Cedar Plank Grilled Gorgonzola Stuffed Chicken

Cedar Plank Grilled Gorgonzola Stuffed Chicken

The Third in a series of three plank cooking recipes, Cedar Plank Grilled Gorgonzola Chicken!

Flattened chicken stuffed with spinach, roasted red peppers, bacon and Gorgonzola cheese rolled and cooked to perfection all on a cedar plank.

Recipe adapted from “The Plank Grilling Cookbook”

Cedar planks provided by: http://www.grillingplanks.biz

iGrill thermometer provided by: http://www.igrillinc.com

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Cedar Plank Grilled Gorgonzola Stuffed Chicken
 
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Recipe type: Grilling
Cuisine: American
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Ingredients
  • 4 boneless skinless Chicken breast
  • salt and pepper
  • ½ tsp dried basil
  • ½ tsp dried thyme
  • 7 oz crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
  • 12 - 15 large spinach leaves
  • 1 - 7oz jar roasted red bell peppers, thinly sliced
  • 4 slices bacon. cooked and drained
  • ¼ balsamic vinegar
  • 2 - 3 tbs EVOO
  • Cotton string or toothpicks
Instructions
  1. Soak cedar planks for 1 hr in water.
  2. Place planks on pre-heated grill 350F, smooth side down, till slightly charred. Remove and lightly oil charred surface.
  3. Butterfly chicken breast
  4. Pound to even out surfaces to same thickness
  5. Salt and pepper all surfaces
  6. Add Gorgonzola cheese, bacon, spinach leaves, roasted red peppers to inside
  7. Drizzle with balsamic vinegar
  8. Roll up chicken breast and tie with string
  9. Place on cedar plank
  10. Drizzle with EVOO
  11. Cook till internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F