Crab And Mushroom Stuffed Chicken Breasts Recipes

CRAB STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Combine first 7 ingredients in a small bowl. Gently fold in crab. Season to taste with salt and black pepper.
• Cut horizontally through the center of each chicken breast, creating a pocket, being careful not to cut all the way through at any point.
• Fill each pocket with equal amounts of the stuffing. Secure with toothpicks.
• Dredge each piece of chicken in the breadcrumbs and place on a baking sheet. (Can be prepared to this point up to 4 hours ahead. Cover and chill.)
• Spray the breadcrumbs with cooking spray to moisten.
• Bake for 22 to 25 minutes or until cooked through to 165 degrees in the center of the filling.
• Remove toothpicks and serve.

CRAB STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Pound chicken to about 1/8" thick between 2 pieces of waxed paper.
• In a saucepan, melt 3 tbsp of butter; blend in flour. Add milk, chicken broth, and wine all at once; cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Set aside.
• In skillet cook onion in 1 tbsp of butter until tender, but not brown. Stir in crab, mushrooms, cracker crumbs, parsley, salt and pepper. Stir in 2 tbsp of the sauce.
• Top each chicken piece with about 1/4 cup of the crab mixture. Fold sides in; roll up.
• Place seam down in a 12x8x2-inch baking dish.
• Pour remaining sauce over all.
• Bake, covered at 350°F until chicken is tender, about 1 hour.
• Uncover; sprinkle with Swiss cheese and paprika.
• Bake until cheese melts, about 2 minutes.

SPINACH CRAB STUFFED CHICKEN

Steps:

• FOR THE SAUCE; in a skillet, sauté 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 to 2 minutes or until thickened.
• Remove from the heat.
• Flatten chicken to 1/4 inch thickness; sprinkle with pepper and remaining salt.
• In a bowl, combine the bread crumbs, crab, spinach and parsley; stir in 1/2 cup sauce.
• Spoon 1/4 cup of this mixture down the center of each chicken breast half.
• Roll up; secure with toothpicks.
• Place seam side down in a greased 13-inch x 9-inch x 2-inch baking dish.
• Top with remaining sauce.
• Cover and bake at 375°F for 35 to 45 minutes or until juices run clear.
• Sprinkle with cheese.
• Broil 4-6 inches from the heat for 5 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Discard the toothpicks.
• Serve with the rice. 4 servings.
• Taste of Home.

CRAB STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Place crabmeat on the chickes breasts and roll as tight as possible.
• Secure with toothpicks.
• Mix flour with salt and pepper and roll the chicken.
• Heat butter and oil, saute roll-ups until browned.
• Remove from pan.
• Add flour and cook and stir for 1 minute.
• Add cream, milk, thyme and basil; return chicken to pan.
• Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer for 10, minutes.
• Add Parmesan cheese and heat through.

CRAB-STUFFED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• In a medium bowl combine the cream cheese, minced onion, parsley, dill, garlic; mix well to combine.
• Add in the crab meat; season with salt and pepper or lemon pepper (if using) mix to combine Cover and chill for a minimum of 2 hours or overnight.
• Using a small sharp knife, cut a slit horizontally through each chicken breast creating a "pocket".
• Divide and stuff the stuffing mix evenly between each breast.
• In a shallow dish mix together the bread crumbs, seasoning salt (or white salt) pepper and Parmesan cheese; mix to combine.
• Coat each chicken breast in flour, then dip in eggs, then coat with the bread crumb mixture to coat COMPLETELY.
• Melt the butter with oil in a heavy skillet, then carefully brown the chicken breasts for about 5 minutes on each side.
• Place in a buttered baking dish.
• Bake uncovered for about 30-35 minutes in a 350°F oven or until the breasts are cooked through.

CRAB STUFFED CHICKEN WITH WINE MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook onion and celery in 3 Tbsp butter until tender.
• Remove from heat and add 1/2 cup wine, crab and stuffing mix.
• Sprinkle each chicken breast with salt and pepper.
• Top each breast with equal amounts of stuffing mixture.
• Roll and secure each breast with toothpick.
• Mix flour and paprika together in shallow dish.
• Coat each rolled chicken breast with flour mixture.
• Place in baking dish and drizzle with 2 Tbsp butter, melted.
• Bake loosely covered at 375 degrees for 1 hour.
• Sauce: Saute mushrooms in 4 Tbsp butter until"squeaky".
• Melt 5 Tbsp butter, add flour and mix into paste.
• Slowly whisk in chicken broth, 1/2 cup white wine and whipping cream.
• To serve: Transfer chicken breasts to platter and top with Wine Mushroom Sauce.

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.

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.