Crab Stuffed Chicken Breasts - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    8 boneless skinless chicken breasts
    3 tablespoons butter
    1/4 cup flour
    3/4 cup milk
    3/4 cup chicken broth
    1/3 cup dry white wine
    1/4 cup onion, chopped
    1 tablespoon butter
    1 (7 1/2 ounce) can crabmeat, drained and flaked
    1 (4 ounce) can mushrooms, drained and chopped (I always use fresh mushrooms)
    10 saltine crackers, coarsely crumbled
    2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1 dash pepper
    1 cup swiss cheese, shredded
    1/2 teaspoon paprika
Preparation
    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\u00b0F until chicken is tender, about 1 hour.
    Uncover; sprinkle with Swiss cheese and paprika.
    Bake until cheese melts, about 2 minutes.

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