Sausage And Provolone Stuffed Chicken Food

SAUSAGE-STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
• Place one chicken breast half at a time between sheets of plastic wrap, wax paper or, preferably, split-open plastic bags. Pound the breasts with a flat, heavy mallet, making them flat, but do not break the flesh of the breasts.
• Shape one-quarter pound of the sausage meat at a time into an oval. Place the sausage in the middle of a breast half and wrap to enclose it thoroughly, envelope fashion. Repeat with remaining sausage meat and breast halves.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Dredge lightly in flour and shake off excess.
• Heat the butter in a heavy skillet and add the chicken rolls. Cook, turning as often as necessary to brown lightly on all sides, about five minutes.
• Remove the chicken rolls to a baking dish.
• Add the onion and garlic to the skillet. Cook, stirring, until wilted. Add the wine and cook down until the wine is reduced by half.
• Add the bay leaf, thyme, tomatoes and tomato paste and stir to blend. Cook about one minute and add the chicken broth. Cook down about five minutes and pour the sauce over the chicken rolls.
• Place in the oven and bake 20 minutes. Serve sprinkled with chopped parsley.

SAUSAGE-STUFFED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place broccoli in an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish; set aside. In a large skillet, brown sausage and onion until sausage is no longer pink; drain. Remove from the heat. Add cheese, crumbs, salt, pepper and egg; mix well. Flatten each chicken breast to 1/4-in. thickness. Place about 1/3 cup mixture down center of each chicken breast. Fold long ends over filling; fold ends up and secure with a toothpick. Place chicken, seam side down, on top of broccoli; spread soup over all. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40-50 minutes. Remove toothpicks before serving.

SAUSAGE & PROVOLONE STUFFED MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400. Stem and core mushrooms. Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat and saute mushroom caps for 2 minutes. Remove from skillet. Add sausage to the skillet breaking up meat as it cooks. When no pink shows, add wine, cheese, salt and pepper. Stuff meat into caps and bake about 8 to 10 minutes.

SAUSAGE STUFFED CHICKEN PARMESAN

Steps:

• Split chicken breasts and pound with a meat mallet between sheets of plastic wrap. Do not make too thin. to about 1/4-inch thickness.
• Break up sausage and mix with Italian seasoning, garlic powder, chili powder and mustard, minced garlic and chopped onion. Shape sausage mixture into 4 link shapes.
• Add water and egg to make an egg wash.
• Preheat oven to 375°F Drizzle Olive Oil in an oven safe skillet.
• Brush one side of each breast with egg wash. Place 1 sausage link on egg glaze. Roll up and secure with toothpick.
• Roll each breast in flour; dip in remaining beaten egg; roll in breadcrumbs. Place in oven safe skillet. Bake 45 minutes.
• Very Important, remember where your toothpicks are. I place the chicken a certain way in the pan, so I know where they are to remove.
• Pour Marinara over chicken, Sprinkle with Cheese add oregano on top and cook another 10-12 minutes until cheese has melted.

PROVOLONE-PANCETTA STUFFED CHICKEN WITH BALSAMIC SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• Cook and stir pancetta in small nonstick skillet over medium heat 4 minutes or until fat begins to render.
• Add shallots; cook and stir 3 minutes or until pancetta is lightly browned and shallots are soft.
• Stir in bread crumbs and sage; cook 1 minute or until crumbs are lightly browned.
• Place in a bowl; cool slightly.
• Stir in cheese.
• With a small knife cut large horizontal pocket in chicken, being careful not to cut all the way through.
• Fill each pocket with about 1/4 cup stuffing; secure with toothpicks.
• **Chicken can be made to this point 8 hours ahead; cover and refrigerate**.
• Heat large skillet over medium-high heat until hot.
• Add oil; heat until hot.
• Cook chicken 5 minutes or until browned, adjusting heat if necessary.
• Turn; place on small foil-lined rimmed baking sheet (reserve skillet).
• Bake 5-8 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center.
• Meanwhile, remove any dripping from skillet
• Heat skillet over hight heat until hot.
• Add vinegar; boil 1 minute or until reduced by half and slightly syrupy.
• Add broth; boil 2 minutes or until reduced by half and slightly syrupy.
• Remove from heat; whisk in butter.
• Lightly spoon sauce over chicken; pass remaining sauce.

MOZZARELLA AND SAUSAGE STUFFED CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. Place a small sauté pan over medium heat. Add oil. Add sausage and sauté, breaking up into small crumbles until cooked through. Add the onion and sauté a minute or two until softened. Remove to a bowl with all of the pan oil and stir in the breadcrumbs. When mixture cools, stir in the mozzarella. Eyeball the mixture into six portions.
• 2. Cut slits into chicken breast, to create a pocket, be careful not to cut all the way through. Place a portion of stuffing into the chicken pocket, close with toothpicks. Repeat with the other five breasts.
• 3. Place breasts in an oiled baking pan, leaving a little space in between each. Brush tops with a little olive oil. Pour white wine into the pan. Bake, 20-25 minutes, until chicken is just cooked through. Run under the broiler a minute if you'd like more color on the skin. Allow breasts to cool several minutes before slicing. Slice breasts on the bias and served topped with spoonfuls of juicy tomato vinaigrette.

PROVOLONE AND OLIVE STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F
• Lightly coat a baking sheet with sides with cooking spray.
• Combine the provolone, olives and pepper in a small bowl.
• Lightly beat the egg white with a fork in a medium bowl.
• Mix the breadcrumbs and salt in a shallow dish.
• Cut a horizontal slit along the thin, long edge of a chicken breast half, nearly through to the opposite side.
• Open up each breast and place one-fourth of the cheese filling in the center.
• Close the breast over the filling, pressing the edges pressing firmly together to seal.
• Repeat with remaining chicken breasts and filling.
• Hold each chicken breast half together and dip in egg white, then dredge in breadcrumbs. (Discard leftovers.)
• In a large nonstick skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
• Add chicken and cook until browned on one side, about 2 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to the prepared baking sheet, browned-side up, and bake until it is no longer pink in the center or until an instant-read thermometer registers 170°F, about 20 minutes.

ITALIAN SAUSAGE-STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Place a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat until hot. Coat skillet with cooking spray, add sausage, and cook 3 minutes or until browned, stirring to break.
• up large pieces.
• Add green pepper, onion, and basil, and cook and stir 2 minutes. Remove from skillet and spread mixture on a plate to cool quickly.
• Add bread crumbs to the sausage mixture and toss gently, yet thoroughly, to blend.
• Line a baking sheet with foil. Place chicken breasts on pan in a single layer and spoon equal amounts of sausage mixture evenly over each. Fold in sides of breast and roll up, placing seam side down on pan. If stuffing spills out, push it back into center of breast. Use toothpicks to hold seams together, if necessary.
• Spoon half of sauce evenly over each roll. Bake 22 to 25 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink on the bottom. Top with cheese and bake 5 minutes longer until cheese has melted. Remove toothpicks before.
• serving. Sprinkle on Parmesan cheese, if desired.