Chicken Marsala Stuffed Shells Recipes

Steps:

• Pre-Heat oven to 350 degree's.
• Combine all cheese stuffing ingredients in a mixing bowl and set aside.
• Sliced chicken in half - pound each piece of chicken with a mallet till 1/4 " thick.
• Place a couple of tablespoons of cheese mixture at one end of the chicken and roll up.
• Dredge all completed chicken rolls in flour seasoned with salt and pepper.
• Saute chicken with pre-heated oil cooking until each side is golden brown. Transfer chicken to a baking dish and place in the oven and bake for about 10-20 or chicken is 165 degree's.
• Add onions to saute pan and stir to loosen chicken drippings. After 2 minutes add mushrooms and saute until onions are translucent.
• Deglaze pan with Marsala wine - make sure to scrape the bottom of the pan to get all the drippings from the chicken. Heat wine to a simmer and add cream or milk. Simmer on medium heat until wine and cream have thickened and reduced by half.
• Place cooked chicken breasts back in the wine sauce and spoon sauce over.
• I served this meal over cooked thin pasta and crusty garlic bread!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Stuffing:Combine all cheese stuffing ingredients in a bowl.
• Chicken:Butterfly thickest section to create two lobes.Place pounded chicken breasts on a plate and place desired amount of stuffing on one half of chicken breast.
• Gently press stuffing down and fold over other side of chicken breast. Preheat a large sauté pan on stove top. Add 4 oz. oil; heat oil until shimmering.
• Place approximately 2 cups flour in a pan and season it to taste with salt and pepper. Dredge chicken in flour and shake off excess flour. Place stuffed chicken breasts in sauté pan with the preheated oil.
• Cook each side until golden. When chicken is seared on both sides remove them from sauté pan and place them in a baking pan and into the oven for 10-20 minutes.
• Bake until juices run clear and stuffing and center reach a temperature of at least 165°.
• Sauce: Add the onions to the sauté pan. Stir with spatula. After 2 minutes add the mushrooms; sauté mixture until onions are translucent. Deglaze sauté pan with the marsala wine (make sure to incorporate particles from bottom of pan). Bring wine to a simmer and add heavy cream. Simmer sauce on low heat until reduced by half.
• Place cooked chicken breast on a plate and top with onions, mushrooms and sauce.

Steps:

• Cut pockets into chicken breasts.
• Season pockets with salt, pepper and thyme.
• Stuff each breast with a slice of prosciutto and a piece of Fontina.
• Dip chicken breasts in flour.
• Heat skillet.
• Add oil to skillet and saute chicken breasts until brown on both sides.
• Remove browned chicken from skillet.
• Add more oil if necessary.
• Add mushrooms to skillet and saute on high heat until browned.
• Mushroom liquid will start to deglaze the pan.
• Add marsala to skillet and reduce by half, about 5-minutes.
• Add chicken stock to skillet and put chicken back into the pan.
• Simmer until chicken is cooked through, about 5-10 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to platter.
• Thicken sauce by making a buerre manie with butter and flour, and whisking it until sauce thickens.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Grease a 13 x 9 baking pan and coat bottom with 1 cup marinara sauce.
• Cook shells according to package directions.
• Drain in colander; cool under gently running cool water.
• In a separate bowl, combine chicken, cheese, parsley, salt and pepper.
• Stuff chicken mixture into shells.
• Arrange shells in pan and drizzle with remaining sauce.
• Cover snugly with foil and bake 30 to 35 minutes.