Fontina And Bacon Stuffed Chicken Breasts Recipes

CHICKEN BREASTS STUFFED WITH FONTINA CHEESE AND SPINACH

Steps:

• For sauce: combine wine, cream, lemon juice, vinegar, chopped shallot and pepper in medium saucepan.
• Boil until reduced to ¼ cup, about 8 minutes (can be prepared 1 day ahead).
• For chicken: Pound each chicken breast between sheets of wax paper to 7 x 4 inch rectangle.
• Place smooth side down on work surface.
• Rub ½ tsp olive oil and ½ tsp minced garlic over each chicken breast.
• Sprinkle each with 1/3 cup of Fontina cheese.
• Top each with 3 spinach leaves, overlapping if necessary.
• Starting at short end, tightly roll up chicken, jelly-roll style.
• Tie with string in several places (can be prepared 8 hours ahead).
• Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
• Heat remaining 2 tblsps oil in heavy, large ovenproof skillet.
• Season chicken with salt and pepper.
• Brown well on all sides, about 10 minutes.
• Transfer skillet to oven and bake until chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes.
• Transfer to plate and cool 5 minutes.
• Bring sauce to simmer.
• Add butter, one piece at a time, whisking just until butter melts and sauce is smooth.
• Spoon sauce onto plates.
• Cut string off chicken.
• Cut chicken crosswise into ½ inch thick slices and fan out on plates, overlapping.
• Serve, passing remaining sauce separately.

STUFFED CHICKEN WITH CANADIAN BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees, line bottom of a glass pan with olive oil and set aside at least 10 – 15 toothpicks near your workstation.
• Mix seasoning ingredients in a shallow pan, with enough room to lay one chicken breast down in it.
• Add as much as you want of each seasoning per your taste, I used a couple of shakes for each ingredient and a little extra of the cheeses.
• Mix all stuffing ingredients together in a bowl.
• Lay one chicken breast in the shallow seasoning dish to coat the outside, and then in the center of the chicken breast add a line of the stuffing mixture.
• Roll and seal by sticking a toothpick on the top of each end to close.
• Once all the chicken breasts are stuffed and in the glass dish, you will have left over stuffing, place the leftover stuffing on top of each chicken breast on the lip of the “seal”.
• Bake in oven for 30 minutes, check to see if done, depending on oven you may need another 15 minute.

FONTINA ROLLED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a bowl, mix the first six ingredients; stir in 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. In a shallow bowl, whisk egg and the remaining salt and pepper. In another shallow bowl, toss bread crumbs with paprika., Carefully pound chicken breasts with a meat mallet to 1/4-in. thickness. Spread cheese mixture over chicken. Roll up chicken from a short side; secure with toothpicks., Dip chicken in egg, then coat with crumbs. Place in a foil-lined 15x10x1-in. baking pan, seam side down. Drizzle tops with oil., Bake, uncovered, 30-35 minutes or until golden brown and chicken is no longer pink. Let stand 5 minutes; discard toothpicks before serving.

CHICKEN BREASTS STUFFED WITH FONTINA AND SUN-DRIED TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• TO MAKE CHICKEN:
• Cut a pocket in each chicken breast.
• Place the cheese, sun-dried tomato, and basil in the pocket. In a large sauté pan over medium heat, heat the oil.
• Season the chicken breasts with salt, then lightly dredge them in flour.
• Sauté the chicken breasts until lightly browned on both sides.
• Transfer the chicken to a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.
• FOR TOMATO SAUCE:.
• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, heat the oil.
• Add the shallots and sauté for 1 minute.
• Then add the garlic and the sun-dried tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes.
• Add the chicken broth, and bring it to a boil, and continue boiling until the liquid is reduced to half the original volume, about 3/4 cup.
• Place the mixture in a blender.
• Add the basil and cayenne, then process until smooth.