Apple Stuff Food

APPLE AND ONION STUFFIN'

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Melt 1 stick butter in the skillet. When the butter melts, add the celery, apples and onions. Season with salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. Cook until the vegetables and apples begin to soften, 5 to 6 minutes.
• Add the stuffing cubes to the pan and combine. Moisten the stuffing with the chicken stock until all of the bread is soft, but not wet. Let the stuffing cool either in the pan or in a bowl.
• For a stuffin' casserole: Brush a casserole dish with 1/4 stick butter. Add the stuffing mixture to the dish and dot the top with the remaining 1/4 stick butter. Bake until set and crisp on top, 15 to 20 minutes. Serve hot or at room temperature.
• For individual stuffin' muffins: Brush a 12-muffin tin with the remaining 1/2 stick of butter. Add the beaten egg to the cooled stuffing mixture. Using an ice cream scoop, fill and mound up the stuffing in the muffin tin. Bake until set and crisp on top, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove the stuffin' muffins to a platter and serve hot or at room temperature.

APPLE-STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Place chicken breast halves between 2 pieces of waxed paper.
• Pound chicken to 1/8" thickness.
• Mix sugar and cinnamon.
• Coat apple slices with sugar mixture.
• Divide apples among chicken breast halves; secure with toothpicks.
• Cover and grill chicken 4 to 6" from medium coals, 20 to 25 minutes, turning after 10 minutes, until done.
• Remove toothpicks.
• Mix the apple cider and cornstarch in 1 quart saucepan.
• Cook over medium heat until thickened and bubbly.
• Spoon over chicken.

APPLE SAUSAGE STUFF PORK CHOPS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven for 400 degrees.
• Cut a 'pocket' in each of your Pork Chops were the 'stuffing mixture' will eventually go.
• Seasoning the Pork Chops to your liking w/ the Cajun Seasoning. Sear the Pork Chops for about 1 to 2 minutes on each side on med-high heat. Just enough to get a nice quick brown to them. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl combined your already prepared stuffing, the cooked diced up pork sausage, the apples, raisins, and green onions. To add some moisture to the mixture gradually mix in the apple juice. Seasoning the entire mixture w/ Cajun Season (Emeril's Essence) and Parsley. I tend to season heavy w/ the Cajun Seasoning.
• Place your Pork Chops in a glass casserole dish. Open the precut pockets in the pork and stuff each pork chop w/ the stuffing mixture. Place the remaining stuffing around the Pork chops.
• Bake at 400 degrees in a glass casserole dish until the meat is no longer pink (about 1 hour- 1 1/2 hrs). If the stuffing starts to get too dry before the meat is done cooking just pour some additional apple juice on it.

APPLE STUFFED FRENCH TOAST

Steps:

• Peel, core, and slice apple.
• Cook apple slices in 1 teaspoon melted butter in a sauce pan over medium heat until soft.
• Drain apples and toss in 1/2 teaspoon sugar and a dash of cinnamon.
• Whisk together half-and-half, egg, vanilla, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg and set aside.
• Cut a pocket into the very thick bread slices almost all the way through.
• Stuff each bread slice with the apple mixture slices (depending how big your bread slice is you may not use all of the apple).
• Put apple stuffed bread into a baking dish.
• Pour liquid mixture over the bread and let stand for about 15 minutes.
• Heat a large skillet on low heat and melt butter.
• Add bread and cook for about 5 minutes on each side.
• Dust with confectioners' sugar if you please and enjoy.