Chicken Breasts Stuffed With Mushrooms Provolone Recipes

CHICKEN BREASTS STUFFED WITH SHIITAKES AND PROVOLONE

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 500°F. Line a shallow baking pan with foil.
• Coarsely grate cheese and set aside in a medium bowl. Pulse mushrooms and shallot in a food processor with thyme, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper until finely chopped.
• Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then sauté mushroom mixture, stirring occasionally, until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Stir into cheese (some cheese will melt).
• Pat chicken dry, then cut a deep 3-inch-long pocket horizontally in long curved side of each chicken breast half and fill each pocket with one fourth of cheese mixture (some filling will be visible).
• Put chicken in baking pan, then melt remaining tablespoon butter and brush over chicken. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Roast until cooked through and cheese is melted (filling will ooze), 20 to 25 minutes.

MUSHROOM PROVOLONE STUFFED CHICKEN-- LOW CARB

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a jelly roll pan (or a cookie sheet with a lip) with foil and spray generously with nonstick spray.
• 2. Saute mushrooms in butter until cooked through. Set aside to cool slightly.
• 3. Rinse chicken breasts with water and pat dry with paper towels. In a shallow bowl combine potato flakes, parmesan cheese, Mrs Dash, parsley flakes, and the garlic bread sprinkles; mix well. Pour egg substitute into a separate shallow dish; set aside.
• 4. Slice a pocket into each chicken breast but don't cut all the way through. Stuff with a half slice of provolone and a spoonful of the sauteed mushrooms. Dip whole breast into egg substitute coating all sides; then roll in potato flakes mixture covering thickly. place on prepared pan. Repeat with other pieces of chicken.
• 5. Bake for about 50-60 minutes or until cooked through. Serve immediately.
• 6. Nutritional Info: per serving Calories: 412 Total Fat: 18.4g/ Sat Fat: 7.5g Cholesterol: 154mg Sodium: 422mg Total Carbs: 4.6g/ Sugars: 0.6g Protein: 54.5g

CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOMS AND PROVOLONE

Steps:

• Dredge chicken cutlets first in flour, then dip in egg, and finally dredge in breadcrumbs.
• Put on a baking pan and refrigerate for 15 minutes while you proceed with recipe.
• In a non-stick saucepan, heat 1 tblsp of oil over high heat and add mushrooms and garlic.
• Cook, stirring, until all the liquid the mushrooms have given off has evaporated.
• Remove mushrooms from pan and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350F.
• In same saucepan, heat remaining 2 tblsps of oil over medium-high heat and fry chicken cutlets until golden-brown, about 3 minutes per side.
• Remove from pan and transfer to a glass baking dish, overlapping cutlets slightly to fit into the dish.
• Lightly season cutlets with salt and pepper.
• Distribute mushrooms over chicken and spoon tomato sauce over.
• Drizzle with 1/2 cup heavy cream.
• Cover with the cheeses and bake for 15 minutes, or until heated through and the cheeses have melted.
• Note: If you haven't got seasoned breadcrumbs, use regular breadcrumbs to which you've added 3/4 tsp each of dried, crumbled oregano and basil.