Stuffed Chicken Breasts With A Creamy Wine Sauce Food

STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST WITH WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. In a medium bowl combine spinach, ricotta, Swiss cheese, egg, salt and pepper. Set aside. 2. Place 1 chicken breast half between two layers of plastic wrap or wax paper, boned side up. Starting in the centre of the breast, gently pound the chicken with a rolling pin or the flat side of a meat hammer until breasts are around 1/4 inch thick. Repeat with the remaining chicken breast halves. 3. Season the meat with salt and pepper. Divide the spinach mixture in 4, placing a pile in the centre of each flattened breast. Wrap the breast arouind the spinach mixture like a parcel and use toothpicks to secure. 4. Heat the oil in a large pan over medium heat. Add the chicken parcels and fry for approximately 3 minutes on each side. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pan and cook for a further 6-7 minutes or until meat is cooked through. Do not overcook or the meat will dry out. Remove chicken and let it stand for 5-6 minutes. 5. Heat 40 Knots Pinot Gris and stock in a saucepan over high heat, stirring frequently. Once it boils, reduce heat and simmer, reducing mixture by about one-third. Add mustard and lemon juice and stir through. 6. Cut chicken parcels into thick slices and top with the sauce. Serve immediately with your favourite vegetables or salad. Contributed by: Troy and Cheryl-Lynn Townsin found in Cooking with BC Wine

STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH LEMON-DILL SAUCE

Steps:

• Place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer bacon to a paper-towel lined plate to drain, leaving bacon grease in the skillet. Chop bacon when cool enough to handle. Add shallot to bacon grease in the skillet and cook over medium-low heat until caramelized, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Coat a glass casserole dish with cooking spray.
• Place the tip of a sharp knife 1 inch from the top of a chicken breast. Cut a shallow slice lengthwise down the center, stopping 1 inch from the bottom. Cut shallow slices horizontally across the top and bottom of the slice. Repeat with remaining chicken breasts.
• Combine chopped bacon, caramelized shallot, ricotta cheese, and garlic powder in a small bowl. Stuff each chicken breast with 2 to 3 tablespoons of the ricotta mixture and place in the prepared casserole dish.
• Cook in the preheated oven for 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Add flour and whisk to create a roux. Slowly pour in chicken broth, stirring constantly until smooth. Add in cream, lemon juice, white wine, and dill. Cook, stirring continuously, until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
• Remove chicken from the oven. Pour sauce over chicken breasts, return to the oven, and cook until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 10 more minutes.
• Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and turn on the oven's broiler. Broil chicken until slightly golden, about 3 minutes.

STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH A CREAMY WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix all stuffing ingredients and set aside.
• Lightly spray casserole dish with cooking oil.
• Prepare chicken by placing a slit down the center of each breast and spooning approximately 1/4 of the stuffing mixture into each breast.
• Place in oven and cook for 40-45 minutes until done.
• WINE SAUCE.
• During the last 10 minutes prepare wine sauce.
• Heat oil in saucepan and saute diced shallot until soft.
• Add 1/2 cup of white wine and heat over medium heat 3-4 minutes.
• Slowly add heavy cream, dijon mustard and salt and pepper to taste.
• Bring to a boil and simmer.
• To thicken combine 1 tbsp flour with some water until it forms a paste.
• Add a small amount of the heated wine sauce into the paste and then slowly add this mixture to the entire amount of wine sauce until thickened. Heat through and serve over chicken. Garnish with parsley and serve!
• *Basil may also taste nice in the wine sauce -- I am going to try next time.

STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST IN A WHITE WINE CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Butterfly chicken and pound lightly to even thickness. You don't want it to be thin, you just want it to be even.
• Season with salt and pepper on both sides.
• Preheat pan with oil to pan fry chicken.
• Layer the spinach, sun dried tomatoes, goat cheese on 1/2 of the chicken and fold over the other half to cover.
• Secure with toothpick.
• Pan fry the chicken until done, about 8-10 minutes on each side.
• In a small saucepan, heat oil and toast pine nuts for about 1 minute.
• Add shallots and sweat.
• Add white wine, chicken broth, and heavy cream and let simmer, reduce by half.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Plate chicken and ladle sauce over it.

SPINACH AND RICOTTA-STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH LEMONY WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Make the Stuffing: In a bowl, combine the spinach, ricotta, Gorgonzola, and bacon and mix well. Season with salt and pepper. Add the egg, mix well, and set aside.
• Make the Sauce: Combine the wine and stock in a non-reactive saucepan. Bring to a boil and reduce to a sauce-like consistency. Whisk in the mustard, lemon juice, and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Set aside.
• Make the Chicken: Place each chicken breast between 2 doubled-up sheets of plastic wrap, and pound to an even 1/4-inch thickness with a meat-pounder or rolling pin. Divide the stuffing between the breasts, mounding it along the center of each. Fold the bottom edge of each breast over the stuffing, fold in the sides, and roll forward until completely wrapped, to form a tight rolled package. Secure each flap with a toothpick. Season the chicken all over with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken and cook, turning occasionally, until browned, about 2 minutes per side. Cover the skillet, turn the heat down to low, and cook until just cooked through, about 5 minutes more.
• Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and let rest for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, pour the sauce into the skillet over high heat and cook, stirring and scraping the bottom with a wooden spoon.
• Slice the chicken into medallions, divide among plates, and spoon some of the sauce over each. Garnish with parsley and erve immediately.

STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH MARSALA CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Heat 1 tsp oil in a large non stick skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and shallot; cook 6 minutes. Add spinach and parsley; cook 1 minute. Transfer to a bowl. Stir in bread crumbs, egg white, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp pepper.
• Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper. Insert a clean, sharp knife into the thickest side of each chicken breast. Make a 2 inch slit. Cut to, but not through the opposite side. Holding the knife blade parallel to the cutting board, guide the blade around the inside, creating a pocket. Be careful not to cut through the sides.
• Divide the mushroom mixture between the 4 breasts. Stuff into the pockets.
• Wipe the pan clean with paper towels. Heat 2 tsp oil in pan over medium heat; add chicken. Cook 5 minutes, turning frequently, until browned. Transfer chicken to a baking sheet lined with foil. Bake for 13 minutes or until done at 400°F.
• Add wine to pan; cook 2 minutes over medium heat, scraping pan to loosen bits.
• Whisk together cream sauce mix, broth, and milk; add to pan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer 1 minute. Stir in lemon juice.
• Spoon sauce onto serving plates; arrange chicken over sauce.
• Yields 4 servings: 1 breast and about 1/4 cup sauce).

STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH MASCARPONE AND WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• With your mallet or tenderizer, pound chicken breasts to about 1/2 inch thick; set aside until ready to use.
• Clarify sweet chipolline onions in a little oil; remove from pan and set aside until ready to use.
• Cook garlic until just golden in colour; remove from pan and set aside with the onions.
• Cook chopped mushrooms until liquid dissipates, stirring constantly to prevent burning. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Brown ground chicken, using about 2 tbsp oil, add oil as required.
• To the ground chicken add onions, garlic, mushrooms, parsley, oregano and black pepper to taste.
• Stir constantly for 5 or 6 minutes, to blend flavours.
• Steam spinach until just wilted; remove from pan and squeeze dry.
• Chop spinach, coarse; add parmesan cheese, and mix together.
• Divide ground chicken mixture evenly, and spoon onto one half of each flattened chicken breasts.
• Divide spinach mixture evenly, and spoon over chicken mixture.
• Top the mixture(s) with a slice of provalone.
• Fold the other half of chicken breast over the mixture(s), and press the edges together to form a pouch.
• Brown each pouch on both sides; reduce heat, cover pan and continue cooking until done; 10-12 minutes.
• Remove cooked chicken to plates and spoon sauce over pouches. Serve hot with vegetables or pasta (your choice).
• For the sauce: Melt butter in a pan
• Add corn starch, stirring constantly with your whisk, to blend.
• Add mascarpone cheese.
• Continue to stir with your whisk while slowly adding dry white wine.
• When cheese is blended thoroughly with the mixture, add fresh basil.
• Mix well and spoon sauce over finished chicken breasts.

MUSHROOM STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH MADEIRA WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat 1/2 teaspoon oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Add diced mushrooms and garlic; saute 3 minutes.
• Stir in pepper, and set aside.
• Cut a horizontal slit through the thickest portion of each breast half to form a pocket.
• Stuff 2 tablespoons mushroom mixture and 1 slice cheese into each pocket.
• Heat 1/2 teaspoon oil in skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add chicken; cook 6 minutes on each side or until chicken is done.
• Remove chicken from skillet.
• Set aside; keep warm.
• Add broth and Madeira to skillet.
• Bring to a boil; cook 2 minutes or until reduced to 3/4 cup.
• Combine cornstarch and water; add to skillet.
• Bring to a boil; cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Return chicken to skillet; cover and simmer 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
• Serve sauce with chicken; garnish with mushrooms and thyme, if desired.

STUFFED CHICKEN BREAST WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Flatten chicken to 1/4-in. thickness; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Prepare stuffing mix according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a small skillet, saute pecans in butter until lightly browned; add to the stuffing., Place 1/2 cup stuffing down the center of each chicken breast half; roll up and secure with a toothpick. Place seam side down in a greased shallow 1-qt. baking dish., Spoon soup over chicken; sprinkle with remaining stuffing. Cover and bake at 400° for 25-30 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. Remove toothpicks.