Baked Tomatoes Stuffed With Chicken And Spinach Food

BAKED CHICKEN-STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cut a slice off top of each tomato and scoop out pulp, reserve for other use.
• Sprinke inside of tomatoes with salt and turn upside down to drain.
• In small saucepan melt butter and blend in flour. Cook, stirring until bubbly.
• Off heat, stir in milk. Put back over low heat and cook, stirring until smooth and thickened.
• Stir in chicken, celery, onions, nuts and 1/4 cup cheese.
• Season to taste with seasoned salt and pepper.
• Fill tomato shells with the mixture. Arrange in shallow baking dish or pie plate.
• Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup cheese.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minute or until golden brown on top.

BAKED TOMATOES STUFFED WITH CHICKEN AND SPINACH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. In a medium saucepan, cook onion in 1/4 cup water over medium heat until tender.
• In a small bowl, combine milk, flour and bouillon; stir until smooth. Add to onion.
• Cook and stir until mixture thickens. Add cheese and remove from heat. Stir until cheese melts. Set aside.
• In a medium sauce bowl, combine chicken, spinach and 1 cup sauce; mix well and stuff tomatoes.
• Place in a 8 by 8 inch baking dish; pour 1/2 cup water around tomatoes.
• Cover and bake for 30 minutes, until hot. Serve with remaining sauce.

CHICKEN-STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cut a thin slice off the top of each tomato. Scoop out pulp, leaving a 1/2-in. shell. Invert tomatoes onto paper towels to drain. , In a small bowl, combine the chicken, carrot and onions. Combine mayonnaise and ranch dressing; stir into chicken mixture. Spoon into tomatoes. Sprinkle with walnuts.

CHICKEN AND RICE CASSEROLE WITH SUN-DRIED TOMATOES AND SPINACH

Steps:

• For the topping: process bread, pine nuts and butter in a food processor until coarsely ground (about 10 1 second pulses). transfer to a bowl & mix in Parmesan cheese.
• For the filling: Preheat oven to 400*F.
• In a large heavy bottom pot (dutch oven), heat oil & garlic over medium high heat until garlic is lightly golden, stirring often, about 2 minutes.
• Add the spinach in handfuls and stir until just wilted, about 4 minutes. transfer spinach to a colander set in the sink and gently squeeze out excess moisture. Coarsely chop the spinach & set aside.
• Wipe the pot clean and melt the butter over medium heat. Add the flour, stirring constantly, cook until golden, about 1 minute.
• Slowly whisk in the broth and milk, bring to a simmer, whisking often.
• Add the rice, oregano, salt, and pepper. Return to a simmer then reduce heat to medium low.
• Cover and cook, stirring often, until rice has absorbed most of the liquid & is just tender, about 25 minutes.
• Add the chicken and cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until it is no longer pink, about 5 minutes.
• Off heat, stir in the sun-dried tomatoes, mozzarella, and spinach.
• Pour into a 9x13" baking dish and sprinkle with bread crumb topping.
• Bake until the topping is browned and the casserole is bubbling, 20-25 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes and serve with parsley.

TOMATOES STUFFED WITH SPINACH AND CHEESES

Steps:

• Cut tops off tomatoes. Using a teaspoon, carefully remove, and reserve, the pulp. Force pulp through strainer, rendering 1/2 cup of juice.
• Lightly sprinkle pepper inside the tomato shells. Invert on paper towels, and let drain.
• Over low heat, melt 2 Tbsp of butter in skillet. Add the garlic and onion. Sauté until soft, about 5 minute; set aside.
• Combine onion and garlic with the reserved tomato juice, spinach, sour cream, cream cheese, mozzarella, Parmesan, basil, and bread crumbs in a food processor. Blend thoroughly.
• If mixture appears too thin, gradually add more bread crumbs, if it's too thick, add more tomato juice. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350°F Scoop the filling mix into the tomato shells. Top with more bread crumbs and dot with bits of the remaining butter. Place in lightly greased baking dish and bake for 20-30 minutes.

CHICKEN STUFFED WITH SPINACH, SUNDRIED TOMATOES, AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Place sun-dried tomatoes in a bowl; pour boiling water over them and let steep until softened, about 10 minutes. Drain and chop.
• Mix boursin cheese with scallions and set aside.
• Cut a horizontal slit along the thin, long edge of each chicken breast, nearly through to the opposite side, and open like a book.
• Sprinkle the breasts with 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper.
• Divide the cheese filling among the breasts, placing it in the center of each. Top with spinach and sun-dried tomatoes. Close the breast over the filling, pressing the edges firmly together to seal.
• Sprinkle the breasts with paprika, 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken and cook until browned on one side, about 2 minutes. Turn the chicken over and transfer the skillet to the oven. Bake until the chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 15 minutes.

BAKED SPINACH STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Slice off the top of each tomatoe, gently spoon out the seeds& pulp, Cut skin around the middle to prevent splitting when baked.
• Salt inside each tomatoe and invert them on a paper towelto drain for 30 minutes.
• Wash spinach and with just the water clinging to the leaves cook until just wilted, 5 minutes.
• Drain and squeeze out as much moisture as possible.
• Chop finely and set aside.
• In a large skillet over medium heat melt butter and saute onions, mushrooms and garlic until softened.
• Increas heat and add spinach, cook until moisture evaporates, Mix into the spinach mixture cream cheese half the pine nuts, parsley, tarragon lemon juice, Salt& Pepper.
• Pat tomatoe cavities dry, set upright ina shallow greased baking dish.
• Stuff tomatoes with the spinach mixture.
• Top with remaining pine nuts.
• Brush tops with the melted butter.
• Cover with foil and bake 350F degrees oven for 30 minutes.

STUFFED TOMATOES WITH SPINACH , RICE AND CHEESE

Steps:

• Set oven to 400 degrees.
• Lightly grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
• Cut a slice from the top of the tomato; remove the inside pulp (leaving 1/4-inch thick shell, set aside.
• Chop the tomato pulp (should make about 3-1/2 cups pulp).
• In a large skillet, over high heat, heat the olive oil until hot.
• Add in mushrooms and onions, cook and stir until soft (about 10 minutes).
• Add in the drained spinach, chopped tomato pulp, garlic, basil, salt and pepper; cook over low heat stirring occasionally, until flavors blend (about 10 minutes).
• Stir in the UNCOOKED rice; remove from heat, cover, and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Stir in 1/4 - 1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese (or to taste).
• Place the tomato shells in a prepared baking dish.
• Spoon the hot mixture evenly between the tomato shells.
• Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over the top.
• Bake about 15 minutes, or until the tomatoes are hot and the filling is golden.