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Chicken, Spinach and Fetta "Rolls"


Recipe Information
Description:
Boneless chicken breasts stuffed w/ spinach and fetta cheese

Source:
Colleen

Serves/Makes:serves 8

Ingredients
  • 8 boneless skinless chicken breasts (pounded thin)
  • 1 pound fresh spinach washed and deveined
  • 4-8 ounces crumled fetta cheese
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped or crushed
  • vegetable or olive oil (amount to preference)
  • 1 cup (225 ml) flavored bread crumbs (prferably fresh but dried works)
  • Flavored with:1tsp garlic powder
  • 1 t sp salt
  • 1 tdp dried parseley
  • toothpicks
  • 2 eggs beaten w/ 2 tsp (10 ml) milk
  • lemon juice from 1/2 lemon
  • 1 cup (225 ml) sliced utton mushrooms
  • 1 can chicken broth
  • Salt and pepper
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml) butter
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml) flour
Preparation
  • Put a small amount of oil into a 10" skillet set on medium to medium high add 2 cloves garlic saute about 1 minute.
  • Add spinach and cook down till soft and collapsed. Set aside to cool.
  • Pound out chicken between plastic wrap. Set aside.
  • Lay chicken breast down and top with1/2 spinach mixture and 1/2 feta cheese.
  • Roll and secure w/ tooth pick(s). Please remember to remove tooth picks before eating.
  • I try to put same amount of tooth picks in each so I know how many to remove. Repeat to complete 8 rolls.
  • Add oil to 10" skillet on medium high.
  • Coat each chicken roll in eggs and them breadcrumbs than brown all sides of the chicken aout 2-3 minutes each side.
  • Place on oven rack and bake 350 degrees (175 C.) about 1/2 hour.
  • While chicken is baking melt butter in 2 quarts (1900 ml) pot.
  • Add mushrooms and saute till soft.
  • Add flour and stir for about one minute
  • Add chicken broth and lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.
  • Cook till thickened serve chicken w/ rice pilaf and vegetable w/ gravy on the side. Well worth the work. If everything is prepared before you start, this moves quickly.
Comments
I got this recipee many years ago from the Frugal Gormet (Jeff Smith) He did a show on the best fire house recipees.