These Feta and Blackberry Hen Breasts look and style fancy, however come collectively simply for a terrific weeknight dinner possibility. My husband completely gushed about this recipe and informed everybody on his work staff they should make it, so I’d say it was an enormous hit in our home! Did I particularly title this recipe Feta-And-Blackberry Hen Breasts in order that we are able to name it FAB hen? Who’s to say? It is fairly fabulous although.
The hen breasts are savory and cooked completely on the stovetop with salty, tangy, creamy Feta cheese, and the flippantly candy blackberry compote pairs with it completely. You possibly can serve the blackberry compote on the facet like cranberry sauce or spoon it excessive! Higher nonetheless, every of those Feta and Blackberry Hen 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
- The right way to Serve: This hen pairs properly with a wide range of totally different sides! I served it with Ben’s Unique Lengthy Grain and Wild Rice within the pictures, however it might even be nice with roasted greens, stovetop inexperienced beans, sauteed spinach, mashed or roasted potatoes, or a facet salad.
- Feta: I used crumbled Feta on this recipe and I believe the saltiness and tanginess paired completely with the candy blackberry compote. In case you don’t have Feta 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 may undoubtedly strive different fruits if blackberries aren’t out there to you. I believe pears is perhaps 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 hen earlier than cooking. I undoubtedly advocate utilizing contemporary garlic cloves and smashing them with the flat facet of your knife. Ensure to therapeutic massage them into the hen breasts earlier than permitting them to sit down collectively within the fridge.
- Herbs: I undoubtedly assume the contemporary rosemary and thyme are value it for this recipe! They supply a lot taste to the hen and compote. Nonetheless, when 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.
- Hen Cutlets: You’ll need your hen 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 hen breasts with a meat mallet till the specified thickness is reached. Alternatively, when you’re beginning with huge, thick hen breasts, you possibly can slice them horizontally to get a thinner 6 ounce cutlet.
Slicing Up Hen Breasts
I usually purchase an enormous pack of boneless, skinless hen 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 pieces I lower off to make the cutlets will get lower into chunks to make hen bites, corresponding to my Barbecue Rubbed Hen Bites, Lemon Pepper Hen Bites, or Blackened Hen Bites. That method, I at all times have some cutlets and a few hen bites available! Shopping for the majority packs of hen breasts is cost-effective, and reducing them into cutlets and bites ensured I’ve what I would like available after I go to make a recipe. I discover that kitchen shears make this job go faster and simpler than utilizing a knife, so I extremely advocate utilizing shears like these (affiliate hyperlink).
Extra Tasty Lightened-Up Hen Recipes
Searching for extra tasty, lightened up hen recipes like these Feta and Blackberry Hen Breasts? Try my Blackened Hen with Avocado Corn Topping, Mexican Avenue Corn Hen, Tacky Broccoli Stuffed Hen, Lemon Pepper Hen Bites, Crispy Onion Dip Hen, Nashville Sizzling Hen Bites, Crispy Hen Parmesan, Apple and Brie Stuffed Hen, Maple Dijon Hen and Squash Skillet, Strawberry Balsamic Grilled Hen, Blackened Hen Bites, Ricotta Stuffed Hen Bake, Cream Cheese and Herb Stuffed Hen, Tuscan Olive Hen, Pimento Cheese Stuffed Hen, Cream Cheese Stuffed All the pieces Hen, and plenty of extra within the Hen part of my recipe index!
Feta and Blackberry Hen Breasts
These Feta and Blackberry Hen Breasts style fancy, however come collectively simply for a scrumptious weeknight meal!
- 4 (6 oz every) skinny hen breast cutlets, (when you purchase massive 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 massive garlic cloves, peeled and smashed underneath the flat facet of a knife
- 5 teaspoons olive oil, divided
- 2 oz crumbled Feta cheese
- ¾ teaspoon contemporary thyme leaves, divided
- ½ cup purple wine
- 1 ½ cups contemporary blackberries
- 2 teaspoons honey
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Sprinkle either side of the pounded skinny hen 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 fingers, combine collectively and therapeutic massage the garlic, oil, and rosemary into the hen 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 produce over medium-high warmth. When the oil is scorching, lay the hen 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 facet) of every breast and comply with by sprinkling on ½ teaspoon (whole) of the thyme leaves. Cook dinner for one more 4-5 minutes till the hen is cooked by. Take away the hen to a facet 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. Scale 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 flippantly smash the berries each minute or so to make a smashed blackberry compote (I like to depart a number of complete for texture).
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Serve every Feta-topped hen breast with 2 ½ tablespoons of blackberry compote, both on the facet or spooned excessive.
WW Factors per (1 hen 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 hen 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 hen breast + 2 ½ tablespoons compote) serving (PP calculated utilizing a Weight Watchers PointsPlus calculator and the diet information beneath)
Tailored from NYT Cooking
