Chickenasparagus Roll Ups Recipes

CHICKEN/ASPARAGUS ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• Season pounded chicken breasts lightly with salt and freshly ground pepper.
• Place 2-3 asparagus spears on each chicken breast half.
• Roll up tightly; secure with toothpicks, if necessary.
• Set aside.
• Combine flour, garlic, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp thyme and paprika.
• Roll chicken in flour mixture.
• Place onions and diced tomatoes on bottom of 13x9" pan, reserving 8 slices of onion for top.
• Place chicken breasts over vegetables; top with reserved onion and tomato slices.
• Combine broth with remaining salt and thyme; pour around chicken.
• Cover pan loosely with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Uncover and bake until tender, about 10-15 minutes.

EASY CHICKEN/ASPARAGUS ROLL-UP'S

Steps:

• Wash and snap the woody ends from the asparagus. Blanch in salted boiling water for 1 minute (or more depending on your preference for the doneness of the veg). Shock in ice water to stop cooking process. Drain on a dish cloth. Divide into 6 equal portions.
• Lay one chicken piece flat and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Lay bundle of asparagus on one short side of the chicken and roll up tightly, securing with a tooth pick. Repeat.
• Heat oil in non stick pan over medium heat. Place rolls pick side down. Sprinkle a little more salt and pepper over the rolls and brown on all sides. Pour lemon juice over the rolls and finish in a 350 degree oven until the chicken is done and the asparagus is warmed through.
• Serve. I served them with mushroom risotto and fresh steamed carrots. Great.

CHICKEN AND ASPARAGUS ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 220°C.
• Lay out the sheets of puff pastry. They will defrost while you prepare the chicken.
• Cut the chicken breast into long strips. You will need half a large chicken breast or half a medium chicken breast plus the tenderloin from the other half.
• Sprinkle the stock powder over the chicken. I use an organic vegetable stock but use whatever you have. I have tried soy sauce but it makes the chicken too wet. Dry ingredients are better and light flavours don't overpower the asparagus. Add a grind or two of black pepper and a good pinch of salt. Make sure all the chicken is coated with some seasoning.
• Drain the asparagus well. Tinned/canned asparagus works really well in this recipe.
• The pastry should be defrosted enough to be able to cut the sheets in half. Cut each sheet in half to give you 10 strips.
• Put asparagus spears down the middle of each strip. Then lay a strip of chicken beside the asparagus.
• Beat an egg lightly and then brush some eggwash along the cut in the middle of the sheet of pastry.
• With a sheet in front of you with the cut going left to right (not up and down), take the edge near you and fold it over the chicken and asparagus. Use the folded edge to shove the filling nearer to you until it is tucked around the filling quite tightly.
• Now roll up the pastry to the eggwash and make sure the cut edge stays on the bottom of the roll.
• Brush the top with egg and sprinkle plenty of sesame seeds on top.
• Cut into 6 pieces.
• Repeat for the other 9 strips to give you 60 little bites.
• Place on a lightly greased baking sheet and bake in the oven for 20 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the pastry is cooked through. The chicken will cook in this time and will still be moist and tasty.
• Take the rolls off the baking tray and cool slightly on a wire rack. Then serve warm or leave on the rack and serve cold. They are equally good warm or cold. They can be reheated but, like all pastry dishes, are better freshly baked.
• The rolls in the photograph I have posted were made with a low-fat puff pastry. As expected, they haven't puffed up as much as usual pastry but still tasted good. Let's face it, pastry is never going to be a low-fat food so you may as well enjoy it but just not eat it all the time. I'll be going back to the usual next time. 14/12/07 - Edited to add an updated photo of rolls made with regular puff pastry. Also, I increased the amount of chicken.
• Note: put the sesame seeds in a dish and discard any that you don't use. They could be contaminated by the chicken so you don't want to put them back in the bag.

ASPARAGUS AND MOZZARELLA STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease an 8x8-inch baking dish.
• Place each chicken breast between two sheets of heavy plastic (resealable freezer bags work well) on a solid, level surface. Firmly pound the chicken with the smooth side of a meat mallet to an even thickness of about 1/4 inch. Sprinkle each side with salt and pepper.
• Place 4 spears of asparagus down the center of a chicken breast, and spread about 1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese over the asparagus. Repeat with the other chicken breast, and roll the chicken around the asparagus and cheese to make a tidy, compact roll. Place the rolls seam sides down in the prepared baking dish, and sprinkle each with about 2 tablespoons of bread crumbs.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the juices run clear when pricked with a fork, about 25 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

SIMPLE CHICKEN ASPARAGUS ROLLS

Steps:

• Pregeat oven to 400F degrees.
• Spray a casserole dish with veggie spray and set aside.
• Place chicken breasts halves between plastic sheets and pound with a mallet to about a half inch thick. Skin side down sprinkle chicken breast with salt and pepper; sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese over each chicken breast half; lay four asparagus spears crossways on top of cheese.
• Carefully roll chicken using tooth picks to close if necessary.
• Lay rolls in prepared casserole dish; sprinkle with salt and pepper and spray chicken with veggie spray.
• Bake in preheated oven for 35 to 45 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink inside.

CHICKEN & ASPARAGUS ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• 1. In a small bowl, combine salt, pepper and poultry seasoning. Lay the cutlets flat, and using a cooking mallet, pound each cutlet on both sides, until it spreads out a bit and is nice and flat. Sprinkle each cutlet with a little of the prepared seasoning. Blanche asparagus in boiling water for 2 minutes, then remove from pot. Place 4-5 asparagus spears in the center of each cutlet on top of the sprinkled seasoning. Roll the cutlets around the asparagus and secure them with toothpicks in about three places, one at each end and one in the middle. Holds them together nicely. Sautè prepared cutlets in oil in a large nonstick skillet for about two minutes on each side or until lightly golden. Then remove from the skillet and place into a large sprayed baking pan. Add onion to skillet and sautè for a moment. Remove onion from skillet, draining as much oil as possible, and place sauteed onion over each cutlet in the baking pan.
• 2. In a separate bowl: Whisk together the soup, milk and sour cream. Add any remaining seasoning to this sauce. Pour over top of all cutlets in the baking pan. Bake, covered with aluminum foil, at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes or until done. To serve, place one roll-up on each plate, gently remove the toothpicks, and cover each with a little of the sauce. Spoon remaining sauce into a bowl and serve on the table on the side so your guests can use more if they'd like.

ASPARAGUS-STUFFED CHICKEN ROLLS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, bring 1/2 in. of water to a boil. Add asparagus; cover and boil for 3 minutes. Drain and immediately place asparagus in ice water. Drain and pat dry., Flatten chicken to 1/4-in. thickness. Spread mustard over one side of each chicken breast. Down the center of each, place two sage leaves, a cheese slice, ham slice and four asparagus spears. Fold chicken over asparagus; secure with toothpicks., Place flour and egg in separate shallow bowls. In another shallow bowl, combine bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese. Dip chicken in the flour, egg, then bread crumb mixture., In a large skillet, brown chicken on all sides in butter and oil. Transfer to an 8-in. square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Add wine to skillet, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Pour over chicken. , Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. Discard toothpicks.