashed blackberry compote (I like to depart just a few complete for texture).
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Serve every Feta-topped rooster breast with 2 ½ tablespoons of blackberry compote, both on the aspect or spooned excessive.
WW Factors per (1 rooster breast + 2 ½ tablespoons compote) serving: 5* (SP calculated utilizing the recipe builder on weightwatchers.com)
*Every serving is 6 WW Factors if following the diabetic Weight Watchers Plan.
Vitamin Info per (1 rooster breast + 2 ½ tablespoons compote) serving:
355 energy, 10 g carbs, 6 g sugars, 13 g fats, 4 g saturated fats, 41 g protein, 3 g fiber, 243 mg sodium (from myfitnesspal.com)
Weight Watchers Factors Plus:
8 per (1 rooster breast + 2 ½ tablespoons compote) serving (PP calculated utilizing a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the vitamin information under)
Tailored from NYT Cooking
