RITZ Chicken-Parmesan Bundles

Prep time35 min

Total time1hr 5min

ServingsMakes 6 servings, 1/6 recipe (236 g) each.

125 g (1/2 of 250-g pkg.) brick cream cheese, softened
1 pkg. (300 g) frozen chopped spinach, thawed, well drained
1¼ cups shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
6 Tbsp. grated Parmesan cheese, divided
6 small boneless skinless chicken breasts (1-1/2 lb./675 g), pounded to 1/4-inch thickness
1 egg
10 Ritz Crackers, crushed (about 1/3 cup)
1½ cups pasta sauce

Heat oven to 375ºF.
Mix cream cheese, spinach, 1 cup mozzarella and 3 Tbsp. Parmesan until well blended; spread onto chicken breasts. Starting at 1 short end of each breast, roll up chicken tightly. Secure with wooden toothpicks, if desired.
Beat egg in pie plate. Mix remaining Parmesan and cracker crumbs in separate pie plate. Dip chicken, 1 at a time, in egg, then roll in crumb mixture. Place, seam-sides down, in 13x9-inch baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
Bake 30 min. or until chicken is done (170ºF), heating pasta sauce near the end of the chicken baking time. Discard toothpicks. Serve chicken topped with pasta sauce and remaining mozzarella.

Make Ahead
Assemble chicken bundles and place in baking dish as directed. Refrigerate up to 4 hours. When ready to serve, bake, uncovered, at 375ºF for 35 min. or until chicken is done.
Special Extra
Stir chopped fresh basil and/or sliced black olives into pasta sauce before heating.
Substitute
Substitute brick light cream cheese, shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese, grated reduced-fat Parmesan cheese and 30% Less Fat Ritz Crackers.

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Nutrition Information Nutrition Per Serving
Calories	360
	% Daily Value*
Fat 18g
Saturated 10g
Cholesterol 135mg
Sodium 640mg
Carbohydrate 13g
Dietary fiber 3g
Sugars 5g
Protein 37g
Vitamin A	70 %DV
Vitamin C	10 %DV
Calcium	30 %DV
Iron	20 %DV