Sourdough Herb Stuffed Chicken Recipe 465

ROAST CHICKEN WITH SOURDOUGH STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Bake bread in a single layer until dry, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl. In a medium skillet, melt butter over medium. Add onion, garlic, and celery, and cook, stirring occasionally, until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add thyme, and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir into bread, then stir in enough broth to make mixture evenly moist but not wet. Season with salt and pepper.
• Pat chicken dry. Season inside and out with salt and pepper. Stuff cavity, tie legs together, and tuck wings underneath. Roast chicken until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of the thigh registers 165 degrees, about 1 hour (tent exposed stuffing with foil, if overbrowning). Let rest 10 minutes before serving.

SOURDOUGH BREAD STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 2-quart baking dish and set aside.
• Cut or tear the bread into 1-inch cubes and spread it evenly on 2 baking sheets. Toast the bread in the oven until completely dry and beginning to crisp and brown, about 20 minutes. Transfer to a large mixing bowl.
• Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and a few pinches of salt and saute, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 6 to 8 minutes. Add celery, onion, 2 tablespoons butter, and thyme. Once the butter has melted, cook, stirring frequently, until the vegetables have softened, about 5 minutes. Add sage and remaining 4 tablespoons butter. Add chicken broth to skillet and stir to combine. Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Transfer toasted bread cubes to a large bowl. Pour the chicken broth mixture over the bread cubes and toss to combine until the bread cubes absorb the liquid. Pour the mixture into the greased baking dish, and sprinkle with parsley. Bake in the center of the oven until heated through and the top is golden brown, about 40 minutes. Remove the stuffing from the oven and allow to cool about 15 minutes before serving.

SOURDOUGH-HERB STUFFED CHICKEN RECIPE - (4.6/5)

Steps:

• Soak wooden skewers in water Preheat oven to 375 with rack one level above center if possible. Rinse chicken fillets, and pound thinner if necessary (they don't have to be completely uniform) S&P chicken on both sides. *Make Stuffing:* Combine all stuffing ingredients, mixing well. Add about 1/4 cup the chicken stock to moisten (or just enough to be able to handle it so it will stick together). *Stuff & cook chicken breast fillets:* Layout slices of both cheeses and ham, one for each thin, chicken fillet. Layout each chicken slice on wax paper or clean surface and place one slice of ham centered over each fillet. Next add slice of sharp cheddar and dill havarti to each fillet. now add heaping handful of moistened stuffing to each in the center. wrap up ends of chicken fillet up around stuffing, and fix with toothpicks crosswise so it will hold in stuffing. In a large shallow skillet on stove, melt 2 T butter & preheat. Carefully transfer the stuffed chicken breasts onto heated skillet and cook on med-low to brown initially. Sprinkle with paprika on top of each fillet. After about 8 minutes, deglaze with about 1/3 cup of white wine and continue to brown on stove. (you should see bottom and some of the sides of the chicken are beginning to turn whiter and cook through. Now add about 1/2 cup of chicken stock to bottom of pan & transfer to oven to finish cooking. If your skillet is not oven safe, place chicken, added broth & all cooking juices into a foil-lined 9x13 dish for oven to finish cooking. Continue to cook until chicken fillet is done, even at top, cheese is bubbly and stuffing and ham edges are crisp/slightly toasted. (about 10-18 more mins, depending on oven & chicken thickness) Remove from oven and let cool several minutes. Remove wooden skewers and serve!

CELERY HERB STUFFING AND SAVORY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Stir together onion, celery, bread, pepper, parsley, sage, rosemary, thyme, and celery salt in a large bowl; pour melted butter over bread mixture and stir to combine.
• Spoon stuffing into the cavities of chicken; place chicken into a roasting pan. Sprinkle chicken with savory; cover with a lid or foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Remove cover; increase oven temperature to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Roast until browned and an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone, reads 165 degrees F (74 degrees C), about 15 minutes.

SOURDOUGH AND SAUSAGE STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large saute pan or dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Brown the sausage until cooked through and reserve on the side.
• Add the butter, apples, celery and onions and saute until tender, add the thyme leaves and return the sausage to the pan and stir thoroughly.
• Transfer the mixture to a large bowl if there's not enough room in your pan to mix in the bread and the broth.
• Thoroughly whisk the egg into the broth and combine the bread, broth mixture and sausage/vegetable mixture, season with salt and pepper. Put into a 9 x 13 baking pan. Cover with foil and bake about an hour, removing foil the last 10 minutes to ensure a brown and crunchy top.

SOURDOUGH HERB STUFFING

Steps:

• Separate raw sausage into bite size pieces, saute until golden brown.
• In large skillet, add olive oil(or butter), honey, onion, garlic, portabello mushrooms,celery,thawed brussell sprouts under medium heat until evenly mixed and cooked.
• Transfer all of the sautéed veggies to a large bowl, add both breads, pepper and any desired herbs as well as water water.
• With hands or spoons, mix everything evenly.
• Do a taste test, add more pepper, etc to your taste buds desire.
• Stuffing should be evenly moist, no dry areas. Sprinkle water where needed, do not over-water, shouldn't be drenched.
• Transfer to large coverable baking dish, bake at 375°F for 15 minutes covered and 10 minutes uncovered, until top gets slightly crunchy.

CHICKEN & SOURDOUGH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Chicken: Over medium heat add flour to melted shortening.
• Stir constantly while adding all other ingredients except chicken.
• Add chicken, pour into a 3-quart casserole dish.
• Dumplings: In large mixing bowl thoroughly stir together flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder.
• Combine milk, egg, sourdough starter, and oil.
• Add to dry ingredients all at once, stirring just till moistened.
• Drop dough from tbsp into boiling water (dip spoon in hot liquid before dropping dumpling each time to help batter slide right off).
• Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Remove with slotted spoon, drain and place on top of cooked chicken.
• Cook, uncovered in over, at 350º for 10 minutes.
• Serve hot.

THE BEST SOURDOUGH STUFFING

Steps:

• Chop the onions, celery, mushrooms, garlic, optional walnuts or chestnuts, and herbs.
• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion, celery, mushrooms, and garlic. Saute and add salt and pepper to taste (the amount you use will depend on your preference and your stock e.g. homemade unsalted or not).
• When the vegetables have softened, add the herbs and optional nuts, and saute for another minute or so, then add 1 cup of the stock.
• In a medium bowl (with a pour spout if possible), beat the eggs, then add the remaining 2 cups of stock.
• Place your cubed sourdough bread in a large mixing bowl. (You could put the bread directly in the baking pan, but stirring may be difficult.)
• Pour the saute mixture over the cubed bread and mix. Then pour on the stock-egg mixture and fold everything until it's thoroughly combined.
• Preheat your oven to 350°F and lightly oil or butter a 9x13 baking dish.
• Transfer the mixture to your baking dish and spread evenly, cover and let sit for about 20 minutes for the bread to absorb the liquids.
• After the rest, if the top bread cubes seem dry and there is no loose liquid underneath, sprinkle on 1-2 cups of water, stir everything again inside the pan, and then put the pan in the oven.
• Bake for 45-50 minutes, until the internal temperature is at least 160°F. Cover with foil if the stuffing begins to brown too much.
• After removing from the oven, sprinkle with additional fresh herbs if you want.

HERBED SWEET 'N' SOUR CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Mix rice and water in a medium saucepan, and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes, until rice is tender.
• In a medium bowl, blend the olive oil, soy sauce, honey, and vinegar. Mix in the thyme, paprika, cayenne pepper, allspice, and black pepper.
• Place chicken breasts in a medium baking dish, and coat with the olive oil mixture.
• Place chicken in the preheated oven, and, basting occasionally with the olive oil mixture, cook 30 minutes, or until no longer pink and juices run clear. Serve over the rice with remaining olive oil mixture.