Florentine Chicken Ring Recipes

CHICKEN FLORENTINE STYLE

Steps:

• Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Dredge the chicken in the flour to coat lightly. Shake off any excess flour. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add the chicken and cook until brown, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer the chicken to a plate and tent with foil to keep it warm.
• Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in the same skillet over medium heat. Add the shallots and garlic and saute until the shallots are translucent, stirring to scrape up any browned bits on the bottom of the skillet, about 1 minute. Add the wine. Increase the heat to medium-high and boil until the liquid is reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Add the cream and boil until the sauce reduces by half, stirring often, about 3 minutes. Stir in the parsley. Season the sauce, to taste, with salt and pepper. Add the chicken and any accumulated juices to the sauce, and turn the chicken to coat in the sauce.
• Meanwhile, melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter in another large skillet over medium heat. Add the spinach and saute until heated through. Season the spinach, to taste, with salt and pepper. Arrange the spinach over a platter. Place the chicken atop the spinach. Pour the sauce over and serve.

FLORENTINE CHICKEN RING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F In large bowl flake chicken. Chop bell pepper and water chestnuts. Add to chicken along with spinach, cheese, mayonnaise, lemon zest, salt and nutmeg; mix well. Unroll crescent dough; separate into 16 triangles. Arrange triangles in a circle on baking sheet with wide ends of the triangles overlapping in the center and points toward the outside. (There should be a 5-inch-diameter opening in the center.) Scoop chicken mixture evenly onto widest end of each triangle. Bring outside points of triangles up over filling and tuck under wide ends of dough at the center of ring. (Filling will not be completely covered.) Bake 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.

CHICKEN FLORENTINE RING

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a 2 Qt bowl, flake chicken until finely shredded. Chop bell pepper. Add to chicken along with spinach, cheese, mayonnaise, lemon zest, salt and nutmeg; mix well.
• 2. Unroll crescent dough; separate into 16 triangles. Arrange triangles in circle on 13" round baking pan with wide ends of triangles overlapping in the center and points toward the outside.
• 3. Using a spoon/medium cookie dough scoop, scoop chicken mixture evenly onto widest end of each triangle. Bring outside points of triangles up over filling and tuck under wide ends of dough at center of ring. ~~~~Filling will not be completely covered~~~~~~~~~.
• If making individual rolls, take pointed end up over filling and tuck under wide end, bring the sides up to form a pouch. Reduce cooking time by 5 minutes.
• 4. Bake 20-25 mins or until golden brown.