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Spinach & Mushroom Stuffed Chicken Breasts

This is a fancy-looking dish, that is nevertheless quick and easy to make. Wrapping the chicken in bacon is a bit like an inside-out Cordon Bleu, and keeps it nice and moist. As an added bonus, you get to vent any latent frustrations while pounding out the chicken breasts! 

Ingredients

  • 2 Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
  • 1/4 cup Finely Chopped Mushrooms
  • 1/3 cup Frozen Spinach, defrosted and drained
  • 1/4 cup Sour Cream
  • 1/4 cup Shredded Monterey Jack  Cheese
  • 1 Clove Garlic, finely minced
  • 4 Strips Bacon

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Coat a baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
  3. Slice chicken breasts most of the way through into top and bottom sections, and fold open.
  4. Using a tenderizing mallet, pound out the chicken breasts until 1/4-inch thin or less throughout.
  5. In a small bowl, mix together mushrooms, spinach, sour cream, cheese, and garlic.
  6. Spoon a large strip of spinach mixture onto each chicken breast, and roll chicken around it.
  7. Wrap each chicken breast with two strips of bacon, and secure with toothpicks if needed.
  8. Place chicken breasts in prepared baking dish, and bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes.
  9. Increase oven temperature to 475 degrees and bake for an additional 5 minutes to crisp bacon.
  10. Remove from oven and transfer to a plate immediately. (i.e. Don’t let the chicken breasts soak in a pool of bacon grease while cooling. Ew!)
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Salmon in Puff Pastry

One of the great benefits of living in the Seattle area is the fantastic variety of fresh seafood. This easy recipe features the crème de la crème of the Pacific Northwest: Salmon! And, if you really want to treat yourself, serve this dish with Hollandaise sauce, which is the perfect complement to both the fish and the spinach.

Ingredients

  • 1 Sheet Frozen Puff Pastry (Or make your own if you want to show off!)
  • 1 cup Frozen Spinach, defrosted and drained
  • 1 tbsp. Finely Minced Garlic
  • 2 Large Salmon Fillets
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
  • 2 tbsp. Melted Butter

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
  2. Defrost puff pastry sheet and cut into two equal pieces, each roughly double the size of the fillets. (Don’t worry if it’s not exactly right. You can always trim and patch the pastry, and then hide your patch-work on the bottom. It’ll be our little secret.)
  3. Add minced garlic to spinach and mix to combine.
  4. Spoon spinach mixture onto puff pastry in a size and shape roughly equal to the fillets.
  5. Place salmon fillets on top of spinach mixture, and salt and pepper fish to taste.
  6. Wrap puff pastry around both, sealing the edges well.
  7. Flip the puff pastry packets over to hide any seams.
  8. Coat a baking dish with cooking spray and arrange packets in the dish.
  9. Brush the puff pastry packets with melted butter.
  10. Bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes, until pastry is golden.
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