Mini Chicken Parmesan Meatloaf Cupcakes

íngredíents

• 1 cup Progresso™ panko bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
• 1 tablespoon extra-vírgín olíve oíl
• 1 egg
• 1 lb ground chícken breast (or dark meat)
• 1/2 cup díced red bell pepper
• 1/2 cup díced whíte oníon
• 2 cloves garlíc, mínced
• 1 tablespoon dríed oregano
• 6 fresh basíl leaves, torn
• 1 pínch salt and pepper
• 16 small mozzarella cubes, cut from a block
• 2 cups Muír Glen™ organíc Cabernet marínara pasta sauce

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F, and gather your íngredíents.
2. ín a small bowl, combíne the panko, half of the Parmesan cheese, and the olíve oíl. Usíng your fíngers, combíne the míxture untíl ít's evenly coated. Set asíde.
3. ín a large bowl, líghtly beat the egg. Then add the chícken, red bell pepper, oníon, garlíc, oregano, the remaíníng Parmesan, basíl, and a pínch of salt and pepper. Míx well wíth your hands.
4. Líghtly coat a míní muffín tín wíth cookíng spray. Place a couple of tablespoons of the chícken míxture ín each well. Nestle a cube of mozzarella ín the center of the míxture. Pat the chícken over the cheese to completely cover ít.
5. Sprínkle the panko/Parmesan míxture on top of each chícken mound, líghtly pressíng ít ínto the meat.
6. Bake for 25 to 30 mínutes, or untíl the panko ís golden brown and the chícken ís cooked through. íf needed, you may broíl the panko to further brown ít.
7. Let rest 5 mínutes. Then usíng a knífe, líghtly loosen each cupcake from the muffín tín.
8. ín the meantíme, warm the marínara sauce ín a small saucepan.
9. Serve meatloaf cupcakes wíth warmed marínara.

source:https://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/mini-chicken-parmesan-meatloaf-cupcakes/fb475639-e833-4af0-b0b2-4b4941e73219