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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Stuffed Marsala Chicken Deliciousness

Saw this on a TV cooking show and thought this would be a great hit in my house with a few tweaks to make it mine. 

My family just loves to find things "stuffed" 
in their food
like meatballs, cupcakes, burgers,  
you name it!


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Not super simple but SUPER YUMMY!! My mom used to make stuffed chicken breasts all the time and stuffed pork chops, with seasoned bread crumbs. I just forgot until I started getting into doing this and she reminded me, only back then there wasn't Pinterest to spark creativity as there is now-a-days!


Stuffed Marsala Chicken Breasts
  • 4 Large Chicken Breasts, boneless & skinless
  • 10 pkg frozen spinach defrosted
  • 1- Lb Ricotta Cheese
  • 16 Oz Crimini Mushrooms
  • 1 large red onion
  • Nutmeg
  • Sage
  • Flour
  • Kosher Salt and Fresh Cracked Pepper Corns
  • 1/4 t Capers
  • Marsala wine
  • Butter
  • EVOO

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  1. Pour enough EVOO to coat bottom of large skillet over medium heat. 
  2. Add Sliced Crimini mushrooms & Red Onions in the hot skillet over medium heat, caramelizing the veggies.
  3. Season each breast with generously with salt & pepper, 
  4. Season the flour with s&p, sprinkling of sage, & pinch of freshly grated nutmeg.
  5. Slice the center of each breast, in center, not all the way through- just enough to stuff in yumminess!
  6. Dredge the breasts into the seasoned flour.
  7. Mix the defrosted and "squeezed" dry spinach with the ricotta cheese. Add a pinch of nutmeg freshly grated, sprinkling of dried sage, and season with s&p to taste.
  8. After mushroom and onions have rendered down season with s&p, remove from the pan and allow half to cool & keep half warm.
  9. Mix the cooled mushroom & onions with the ricotta mixture and stuff into the sliced breasts. 
  10. Add butter to pan and sear the breasts on each side, not cooking through just developing a lovely brown color, brown food tastes better!
  11. Remove breasts to a prepped pan and place into preheated oven. Bake about 25 min or until THOROUGHLY COOKED THROUGH!
  12. Pour in Marsala or dry red wine of choice & capers. Scrape bottom of pan with wooden spoon to release all the crunchy goodness below reduce heat to low and allow to reduce to 1/4.
Once Chicken is cooked through place on serving platter and 
pour the Marsala sauce over top. 

I like to sprinkle the top with parsley and serve with garlic mashed potatoes, or quinoa 
 
 
 



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