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Breaded chicken rolls filled
with spinach and feta cheese and served with a lemon caper pan
sauce.
Chicken
Rollover Delight
- 8 boneless, skinless chicken
breast halves
- 1/2 teaspoon salt - divided
use
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper -
divided use
- 2 tablespoons vegetable
oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 3/4 pound fresh spinach,
chopped
- 8 ounces feta cheese,
crumbled
- 3 large eggs, beaten
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cups Italian bread crumbs
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 cup chicken broth
3/4 cup dry white wine
Juice if 1/2 lemon (about 2 tablespoons)
1 tablespoon capers
- Place chicken between
two pieces of wax paper and gently pound until almost double
in size. Sprinkle with 1/4 teaspoon of the salt and 1/8 teaspoon
of the pepper.
- In large frypan, place
2 tablespoons oil and heat to medium temperature. Add garlic
and cook, stirring, 30 seconds.
- Add spinach and sauté
until barely wilted; stir in remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and
remaining 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Remove mixture from frypan, drain,
cool and divide into 8 parts.
- On each chicken breast,
place 1 part of spinach mixture; sprinkle equal amounts of feta
cheese evenly over chicken, roll up and fasten with toothpicks.
- In medium bowl, mix eggs
and milk. In separate shallow bowl, place bread crumbs. Add chicken,
first in egg mixture and then in bread crumbs, dredging to coat.
- In same frypan, place
3 tablespoons oil and heat to medium temperature. Add chicken
and cook until brown. Remove chicken to pan with cover and bake
in 350°F (175°C) oven about 30 minutes or until fork
can be inserted with ease.
- To make sauce, drain most
of oil from frypan, leaving brown bits on bottom of pan; add
butter and melt over medium heat. Add mushrooms and sauté
about 2 minutes. Add flour, stirring to blend and thicken. Add
chicken broth, wine, lemon juice and capers. Cook about 4 minutes
or until thickened.
- Place chicken rolls on
serving dish and pour sauce over rolls
Makes 8 servings.
Recipe provided courtesy
of the National Chicken Council. Used with permission.
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