Creamy Chicken And Bacon With Herbed Puff Pastry Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400. Place chicken, stock, and 1/2 tsp of the salt in a large saucepan; bring to a boil over high. Reduce heat to medium low; cover and cook until chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand about 20 minutes. Remove chicken from stock, reserving 2 1/2 cups of the stock. Coarsely shred chicken.
• Meanwhile, place puff pastry sheet on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Cut pastry sheet into 4 squares; separate squares. Brush squares lightly with egg; top each with 3 parsley leaves, pressing gently to adhere. Sprinkle with pepper. Boke on oven rack until dough is puffed and golden brown, 12-14 minutes.
• Cook peas according to package directions; keep warm.
• Cook bacon in large skillet over medium-high until crisp, about 6 minutes. Remove bacon to paper towel-lined plate, reserving drippings in skillet; crumble bacon. Add butter to hot drippings in skillet and cook over medium until butter melts, about 1 minute. Add onion and celery; cook, stirring often until onion is tender and celery is tender-crisp, about 8 minutes. Add flour and cook, stirring constantly, about 1 minute. Stir in cream and reserved 1 1/2 cups stock; bring to a simmer, stirring often. Stir in peas, cheese, chicken, bacon, and remaining 1/2 tsp salt; reduce heat to medium-low and cook until mixture is thickened and thoroughly heated, about 10 minutes.
• Divide mixture among 4 shallow bowls, and top each with a puff pastry square. Serve immediately.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Cut a lengthwise slit in each chicken breast half to within 1/2 in. of the other side; open meat so it lies flat. Cover with plastic wrap; pound with a meat mallet to 1/8-in. thickness. Remove plastic wrap. Sprinkle with salt and pepper., Place five spinach leaves on each chicken breast half. Spoon a scant 2 tablespoons of cream cheese down the center of each chicken breast half; sprinkle with 1 tablespoon walnuts. Roll up chicken; tuck in ends. , Unfold puff pastry; cut into eight portions. Roll each into a 7-in. square. Place chicken on one half of each square; fold other half of pastry over chicken. Crimp edges with fork. Combine egg and cold water; brush over edges of pastry. , Bake on a greased 15x10x1-in. baking sheet until a thermometer reads 165°, 20-25 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Mix cream cheese and green onions in a bowl; season with salt and black pepper. Spread about 1/4 cup of cream cheese mixture over each chicken breast. Starting at the narrow end, roll chicken breasts over filling. Wrap each chicken breast in 4 slices of bacon. Set wrapped chicken on a rack set in a baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until bacon is browned and an instant-read meat thermometer inserted into the thickest part of a breast reads 160 degrees F (70 degrees C), about 1 hour.