Chicken French Crêpes Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees with rack in center. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Add garlic and cook until golden, 1 to 2 minutes. Add spinach and stir until wilted. Transfer to a work surface, chop, and set aside.
• Mix 3/4 cup bechamel with chicken. Working with one at a time, place crepe on a work surface. Arrange 1/4 cup chicken mixture and 1 heaping tablespoon spinach down center of crepe; roll into a cylinder. Transfer, seam-side down, to a 9-by-13-inch baking dish; assemble and arrange more crepes, leaving 1/2 inch in between each. Spoon more bechamel on top and sprinkle with cheese. Bake until bubbly, about 15 minutes. Switch oven to broiler setting and cook until browning in spots, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool slightly. Sprinkle with parsley.

Steps:

• Make filling:
• Heat 5 tablespoons butter in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat until foam subsides. Whisk in flour and cook roux, whisking, until pale golden, about 2 minutes. Gradually add milk and broth, whisking, and bring to a boil, whisking. Reduce heat and simmer gently, whisking frequently, until velouté sauce is silky and thick, about 25 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup sauce for topping.
• Cook shallot in remaining tablespoon butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, about 4 minutes. Stir into velouté sauce along with chicken and Sherry.
• Cut tips from asparagus and set aside. Cut enough stalks into 1/4-inch pieces to measure 1 cup, reserving remainder for another use. Cook tips in a saucepan of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, 2 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a bowl of ice and cold water with a slotted spoon. Scoop out tips and drain on paper towels, then reserve for topping. Cook and drain chopped asparagus in same manner and stir into velouté sauce with salt and pepper to taste.
• Make crêpes:
• Sift together flour, salt, nutmeg, and pepper to taste into a bowl. Whisk together milk, whole egg, and yolk in a small bowl, then gradually whisk into flour mixture. Force batter through a fine sieve into a bowl.
• Heat a dry 7- to 8-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot, then brush very lightly with some melted butter. Spoon about 2 tablespoons batter into skillet, tilting to coat bottom. (If batter sets before skillet is coated, reduce heat slightly for next crêpe.) Cook until underside is lightly browned, 6 to 10 seconds, then loosen crêpe with a spatula and flip. Cook until just cooked through, about 20 seconds, and transfer to a plate. Make 15 more crêpes in same manner, brushing skillet with melted butter as needed and stacking crêpes on plate.
• Assemble and bake crêpes:
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spread 1/4 cup filling across center of 1 crêpe and roll into a cylinder. Transfer, seam side down, to buttered baking dish, then assemble more crêpes in same manner, fitting them snugly. Bake in middle of oven 15 minutes.
• Make topping while crêpes bake:
• Stir together yolk, 2 tablespoons cream, and reserved 1/2 cup sauce until smooth. Beat remaining 3 tablespoons cream with a whisk until it holds soft peaks, then fold into yolk mixture.
• Spoon topping over crêpes and broil 5 to 6 inches from heat until lightly browned, about 2 minutes.
• Heat butter in skillet, then add reserved asparagus tips and toss until warm.
• Put 2 crêpes on each of 8 plates and top with asparagus tips.

Steps:

• Sift together flour, sugar and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, beat eggs and milk together with an electric mixer. Beat in flour mixture until smooth; stir in melted butter.
• Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 2 tablespoons for each crepe. Tip and rotate pan to spread batter as thinly as possible. Brown on both sides and serve hot.

Steps:

• Crepes:.
• Mix flour, baking powder and salt.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Beat with electric mixer until smooth.
• Lightly butter small skillet; heat over medium heat until bubbly.
• For each crepe, pour 1/4 cup of the batter into skillet.
• Immediately rotate skillet until thin film of batter covers bottom.
• Cook until light brown, turn, and cook other side until light brown.
• Stack crepes, covering with a towel to prevent drying out while preparing filling.
• Gravy:.
• Heat butter over low heat until melted in a sauce pan.
• Blend in flour and salt.
• Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in broth.
• Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
• Boil and stir 1 minute.
• Filling:.
• Sauté carrots, celery and onion in a little bit of oil in a skillet until tender.
• Mix chicken, vegetables, and just enough gravy to coat everything nicely in a bowl.
• Put about 1/4 cup of mixture on center of each crepe and roll up.
• Place crepes seam side down in a 9x13 baking dish.
• Pour remaining gravy over crepes.
• Bake uncovered in 350°F oven until crepes are hot, about 20 minutes.
• Can be frozen before baking, just thaw completely before putting in the oven.
• Also can freeze filling and crepes separate, just make sure to place wax paper between crepes before freezing.

Steps:

• Mix milk, flour, eggs, melted butter, and salt together in a blender until combined. Let mixture rest for 15 minutes.
• Heat a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat; lightly coat with cooking spray. Add 1/2 cup of batter and swirl the skillet so the batter completely covers the bottom. Cook until bottom is golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Loosen the edges with a rubber spatula and use your fingers to quickly flip the crepe. Cook 1 minute more.
• Slide crepe out of the skillet. Repeat with remaining batter, spraying skillet in between crepes. Stack cooked crepes directly on top of each other to maintain temperature.
• Melt butter in a separate skillet over medium-high heat. Saute spinach and shallots until softened, about 3 minutes. Add chicken and mix to combine and heat through, 3 to 4 minutes. Set aside.
• Spread 2 tablespoons Brie cheese onto each crepe; add chicken mixture. Fold crepe in half, return to the skillet, and heat until cheese is melted. Remove from skillet and roll into a cone shape.