Spinach Mushroom Stuffed Chicken Recipes

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:

• 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:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Place spinach in a large glass bowl, and heat in the microwave for 3 minutes, stirring every minute or so, or until wilted. Stir in sour cream, pepperjack cheese, and garlic.
• Lay the chicken breasts out on a clean surface, and spoon some of the spinach mixture onto each one. Roll up chicken to enclose the spinach, then wrap each chicken breast with two slices of bacon. Secure with toothpicks, and arrange in a shallow baking dish.
• Bake uncovered for 35 minutes in the preheated oven, then increase heat to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C), or use the oven's broiler to cook for an additional 5 to 10 minutes to brown the bacon.

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Brush 30 cups in muffin pans lightly with olive oil. Brush the remaining olive oil onto the mushrooms on all sides, and place them gill-sides-up into the muffin cups.
• Bake the mushrooms in the preheated oven until just tender, about 12 minutes. While the mushrooms are baking, beat the egg, salt, and garlic in a mixing bowl. Stir in the drained spinach, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, Gouda cheese, mozzarella cheese, and bread crumbs until evenly blended.
• Remove the mushrooms from the oven, and drain off any accumulated juice. Fill the mushroom caps with the spinach mixture, and replace into the muffin pan. Sprinkle the mushrooms with the remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.
• Return to the oven, and bake until the stuffing is hot and golden brown, about 10 minutes.

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:

• 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:

• Lightly grease a rimmed baking sheet with the oil and set aside.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the pasta shells and cook until al dente according to the package directions. Reserve 1 cup of the cooking water and set aside for making the Vodka Sauce. Drain the pasta and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking. Drain well. Arrange the pasta in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet.
• In a food processor, add the mushrooms and shallot and pulse until chopped into about 1/8-inch pieces. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt the butter. Add the mushrooms and shallots. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms are browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add the spinach to the skillet and cover to allow the spinach to wilt, about 2 minutes more. Stir in the parsley and transfer to a large bowl.
• In a medium bowl, combine the ricotta, pine nuts, basil chiffonade, 1 cup mozzarella, 1/4 cup Parmesan and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Combine the cheese mixture with the mushroom mixture. Stuff each shell with about 2 tablespoons of the filling.
• In the skillet where the mushrooms were cooked, add about 1 cup Vodka Sauce and spread it in an even layer. Arrange the stuffed shells in a circular pattern. Add the remaining 1 1/2 cups sauce, 1/4 cup Parmesan and 1/2 cup mozzarella in between and on top of the shells (leaving the tops of the shells mostly exposed). Cover and cook over medium heat until the cheese is melted and bubbling, about 10 minutes.
• Garnish with more Parmesan and basil leaves, and serve.
• In a large skillet over low heat, add the butter, onion, garlic and red pepper flakes. Cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 5 to 10 minutes. Increase the heat to medium-high and add the tomatoes, cream, vodka, tomato paste, 1/2 cup pasta cooking water and salt and pepper to taste. Let simmer for about 10 minutes, adding more reserved pasta water as needed.

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:

• In a nonstick skillet, saute the onion, celery, red pepper and garlic in 1 tablespoon butter until tender. Add spinach; cook and stir until spinach is wilted. Cool. Add egg substitute and croutons; mix well., Flatten chicken to 1/4-in. thickness. Top each piece with spinach stuffing; roll up and secure with toothpicks. Place in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Cover and bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until chicken juices run clear., In a small bowl, combine the cornstarch, broth, lemon juice and browning sauce if desired until smooth. In a nonstick skillet, saute mushrooms in remaining butter until tender. Gradually stir in broth mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened., Remove toothpicks from roll-ups. Serve with mushroom sauce. Sprinkle with lemon-pepper if desired.