Chicken Breasts Royal Recipes

CHICKEN ROYALE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. For stuffing, combine the bread crumbs, water, 2 tablespoons butter, onion, parsley, salt, poultry seasoning and pepper. Place about 1/3 cup stuffing under the skin of each chicken breast; secure with toothpicks. In a shallow bowl, combine flour and paprika; coat chicken. Place in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Drizzle with remaining butter., Bake, uncovered, until a thermometer reads 170°, 1 to 1-1/4 hours. Meanwhile, for sauce, heat butter in large skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and onion, cook and stir until tender, 2-3 minutes. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper. Whisk in cream until blended; bring to a boil. Cook and stir until thickened, 1 minute. Reduce heat; add sour cream. Stir just until heated through; do not boil. Serve with chicken.

POTTED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH LEMON AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• In a pot, combine EVOO with the carrots, onion, celery, garlic and lemon zest and juice. Season the chicken with salt and pepper on both sides, turn in the vegetables and oil and cover. Refrigerate for 3 to 4 hours.
• Return to room temp.
• Place a pot over medium-high heat and brown the chicken 15 to 20 minutes. Add the wine and reduce for a few minutes. In a small bowl, stir together the tomato paste with 1/4 cup hot water, then add to the sauce along with the stock. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer 20 to 30 minutes more to cook through. Cool and store.
• Reheat over medium heat. Serve with crusty bread.

RICHARD'S CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Season flour with poultry seasoning. Dredge the chicken breasts in the seasoned flour. Melt the butter with the oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Working in batches, fry the chicken in the hot butter mixture for about 5 minutes each side, depending on the thickness. Remove the chicken and set aside (keep warm.)
• Deglaze pan with Marsala wine (deglazing is swirling or stirring a liquid in a pan to dissolve cooked food particles remaining on the bottom). Add the chopped mushrooms, chopped onions and rosemary. Saute for 5 minutes over high heat.
• Return the chicken breasts to the skillet, baste with drippings, put cheese on the breasts and cook for another 2 1/2 minutes with the lid on tightly. Don't touch the lid! Remove from heat and let stand for 10 minutes, until the breasts cook through. Check the seasoning and adjust. You will have the plumpest, juiciest chicken breasts you can imagine!

CHICKEN ROYALE

Steps:

• Pound chicken breasts to 1/4-inch thickness with flat side of meat mallet or chef's knife.
• Roll cheese in walnuts.
• Place 1 spinach leaf on each breast; top with a cheese quarter. Fold chicken around spinach and cheese to form a mound.Sprinkle salt and pepper over chicken. Place chicken in baking pan. Cover. Bake in 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until chicken is fork-tender.
• Mix wine and dressing in small skillet. Cook over medium heat until sauce is reduced by one-half: stir in butter or margarine. Pour sauce over chicken.
• Serve with rice.
• *If raspberry vinaigrette is not available, substitute 1/4 cup bottled reduced calorie red wine vinegar and oil dressing and 1/4 cup seedless raspberry jam. Omit butter or margarine.

CHICKEN BREASTS ROYAL

Steps:

• Place chicken in a single layer in a greased 9x11 inch pan or small roaster.
• Mix together soup, sour cream, flour and onion in a bowl, stirring well.
• Add wine, seasoning salt, paprika and gravy browner.
• Stir.
• Spoon over chicken.
• Bake, uncovered, in 350 oven.