Crab Stuffed Chicken Recipes

CRAB-STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• In a saucepan, melt 3 tablespoons butter. Stir in flour until smooth. Gradually stir in broth and milk. Bring to a boil; boil and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; set aside. , In a skillet, saute onion in remaining butter until tender. Add the crab, mushrooms, cracker crumbs, parsley, salt, pepper and 2 tablespoons of the white sauce; heat through. , Flatten chicken to 1/4-in. thickness. Spoon about 1/2 cup of the crab mixture on each chicken breast. Roll up and secure with a toothpick. , Place in a greased 9-in. square baking dish. Top with remaining white sauce. Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. Sprinkle with cheese and paprika. Bake, uncovered, 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Remove toothpicks. Serve with rice if desired.

ELEGANT CRAB-STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Flatten chicken to 1/4-in. thickness; sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a small bowl, combine the crab, water chestnuts, bread crumbs, mayonnaise, parsley, mustard, 2 teaspoons marinade for chicken and half of the onions. , Chop one cheese slice; stir into crab mixture. Spread over chicken; roll up and secure with toothpicks. , In a large nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, brown chicken on all sides. Place seam side down in a shallow 3-qt. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Brush with remaining marinade for chicken., Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25 minutes. Cut each remaining cheese slice into six strips; place two cheese strips over each chicken breast. Bake 5-10 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 170°. Discard toothpicks. Sprinkle remaining onions over chicken.

CHICKEN BREASTS STUFFED WITH CRABMEAT

Steps:

• In a medium bowl combine the cream cheese, onion, parsley, dill, garlic and lemon pepper. Add crabmeat and mix thoroughly. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover and chill in refrigerator (can be prepared 2 hours ahead).
• Using a small sharp knife, cut in half horizontally through the center of each chicken breast half, creating a pocket. Fill each pocket with 1/4 of the crab stuffing. Then dip each chicken piece into flour, eggs and finally bread crumbs to coat. Cover completely.
• In a large skillet melt butter or margarine with oil over medium heat. Add filled, breaded chicken breast halves to skillet and saute until golden brown and cooked through (juices run clear), about 10 minutes each side. Remove from skillet, drain on paper towels and serve.

CRAB STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Chop up Crab meat.
• Combine crab meat, cream cheese and soup mix together with a hand mixer.
• Set aside.
• Make a pocket in each chicken breast.
• This is done by slicing horizontally, but do not cut all the way through.
• Stuff each breast with the crab mixture.
• Coat each breast in flour, then egg, and finally bread crumbs.
• (Sometimes I add a little parmesan cheese to the bread crumbs for additional flavor) In a nonstick frying pan, heat up the olive oil and fry breast until golden brown.
• Place breasts in an oven safe dish and bake for 30 minutes.
• Allow to rest for 5 minutes and DIG IN!
• I usually serve spaghetti noddles tossed with GARLIC!
• and olive oil for a quick side dish.
• Not a very light entrée, but my husband and I cheat the healthy eating once in a while.

CRAB STUFFED CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. PREHEAT OVEN TO 350. PLACE CHICKEN BREAST IN BAKING DISH POOR DRESSING OVER CHICKEN AND BAKE AT 350 FOR 25 MIN
• 2. MIX CRAB AND CHEESE MASHED POTATO TOGETHER.
• 3. ONCE CHICKEN HAS COOLED MAKE A SLIT IN THE TOP OF THE BREAST BUT MAKE SURE NOT TO CUT THREW THE CHICKEN.
• 4. TAKE CRAB AND POTATO MIXTURE AND PUT IT IN THE SLITS OF THE BREAST. SPRINKLE WITH CHEESE AND BAKE FOR ANOTHER 15 MIN.
• 5. GARNISH WITH FRESH BASIL.

CRAB STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• To Make White Sauce: Melt 3 tablespoons of the butter in a medium saucepan. Stir in flour until smooth, then gradually stir in broth and milk. Bring all to a boil; boil, stirring, for about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
• In a large skillet melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter and saute onion over medium heat until tender. Add crab, mushrooms, cracker crumbs, parsley, salt, pepper and 2 tablespoons of the prepared white sauce. Heat through.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Pound chicken breasts to 1/4 inch thickness. Spoon about 1/4 of the crab mixture onto the edge of each chicken breast; roll up and secure with toothpicks. Place chicken rolls in a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish, then top with remaining white sauce.
• Cover dish and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. Sprinkle with cheese and paprika and bake, uncovered, for another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly. Remove toothpicks and serve.

CRAB STUFFED CHICKEN WITH HOLLANDAISE SAUCE

Steps:

• Pour about 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan, add onion, celery and garlic, cook until onion is soft. Add crab, wine, Worcestershire sauce, water, stuffing mix, chicken stock and paprika. Stir to combine, stuffing mix should have fluffed up a bit. Don't worry if some of the breadcrumbs still feel hard, as it finishes softening during cooking time in the oven.
• Pound chicken with a meat mallet to flatten about 1/4 inch. Divide stuffing mixture evenly among chicken breasts. Wrap fillet over stuffing and secure with tooth picks. Place in a lightly oiled oven dish and drizzle a little butter over breasts. Bake for 45-55 Min's on 180c depending on oven.
• Hollandaise.
• Pour mix into saucepan, add wine, lemon juice and milk (whatever the amount says on the back of the pack remember to deduct some milk for the wine and lemon juice.) whisk to mix. Stir over heat until mixture thickens add Gruyere and stir until melted.
• Note: If you want to make fresh hollandaise you can I used a packet for ease and quickness. I have a recipe for hollandaise under Stuffed Fish Rolls With Asparagus Hollandaise just minus the asparagus and you have your basic hollandaise sauce.

CRAB STUFFED, CRUMBED, CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix together first 7 ingredients. Refrigerated about 20 minutes to firm up the mixture.
• Cut a slit in longest side of chicken fillet, lay open and fill with half the mixture,.
• Press edges together to seal.
• Carefully coat each side of breast in seasoned flour, shake excess off.
• Dip into egg, then into the crumbs, pressing gently to coat.
• Refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Heat oven to 200°C.
• Pour oil into a shallow pan. Place the chicken breast in serving side down, coat in oil and turn over.
• Bake 20-25 minutes or until cooked through but still juicy.

CRAB-STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Combine first 6 ingredients in medium bowl. Add crab and mix in thoroughly. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 2 hours ahead. Cover and chill.)
• Using small sharp knife, cut horizontally through center of each chicken breast, creating pocket. Fill each pocket with 1/4 of stuffing. Dip each chicken piece into flour, then eggs, then crumbs to coat, covering completely.
• Melt butter with oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken breast halves to skillet and cook until golden brown and cooked through, about 10 minutes per side.

CRAB STUFFED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mix crab, cheese, onions, dill, lemon juice and salt and pepper together in a bowl.
• Heat oven to moderated.
• Spray a baking tray with oil.
• Open out the chicken fillet, spread one half with a quarter of the crab mix.
• Enclose with other half.
• Wrap each fillet with 2 thin slices of prosciutto, maing sure ends are on the underside.
• Place on the baking tray in the moderate oven and bake for about 25 minutes.
• We ate ours with hollondaise sauce.

CRAB-STUFFED CHICKEN - LOW CARB

Steps:

• For filling, in a small bowl combine orange peel, cream, cream cheese, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Gently stir in crabmeat; set aside.
• Place each chicken breast half between two pieces of plastic wrap. Using the flat side of a meat mallet, pound lightly into a rectangle about 1/8 inch thick. Remove plastic wrap. Sprinkle chicken with additional salt and pepper. Spread one-fourth of the filling evenly in center of each chicken piece. Fold narrow ends over filling; fold in sides. Roll up each chicken breast from a short side. Secure with wooden toothpicks.
• In a medium skillet cook chicken in hot butter over medium-low heat about 25 minutes or until no longer pink (170 degrees F.), turning to brown evenly.

CRAB STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• 1. Sauce: melt butter in saucepan, add flour stirring until smooth. Cook 1-2 min stirring constantly. Mix milk, broth and wine together. Gradually add to flour mixture. Cook over medium heat stirring frequently until thick and bubbly. salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat reserve 1/2 cup sauce separately. Set sauce aside.
• 2. Stuffing: sauté green onions in 2 tbsp butter until tender add mushrooms and cook until soft. Stir in crabmeat, cracker crumbs and parsley. Add salt & pepper to taste. Stir in 1/4 cup of sauce.
• 3. Cut each chicken breast on the side to create a cavity for stuffing. Spoon 1/4 cup of stuffing into each chicken breast. use a toothpick to secure opening if needed. Continue until all breasts are filled.
• 4. Pour 1/2 of the sauce into a 9x 13 pan. Place chicken into the pan. Pour 2-3 tbsps. of sauce over each breast. Top each breast with butter flavor no stick spray then panko bread crumbs and spray crumbs with no stick spray.
• 5. Cover pan with foil and bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes. Uncover pan and increase heat to 425. Bake another 10-16 minutes until bread crumbs have browned. remove toothpicks if you used them. Drizzle each breast with swiss cheese sauce before serving. Sprinkle with paprika if desired.
• 6. Swiss Cheese Sauce: Put swiss cheese and half & half in small saucepan with reserved 1/2 cup of sauce and heat until melted and smooth, add a tsp. of butter to finish and stir till velvety. Add a pinch of seasoned salt to taste. keep warm.
• 7. Serve with rice (mixed with remaining cheese sauce) and enjoy.

SPINACH CRAB CHICKEN

Steps:

• For sauce, in a large skillet, sauce the onion, mushrooms and celery in butter until tender. Stir in flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt until blended. Gradually add broth and milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat., Flatten chicken to 1/4-in. thickness; sprinkle with pepper and remaining salt. In a large bowl, combine the bread crumbs, crab, spinach and parsley; stir in 1/2 cup sauce. Spoon 1/4 cup down the center of each chicken breast half. Roll up; secure with toothpicks. Place seam side down in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Top with remaining sauce., Cover and bake at 375° for 35-45 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink. Sprinkle with cheese. Broil 4-6 in. from the heat for 5 minutes or until lightly browned. Discard toothpicks. Serve with rice.