Chicken Crepes In Sherried Mornay Sauce Recipes

CHICKEN CREPES IN SHERRIED MORNAY SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook chicken in water with the celery, onion, and bay leaf until it is done, about 35-45 minutes. Remove from the stock and cool.
• Remove meat from the bones, discarding the skin anhd chop into bite sized pieces. Reserve stock for another use after defatting it.
• While chicken is cooking,saute the green onions and mushrooms in the butter until just tender.
• Add well-drained spinach,undiluted soup.chicken,and seasonings and mix well until totally blended.
• Place a heaping spoonful of the mixture in the center of each crepe and roll.
• Place in a shallow oven-proof dish, seam side down.
• Cover with the sherried mornay sauce, sprinkle the top with the parmesean cheese and paprika and bake until hot, about 20-30 minutes in a preheated 350 degree oven.
• Crepes can be filled, quick-frozen on cookie sheets, then transfered to plastic bags for freezer storage. Do not freeze the sauce.
• This dish can also be prepared early in the day ( sauce and all), covered, and refrigerated. If refrigerated, cover with foil and bake for about 35 minutes; remove foil and bake about 10 minutes longer until sauce is bubbling.
• A serving is two crepes per person.
• Sherried Mornay Sauce:.
• Make a white roux with the butter and flour.
• Add milk and whisk over medium heat.
• Boil 1 minute, whisking constantly.
• Remove from heat and add salt, pepper, cream, and sherry.
• Bring to a simmer while whisking, and add cheese and nutmeg.Whisk until cheese is completely melted, then remove from heat.
• Pour sauce over crepes and top with a sprinkling of parmesean and paprika.
• Serve with any extra sauce.

CHICKEN CREPES WITH ASPARAGUS AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Make filling:
• Heat 5 tablespoons butter in a 2-quart heavy saucepan over moderate heat until foam subsides. Whisk in flour and cook roux, whisking, until pale golden, about 2 minutes. Gradually add milk and broth, whisking, and bring to a boil, whisking. Reduce heat and simmer gently, whisking frequently, until velouté sauce is silky and thick, about 25 minutes. Reserve 1/2 cup sauce for topping.
• Cook shallot in remaining tablespoon butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, about 4 minutes. Stir into velouté sauce along with chicken and Sherry.
• Cut tips from asparagus and set aside. Cut enough stalks into 1/4-inch pieces to measure 1 cup, reserving remainder for another use. Cook tips in a saucepan of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, 2 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a bowl of ice and cold water with a slotted spoon. Scoop out tips and drain on paper towels, then reserve for topping. Cook and drain chopped asparagus in same manner and stir into velouté sauce with salt and pepper to taste.
• Make crêpes:
• Sift together flour, salt, nutmeg, and pepper to taste into a bowl. Whisk together milk, whole egg, and yolk in a small bowl, then gradually whisk into flour mixture. Force batter through a fine sieve into a bowl.
• Heat a dry 7- to 8-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot, then brush very lightly with some melted butter. Spoon about 2 tablespoons batter into skillet, tilting to coat bottom. (If batter sets before skillet is coated, reduce heat slightly for next crêpe.) Cook until underside is lightly browned, 6 to 10 seconds, then loosen crêpe with a spatula and flip. Cook until just cooked through, about 20 seconds, and transfer to a plate. Make 15 more crêpes in same manner, brushing skillet with melted butter as needed and stacking crêpes on plate.
• Assemble and bake crêpes:
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Spread 1/4 cup filling across center of 1 crêpe and roll into a cylinder. Transfer, seam side down, to buttered baking dish, then assemble more crêpes in same manner, fitting them snugly. Bake in middle of oven 15 minutes.
• Make topping while crêpes bake:
• Stir together yolk, 2 tablespoons cream, and reserved 1/2 cup sauce until smooth. Beat remaining 3 tablespoons cream with a whisk until it holds soft peaks, then fold into yolk mixture.
• Spoon topping over crêpes and broil 5 to 6 inches from heat until lightly browned, about 2 minutes.
• Heat butter in skillet, then add reserved asparagus tips and toss until warm.
• Put 2 crêpes on each of 8 plates and top with asparagus tips.

SHERRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Lightly sprinkle chicken with seasoned salt and pepper, and brown on both sides in butter in Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Add sherry and liquid from mushrooms, cover, and bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes or until chicken is tender and cooked through.
• Remove chicken to serving dish.
• Measure pan juices and add water or broth as necessary to make 1-1/4 cups.
• Carefully blend liquid and chicken gravy mix in Dutch oven.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes or until thickened, stirring constantly.
• Blend in sour cream, and add mushrooms.
• Heat, but do not allow to boil!
• When sauce is smooth and hot, pour over chicken breasts.
• Serve with fluffy rice or mashed potatoes.