Chicken Crepes Elegante Recipes

CHICKEN CREPES

Steps:

• Crepes:.
• Mix flour, baking powder and salt.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Beat with electric mixer until smooth.
• Lightly butter small skillet; heat over medium heat until bubbly.
• For each crepe, pour 1/4 cup of the batter into skillet.
• Immediately rotate skillet until thin film of batter covers bottom.
• Cook until light brown, turn, and cook other side until light brown.
• Stack crepes, covering with a towel to prevent drying out while preparing filling.
• Gravy:.
• Heat butter over low heat until melted in a sauce pan.
• Blend in flour and salt.
• Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is smooth and bubbly.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in broth.
• Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
• Boil and stir 1 minute.
• Filling:.
• Sauté carrots, celery and onion in a little bit of oil in a skillet until tender.
• Mix chicken, vegetables, and just enough gravy to coat everything nicely in a bowl.
• Put about 1/4 cup of mixture on center of each crepe and roll up.
• Place crepes seam side down in a 9x13 baking dish.
• Pour remaining gravy over crepes.
• Bake uncovered in 350°F oven until crepes are hot, about 20 minutes.
• Can be frozen before baking, just thaw completely before putting in the oven.
• Also can freeze filling and crepes separate, just make sure to place wax paper between crepes before freezing.

CHICKEN DIVAN CREPES

Steps:

• Over medium heat, melt butter in a small saucepan.
• Stir in flour and cook until bubbly.
• Add chicken broth and Worcestershire sauce; cook, stirring until thickened.
• Add 2 cups grated cheddar cheese and stir in to sauce until melted.
• Empty sour cream into medium bowl; gradually add hot cheese sauce, stirring constantly.
• In a large shallow baking dish, place cooked broccoli and cooked chicken on each crepe.
• Spoon 1 tablespoon sauce over each, and fold crepes over.
• Pour remaining sauce over all.
• Sprinkle with remaining cup of cheese.
• Cover and heat in 350°F oven for 20 to 30 minutes.

CHICKEN CREPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees with rack in center. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Add garlic and cook until golden, 1 to 2 minutes. Add spinach and stir until wilted. Transfer to a work surface, chop, and set aside.
• Mix 3/4 cup bechamel with chicken. Working with one at a time, place crepe on a work surface. Arrange 1/4 cup chicken mixture and 1 heaping tablespoon spinach down center of crepe; roll into a cylinder. Transfer, seam-side down, to a 9-by-13-inch baking dish; assemble and arrange more crepes, leaving 1/2 inch in between each. Spoon more bechamel on top and sprinkle with cheese. Bake until bubbly, about 15 minutes. Switch oven to broiler setting and cook until browning in spots, about 5 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool slightly. Sprinkle with parsley.

CHICKEN CREPES WITH CREAMY TARRAGON SAUCE

Steps:

• In a blender combine all the crepe ingredients and blend on high for one minute, refrigerate for 20 minutes.
• While the batter is chilling, prepare the filling.
• In a medium bowl combine all filling ingredients together.
• Spray a nonstick sauté pan with Butter flavored spray.
• Heat pan on medium high heat for one minute.
• Pour a scant 1/4 crepe batter into the pan using a circular motion.
• You will want the crepe to be approximately 6" in diameter.
• Slant the pan to evenly distribute the batter.
• Cook until the crepe is golden- about 1 minute per side.
• Remove and place in between sheets of waxed paper.
• Continue process until you have 6 crepes.
• Place 1/3 cup filling mixture on crepe and roll up tightly.
• Place seam side down in a microwave safe dish.
• Save any additional filling that is left over.
• To Prepare The Sauce: Place flour in a saucepan.
• Gradually add the milk and chicken broth, stirring with a whisk until well blended.
• Stir in tarragon, salt, pepper and Worcestershire sauce.
• Add any remaining filling mixture to sauce.
• Cook over medium heat for 8 minutes or until sauce is thickened and coats the back of a spoon.
• Cover crepes loosely with plastic wrap and microwave on high for approximately 3 minutes.
• Pour sauce over crepes and serve.

CHICKEN CREPES ELEGANTE

Steps:

• 1. Crepes Recipe Mix all ingredients together and beat till smooth. Butter 6 inch skillet and heat over med-high heat. Remove from heat. Pour in 2 Tablespoons batter. Spread over pan, cook until golden brown on one side only. Heat pan and repeat till all batter has been used.
• 2. Sauce Recipe In pan combine onion and water and cook covered for 5 minutes. Do not drain. Mix together milk, flour and salt in separate bowl then add to onion mixture. Cook and stir until bubbly. Add cheese stir until melted. Reserve 1/2 cup of sauce. Add drained mushrooms to sauce and set aside on warm burner.
• 3. Filling and Assembly Combine chicken, broccoli and the 1/2 cup reserved sauce. Spoon about 1/4 cup filling onto unbrowned side of each crepe. Roll each crepe up and place seam side up in a 13x9x2 baking dish. Cover and back at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Meanwhile heat mushroom sauce. Serve over crepes. Makes 6 servings, 2 crepes each.