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.