How to stop chicken breast filling drying out

[Em2122]

I made some chicken breast with garlic and herb cream cheese, but I felt despite putting a lot of cream cheese on top, there wasn’t much left like it had dried up. The tray was watery however as I think chicken breast has a lot of water. How can I keep more cream cheese from disappearing

Was it full fat cheese? The low fat versions often split and lose all their water when heated.

By leaving it on the chicken?

Yeah it was full fat, think it just melts off the chicken into a watery mess

Make a pocket in the boob and stuff it with the cheese. Wrap it back up over itself really tightly so less chance of oozing. Or Wrap in Parma ham or bacon for even less chance.

It will always dry up if you only have enough of it to balance atop the chicken breast, and you cook it for the 20-25 minutes it'll take to bake the full breast.

I would do the chicken on the hob to brown first and then have in the oven with the sauce for 10-15 minutes. You probably need more sauce too.

Add the topping 5 mins before end of cooking or stuff it into the breast and wrap it in prosciutto or similar.

Put it in the chicken not on top.

Soak the breasts in a brine solution or buttermilk, you'll have lovely juicy ones!

Marinade chicken in lemon juice and olive oil.