Caribbean Stuffed Chicken

My co-worker helped me come up with this recipe. It was very good, and my housemate said this was one of the top 10 meals I have made him.



Ingredients:

6 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
6 slices prosciutto
1 yellow plantain (on the riper side is better, but not so ripe that it's black)
1 sweet potato
6 slices mozzarella cheese
butter
salt, pepper, garlic salt
olive oil

Peel the plantain and sweet potato. Cut the sweet potato into small chunks, and cut the plantain in half. Boil them in salted water until they are cooked. They will float once they are done. Drain, then mash with some butter, salt, pepper.

Trim off the fat on the chicken thighs, and lay as flat as possible. Pound or flatten the chicken if necessary. Lay a slice of prosciutto over each slice of chicken, followed by a spoonfull of the plantain/sweet potato mixture. Fold the chicken over on itself and secure with a toothpick. Salt, garlic salt, and pepper the outside of the stuffed thighs.

In a cast iron skillet (or other oven proof skillet), heat olive oil. Place the chicken in the pan to brown on both sides. Once chicken has browned, put the cast iron skillet in the oven at 400 degrees for about 20 minutes. After 10 minutes, lay the slices of cheese over the chicken so that they are melted by the end.

Enjoy!