Spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts With Cheese-tarragon Sauce
Total Time: 1 hr
Preparation Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 8
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup diced onion
- 1/2 cup diced red bell pepper
- 10 ounces frozen spinach, thawed
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper, freshly ground
- 1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon, crumbled
- 1 dash nutmeg
- 8 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
- 1/2 cup grated swiss cheese
- 1/3 cup dry wine
- paprika
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon dried tarragon, crumbled
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/4 cup grated swiss cheese
- 2 tablespoons dry wine
Recipe
- 1 to make chicken:.
- 2 melt butter in a skillet over medium heat. add onion and red pepper and saute about 5 minutes.
- 3 drain spinach and squeeze dry. finely chop and add to pan.
- 4 add salt, pepper, tarragon and nutmeg. mix well and remove from heat.
- 5 preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- 6 rinse and dry chicken breast halves. place a breast half between 2 pieces of waxed paper or saran wrap. pound chicken breast until 1/4 inch thick. repeat with remaining breast halves.
- 7 lay each breast half out on the cutting board. divide spinach mixture between all 8 breasts and sprinkle with the cheese.
- 8 lift edges over the filling and secure with toothpicks.
- 9 place seam side down in a 13 x 9 inch baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
- 10 pour wine over the chicken and sprinkle with paprika.
- 11 bake for about 35 minutes or until filling is heated through and chicken is tender.
- 12 to make sauce:.
- 13 in a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
- 14 add flour, salt, pepper and tarragon and stir and cook for about 1 minute.
- 15 add broth slowly and cook until bubbly and thickened. stir constantly. this takes about 3 minutes.
- 16 reduce heat to low and stir in wine, cheese and juices that accumulated in the baking pan when you cooked the chicken.
- 17 stir and cook until cheese is melted, about 1 minute.
- 18 remove toothpicks from chicken breast halves.
- 19 place them on a platter and top each one with about 1 tablespoon of the cheese sauce.
- 20 pass the remaining sauce at the table.
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