Chicken rolls with spinach tasty and easy to make, a perfect main course for any occasion, even the most special ones. These oven-baked breaded chicken rolls have a filling of spinach and smoked provola, with a crispy coating that keeps the chicken slice tender and not dry and tough. You can use either fresh or frozen spinach. Besides baking, you can also cook the chicken rolls in an air fryer for a crispy coating and tender chicken, but in less time. The cooking time in an air fryer may vary depending on the type of air fryer you use; this is the AIR FRYER I use. I recommend checking out all the recipes for MEAT ROLLS, the 50 RECIPES FOR THE AIR FRYER, and all the air fryer recipes, you’ll surely find other delicious dishes to try. Now let’s see how to make chicken rolls with spinach, and if you try them, let me know. Barbara

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Difficulty: Very Easy
Cost: Economical
Preparation time: 15 Minutes
Portions: 4
Cooking methods: Oven, Stovetop
Cuisine: Italian
Seasonality: All Seasons

Ingredients to make chicken rolls with spinach

9 oz spinach
6 slices chicken breast
as needed extra virgin olive oil
3 slices smoked scamorza
as needed mozzarella for pizza (or other stringy cheese)
as needed breadcrumbs
as needed salt
as needed extra virgin olive oil
as needed pepper

Tools

Air Fryer
Oil Sprayer

How to make chicken rolls with spinach

Start preparing the Chicken rolls with spinach by pouring some extra virgin olive oil into a large pan,
add the spinach, cover with a lid, and set over low heat, stirring occasionally, and let cook for 5 minutes,
then remove the lid and continue cooking until all the liquid that has formed has completely evaporated. When the spinach is ready, remove from heat and allow to cool.
Take a slice of chicken breast and add the spinach,
some smoked provola
and a piece of mozzarella for pizza,
roll up starting from where you placed the piece of mozzarella
and coat the roll in breadcrumbs, proceed this way with all the chicken breast slices.
Place the rolls in a baking dish suitable for oven cooking, season with salt
add extra virgin olive oil and
pepper, bake in a preheated static oven at 350°F for 20/25 minutes, the cooking time may vary depending on the thickness of the chicken breast slices.
Serve the gratinated chicken rolls hot.
After preparing the chicken rolls, place them in a tray that fits into your air fryer basket, spray with extra virgin oil, and cook in the air fryer at 375°F for 10 minutes, open the air fryer basket, turn the rolls, and cook again at 375°F for another 5 minutes, open the air fryer basket, remove the tray and serve the rolls hot.