Rachael Ray Spinach And Mushroom Stuffed Chicken Breasts Food

CHICKEN BREASTS STUFFED WITH SPINACH AND MUSHROOMS

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.

RICOTTA, SPINACH, AND HAM STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST MARSALA WITH PINE NUT PILAF

Steps:

• Cut 4 long pieces of kitchen twine.
• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add a liberal drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil plus 2 tablespoons butter and saute the mushrooms for 8 to10 minute to darken.
• Meanwhile, butterfly the chicken breasts open and pound them out very thin, no more than 1/8-inch thick. Season the chicken with salt and pepper and top each piece of chicken with 2 tablespoons ricotta cheese and spread it around. Top with 1/4 of the spinach and season with freshly grated nutmeg, salt and pepper. Then top each piece of chicken with a slice of speck. Roll the chicken into bundles and secure with twine. Season the bundles with salt and pepper and dredge lightly in flour.
• Season the mushrooms with salt and pepper and remove to a plate. Add extra-virgin olive oil to coat the pan. Add the chicken and cook over medium-high heat for 15 minutes. Remove the chicken to a plate and cover with foil. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter to the pan, sprinkle in 2 tablespoons flour, and deglaze the pan with marsala. Add the broth and cook to thicken, about 1 to 2 minutes, and then add the mushrooms to combine. Remove the string from the chicken and top with sauce. Serve with Pine Nut Pilaf.
• Melt the butter in a saucepot over medium heat. Add the orzo and pine nuts and toast until golden. Add the rice and stir in the stock. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to simmer, and cover. Cook for 18 minutes. Fluff with a fork and serve.

BALSAMIC CHICKEN CUTLET OVER SPINACH SALAD WITH MUSHROOMS, BACON AND WARM SHALLOT DRESSING

Steps:

• Coat chicken with balsamic, oil, seasoning and rosemary and set aside. In a skillet, add chopped bacon, work in 2 batches if preparing salad for 4. Brown bacon over medium high heat, then transfer the bits to a paper towel lined plate to drain. Using center cut bacon will cut down on the pan drippings that spatter.
• Coarsely chop spinach leaves and add to salad bowl. Top with mushrooms, radishes, scallions. Season salad with salt and pepper.
• Wipe out the bacon pan and return to stove turning heat back to medium low. Add 1 tablespoon oil for your dressing and shallots and reduce heat to medium. Saute shallots for 3 minutes. Remove oil and shallots from heat.
• In a bowl, combine mustard and balsamic vinegar. Stream in 2/3 cup oil slowly while whisking the dressing to emulsify it. Add warm shallots and toss with spinach salad to coat evenly. Add cooked bacon and toss again.
• Preheat a nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Cook chicken cutlets, 4 minutes on each side, in a single layer. Slice breasts on an angle on your cutting board once they are all out of the pan. Pile spinach salad on to dinner plate/plates. Top each salad with 2 sliced chicken cutlet pieces. For individual portion follow the above method.

RACHAEL RAY SPINACH AND MUSHROOM STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Pleace breasts in the center of a plastic food storage bag or 2 large sheets or waxed apper. Pound out the chicken from the center of the bag unsing a mallot. Be firm but controlled.
• Defrost spinach in the microwave. Transfer spinach to a kitchen towel(or paper towels). Twist towel and wring out spinach. Transfer to medium mixing bowl.
• Place a nonstick skillet over moderate heat. WHen it is hot, add butter, mushrooms, garlic, and shallot/onion. Season with S&P and saute for 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 stufing on each breast and wrap and rolls breast over the stuffing. Secure breasts with toothpicks. Add 3 Tbsp oil to the pan, 3 turns of the pan. Add breasts to the pan and brown on all sides(I put ino the oven on 375 for about 15-20 minutes). Remove breasts, add butter to the pan and flour. Cook for a minutes, whisk in wine and reduce another minute. Whisk in broth and return breasts to the pan. Reduce heat and simmar until ready to serve. Remove toothpicks.

CHICKEN AND HAM ROLLS WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place cutlets on a plastic cutting board and season with salt and pepper. Top with chopped sage, 2 slices prosciutto each and a few thin slices of fontina. Roll tightly and secure with toothpicks. Season outside of rolls with more salt and pepper, then dredge in flour.
• Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan and 1 tablespoon butter to the pan. Add chicken and raise heat to medium high. Brown the rolls evenly, 5 minutes, then place on a nonstick cookie sheet and transfer to oven to roast for 15 minutes longer. Add another tablespoon butter to the pan and melt it. Add mushrooms to the pan and cook, stirring frequently, until just tender 3 or 4 minutes. Add flour and cook another minute. Whisk in stock. Season pan gravy with mushrooms with salt and pepper and turn off heat. Reheat with moderate flame when you remove chicken rolls from the oven and you are ready to serve.
• Preheat a second skillet over medium heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil 2 turns of the pan, and the garlic. Add the spinach to the pan in bunches and turn to wilt. Add more spinach as it wilts down until all the spinach is in the pan. Season with salt and pepper, to taste and serve warm.
• To plate, leave rolls whole and spill sauce over top, spinach alongside, or, slice rolls and fan them out over a bed of spinach and top with mushroom sauce.
• *Ask butcher to butterfly the breasts into large cutlets for you. This is a real time-saver! If a butcher is not available to you, cut into each breast from the fatter side and work across the breast, leaving them attached at the opposite side. Open the breast up and pound lightly with a mallet to about a 1/4-inch thickness. Also, in many supermarkets chicken cutlets are available in packages. They are small pieces of thinly sliced breast meat. Simply adapt the method and make 2 small roll-ups rather than 1 large roll up per portion.

SPINACH AND MUSHROOM STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS RECIPE - (4.3/5)

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.