Spinach And Mushroom Stuffed Chicken Breasts Recipe 435

Steps:

• Place breasts in the center of a plastic food storage bag or 2 large sheets of waxed paper. Pound out the chicken from the center of the bag outward using a heavy-bottomed skillet or mallet. Be firm but controlled with your strokes.
• Defrost spinach in the microwave. Transfer spinach to a kitchen towel. Twist towel around spinach and wring it out until very dry. Transfer to a medium-mixing bowl.
• Place a nonstick skillet over moderate heat. When skillet is hot, add butter, mushrooms, garlic and shallot. Season with salt and pepper and saute 5 minutes. Transfer mushrooms, garlic and shallot to the food processor. Pulse to grind the mushrooms and transfer to the mixing bowl, adding the processed mushrooms to the spinach. Add ricotta and grated cheese to the bowl and the nutmeg. Stir to combine the stuffing. Return your skillet to the stove over medium high heat.
• Place a mound of stuffing on each breast and wrap and roll breast over the stuffing. Secure breasts with toothpicks. Add 3 tablespoons oil to the pan, 3 turns of the pan. Add breasts to the pan and brown on all sides, cooking chicken 10 to 12 minutes. The meat will cook quickly because it is thin. Remove breasts; add butter to the pan and flour. Cook butter and flour for a minute, whisk in wine and reduce another minute. Whisk in broth and return breasts to the pan. Reduce heat and simmer until ready to serve. Remove toothpicks. Serve breasts whole or, remove from pan, slice on an angle and fan out on dinner plates. Top stuffed chicken breasts or sliced stuffed breasts with generous spoonfuls of the sauce.

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the mushrooms, onion and garlic in butter until tender. Stir in the spinach and red pepper; cook for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in the Swiss cheese, bread crumbs, lemon zest, salt and pepper., Carefully loosen chicken skin on one side of each chicken breast half to form a pocket; stuff with spinach mixture. Place in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until juices run clear. , In a small saucepan, bring wine or broth to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer until reduced to 1 cup. Slowly whisk in cream and mustard. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer for 2 minutes. Spoon over chicken.

Steps:

• Boil the kettle, tip the mushrooms into a small bowl, pour over boiling water to just cover, then leave to soak for 15 mins. Drain and squeeze out the mushrooms (save and freeze the liquid to make a base for a gravy) and roughly chop.
• Heat the oil in a frying pan and gently cook the shallots and garlic for 3 mins. Turn up the heat, throw in the mushrooms and cook for a few mins more. Add the spinach, turn the heat up to high and cook until wilted and all the liquid has evaporated. Tip into a bowl and leave to cool. Beat in the cheeses and season with loads of pepper and a little salt. Set aside.
• Take the chicken breasts and remove the small fillet from the back. Cut a slit into the side of each chicken breast then stuff each one with a quarter of the spinach mixture, closing it with the cut-off fillet. Carefully wrap each stuffed chicken breast in a slice of prosciutto and chill until needed. Can be prepared up to a day ahead.
• To cook, heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line up the chicken on a baking tray and roast for 20-25 mins until the prosciutto is frazzled at the edges, the cheese is oozing out and the chicken is cooked through.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Saute mushrooms, onions, and garlic for 4 minutes. Add spinach and wine cook until wine is evaporated.
• Season with thyme, rosemary, salt, and pepper and allow to cool.
• Place chicken between plastic wrap and pound thin.
• Season both sides of breast with salt and pepper.
• Add egg to stuffing and place half the stuffing in each breast.
• Fold over to encase stuffing and tie with butcher's twine to hold the stuffing in place.
• Dredge each of the chicken breast with the flour.
• Heat butter and the last 1 tablespoon of oil in a pan.
• Brown chicken on all sides 5-10 minutes.
• Place into a hot oven for 15 minutes.
• Remove string before serving.

Steps:

• Mix first 4 ingredients in small bowl until smooth. Season garlic butter to taste with salt and pepper.Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before using
• Melt 2 tablespoons garlic butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and sauté until tender and all liquid evaporates, about 3 minutes. Add spinach; sauté until just wilted, about 1 minute. Transfer mixture to medium bowl. Cool 30 minutes. Stir in ground almonds and sour cream. Season stuffing with salt and pepper.
• Run fingers between chicken skin and meat to loosen (do not remove skin). Spread 2 teaspoons garlic butter under skin over meat of each chicken breast. Spoon 2 generous tablespoons stuffing under skin of each chicken breast. Using toothpicks, skewer skin to chicken to enclose stuffing. Arrange chicken on large baking sheet. Spread remaining garlic butter over top of each chicken breast.(Can be prepared 4 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate)
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Bake until chicken is cooked through, about 30 minutes. Transfer chicken to platter.

Steps:

• You will also need: large plastic food storage bags or waxed paper.
• Place breasts in the center of a plastic food storage bag or between 2 sheets of waxed paper.
• Pound out the chicken from the center of the bag outward with a mallet or a heavy skillet.
• Be firm and controlled with your strokes.
• Defrost spinach in the microwave.
• Transfer spinach to a kitchen or a piece of cheese cloth.
• Twist towel around spinach and wring it out until the spinach is very dry.
• Transfer the spinach to a medium size mixing bowl.
• Place a non-stick skillet over medium heat.
• When skillet is hot, add the butter, mushrooms, garlic and shallot.
• Season with salt and pepper, and saute 5 minutes.
• Transfer mushrooms, garlic and shallot to a food processor.
• Pulse to grind the mushrooms, and transfer to the mixing bowl, adding the processed mushrooms to the spinach.
• Add ricotta and grated cheese and nutmeg to the bowl.
• Stir to combine the stuffing.
• Return the skillet to the stove over medium-high heat.
• Place a mound of stuffing on each breast, and wrap and roll breast over the stuffing.
• Secure breasts with toothpicks.
• Add 3 Tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil to the skillet.
• Add breasts to the skillet and brown on all sides, about 10 to 12 minutes.
• The chicken will cook quickly, because it is thin.
• Remove breasts.
• Add butter and flour to the skillet.
• Cook butter and flour 1 minute.
• Whisk in the wine and reduce for another minute.
• Whisk in the chicken broth, and then return the breasts to the skillet.
• Reduce the heat and simmer until ready to serve.
• Remove the toothpicks.
• Serve the breasts either whole, or slice on an angle and fan out on the dinner plates.
• Top the stuffed chicken breasts or sliced stuffed chicken breasts with generous spoonfuls of the sauce.

Steps:

• Place breasts in the center of a plastic food storage bag or 2 large sheets of waxed paper. Pound out the chicken from the center of the bag outward using a heavy-bottomed skillet or mallet. Be firm but controlled with your strokes. Defrost spinach in the microwave. Transfer spinach to a kitchen towel. Twist towel around spinach and wring it out until very dry. Transfer to a medium-mixing bowl. Place a nonstick skillet over moderate heat. When skillet is hot, add butter, mushrooms, garlic and shallot. Season with salt and pepper and saute 5 minutes. Transfer mushrooms, garlic and shallot to the food processor. Pulse to grind the mushrooms and transfer to the mixing bowl, adding the processed mushrooms to the spinach. Add ricotta and grated cheese to the bowl and the nutmeg. Stir to combine the stuffing. Return your skillet to the stove over medium high heat. Place a mound of stuffing on each breast and wrap and roll breast over the stuffing. Secure breasts with toothpicks. Add 3 tablespoons oil to the pan, 3 turns of the pan. Add breasts to the pan and brown on all sides, cooking chicken 10 to 12 minutes. The meat will cook quickly because it is thin. Remove breasts; add butter to the pan and flour. Cook butter and flour for a minute, whisk in wine and reduce another minute. Whisk in broth and return breasts to the pan. Reduce heat and simmer until ready to serve. Remove toothpicks. Serve breasts whole or, remove from pan, slice on an angle and fan out on dinner plates. Top stuffed chicken breasts or sliced stuffed breasts with generous spoonfuls of the sauce.