Chicken Legs Stuffed With Morels And Steamed Et Farci Aux Morilles Recipes

PAN-ROASTED CHICKEN WITH MOREL MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Season the chicken generously all over with salt and pepper.
• Heat the olive oil in a large heavy pan over medium-high heat. Once the oil is shimmering and just starting to smoke, add the chicken skin-side down and cook until golden brown all over, flipping halfway through, about 12 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a plate; set aside.
• Return the pan to medium heat and add the shallots and garlic to the pan. Cook, stirring often, until the shallots are soft and the garlic is lightly browned, about 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook, gently stirring and scraping up any browned bits from bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon, until the mushrooms begin to release liquid, about 2 minutes. Transfer the mushroom mixture to a medium bowl and set aside.
• Add the wine to the pan and bring to a boil. Cook until the wine is reduced by half, about 4 minutes. Add the broth and thyme and bring back to a boil. Return the chicken to the pan, skin-side up, along with any juices from the plate and cover with the lid slightly ajar. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer until the chicken is cooked through, about 15 minutes.
• Swirl in the cream and return the mushroom mixture to the pan. Simmer (uncovered) over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the sauce thickens slightly, about 8 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Place the chicken on a serving plate, spoon the mushroom sauce over and sprinkle with chives.

CHICKEN LEGS STUFFED WITH MORELS AND STEAMED (ET FARCI AUX MORILLES)

Steps:

• Put dried mushrooms in small bowl and add warm water to cover. Let stand 30 minutes or longer until thoroughly softened. Drain. Squeeze mushrooms to extract excess liquid. Chop coarsely and set aside.
• Do not separate legs from thighs. Using paring or boning knife, carefully cut down to bone of each thigh. Do not cut through skin. Starting at top of each thigh, cut and scrape flesh from bone, working downward as neatly as possible; leave bone bare. Work down around leg bone, scraping almost to bottom of it. Leave leg bone tip - 1/2 inch or slightly more - intact. As legs and thighs are boned, set aside, skin side out.
• Cut chicken breast into thin slices. Stack slices and cut into very small, thin strips. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Heat one tablespoon of butter in small skillet and add shallots, stirring. Add chicken pieces and cook, stirring to separate pieces, about 2 minutes or until meat loses raw look. Add fresh and dried mushrooms. Stir.
• Add chicken broth and cook about 30 seconds, stirring. Scrape mixture into mixing bowl. Add beaten egg to filling and blend well. Set aside.
• Meanwhile, heat remaining one tablespoon of butter and add chicken livers. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook over high heat, stirring, about 2 minutes or until the livers lose raw look. Add 1/2 cup of cream and cook, stirring, about 2 minutes. Set aside.
• Remove and chop 2 of chicken liver pieces. Add to filling and stir.
• Place boned chicken legs skin side down on flat surface. Sprinkle interior with salt and pepper. Use small amount of filling at a time and stuff chicken legs, pushing filling down compactly into boned legs. Fill legs compactly at center, folding boned thighs over to enclose filling.
• Lay out 4 large squares of plastic wrap, a square at a time. Wrap filled legs and thighs to enclose filling. As each piece is wrapped, fold wrapping tightly to keep stuffed pieces intact. Arrange bundles in one layer in top of steamer rack and set aside.
• Combine brown chicken base and remaining cup of cream and bring to boil. Cook down over high heat until reduced to about one cup of sauce.
• Pour into container of electric blender (food processor will not work as well). Add remaining chicken liver pieces plus cream in which they cooked. Blend on high speed to make smooth as possible.
• Pour sauce into small saucepan.
• Place stuffed chicken legs in their rack onto steamer filled half full with water. Cover steamer rack closely and let stuffed chicken legs stand over boiling water about 20 minutes or until done.
• Carefully remove stuffed legs, one at a time, from the plastic wrap.
• Spoon a little sauce onto center of each of 4 hot serving plates and place chicken leg in center. Or serve sauce spooned over chicken legs. Serve remaining sauce separately.

CHICKEN WITH MORELS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Lift the morels carefully from the hot water in order to leave any grit behind in the liquid. Rinse a few times to be sure all the grittiness is gone. Discard the liquid and dry the morels lightly with paper towels. Set aside.
• Sprinkle the chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Dredge them in flour and shake off the excess. Heat half the clarified butter in a large saute pan and cook the chicken in 2 batches over medium-low heat until browned on both sides, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove to an ovenproof casserole.
• Add the rest of the clarified butter to the pan along with the shallots, drained morels, and garlic. Saute over medium heat for 2 minutes, tossing and stirring constantly. Pour the Madeira into the pan and reduce the liquid by half over high heat, 2 to 4 minutes. Add the creme fraiche, cream, lemon juice, 1 teaspoon salt, and 3¿4 teaspoon pepper. Boil until the mixture starts to thicken, 5 to 10 minutes. Pour the sauce over the chicken and bake for 12 minutes, or until the chicken is heated through. To make ahead, refrigerate the chicken and sauce in the casserole and reheat slowly on top of the stove.

MONTREAL SPICED OVEN-BAKED CHICKEN LEGS RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 F Lift skin off chicken legs and rub seasoning into meat Pull the skin back over the leg and brush with olive oil Sprinkle seasoning onto skin. Place chicken in a baking dish and bake for about 45 minutes on center rack until fully cooked. Skin should be crispy. Serve with your favorite side dish and veggies.

STUFFED CHICKEN LEG RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Heat oil in large skillet on medium heat. Add zucchini and onion; cook and stir 5 minutes or until onion is tender. Remove from heat. Stir in water, stuffing mix and cheese until well blended. Cover and set aside.
• Insert your fingers carefully between the meat and skin of each chicken leg to form a pocket. Fill pockets evenly with the stuffing mixture. Place, filled sides up, in shallow baking pan.
• Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.

BAKED MUSTARD-HERB CHICKEN LEGS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Trim excess skin and fat from chicken. Combine bread crumbs, garlic, parsley, tarragon and salt and pepper on a plate or waxed paper. Use a pastry brush to paint mustard lightly on chicken legs. Carefully coat chicken legs with bread crumb mixture.
• Gently place chicken in a roasting pan and bake for 30 to 40 minutes, or until completely cooked. Serve hot or cold.

CHICKEN BREASTS WITH MORELS

Steps:

• Put morels in mixing bowl and add warm water to cover. Let stand 30 minutes or longer. Drain.
• Put each chicken breast half on flat surface, trim off all remnants of fat and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of butter in small heavy skillet and add 1 tablespoon of shallots. Cook, stirring, until wilted. Add drained morels, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, about 1 minute and add 1/2 of wine. Cook until liquid is reduced by half. Add cream and cook 2 minutes.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of butter in skillet large enough to hold chicken in one layer. Add chicken pieces and cook over moderately high heat. As chicken pieces cook, stir gently without turning about 3 minutes or until nicely browned. Turn and continue cooking about 5 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to warm serving dish, arranging neatly. Add remaining shallots to skillet and stir briefly. Add remaining wine and stir to dissolve brown particles that cling to bottom of pan. Cook down until not quite evaporated. Add chicken broth and cook 1 minute.
• Heat morels in cream and spoon around chicken.
• Swirl remaining tablespoon of butter into sauce with chicken broth and spoon over chicken pieces.

MUSTARD-STUFFED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Mix the cheeses and mustard together. Cut a slit into the side of each chicken breast, then stuff with the mustard mixture. Wrap each stuffed chicken breast with 2 bacon rashers - not too tightly, but enough to hold the chicken together. Season, place on a baking sheet and roast for 20-25 mins.

MOROCCAN STUFFED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Put the couscous and spice mix in a small heatproof bowl and pour over 50ml hot water. Cover and set aside for 5 mins. Fluff the grains up with a fork, then stir in the apricots, pine nuts and parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
• Heat oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Make a large slit down one side of each chicken breast to form a pocket. Stuff the couscous mixture inside, then sit the chicken in a small roasting tin. Brush over the oil and roast for 20 mins until cooked through. Serve with roasted baby new potatoes and a crisp green salad.

MOROCCAN-STYLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place a large frying pan over medium heat with 1 tbsp of oil. Lightly season the chicken and cook, skin side down, for about 5 mins on one side, until golden. Turn over, then tip the onion into the pan. Cook for another 5 mins until the onion is soft and chicken golden all over.
• Meanwhile, halve the lemon, then cut 1 half into quarters. Finely chop 1 quarter (leaving the skin on) and tip into a pestle and mortar or small blender. Pound together with remaining oil, garlic, ginger and chermoula to make a paste. Dollop into the frying pan and cook 1 min more until you can smell the spices. Pour over the chicken or vegetable stock and honey, then bring to the boil.
• Turn down the heat, cover and leave to cook 20-30 mins until chicken is cooked through and the sauce has thickened and become glossy (you may need to uncover the pan for the fi nal 5 mins of cooking). Stir through the olives and squeeze over the juice of half the lemon. Sprinkle with coriander and serve with couscous or bread.

EASY STEAM CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place chicken and salt in a bowl. Evenly rub salt into chicken. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Rinse chicken and place in a pot fitted with a steamer basket over water. Bring water to a boil, and steam chicken until juices run clear, about 30 minutes.
• Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion and cook until tender. Mix in garlic, and cook about 1 minute. Stir in soy sauce and sesame oil, and remove from heat. Scoop over the chicken to serve. Garnish with cilantro.