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Steps to Make Perfect Chicken Florentine/Bleu Roll

  • By Jordan Burton
  • 08 Feb, 2020
Steps to Make Perfect Chicken Florentine/Bleu Roll
Steps to Make Perfect Chicken Florentine/Bleu Roll

Hey everyone, it’s Clark, welcome to my recipe site. Today I will show you how to make a special dish, Chicken Florentine/Bleu Roll. It is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i’am gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be smell and look delicious.

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You can cook Chicken Florentine/Bleu Roll using 21 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Chicken Florentine/Bleu Roll

  1. Make ready 9 of chicken breast.
  2. Prepare 12 slices of ham.
  3. Make ready 12 slices of swiss cheese.
  4. You need 8 slices of bacon.
  5. Prepare 1 lb of mushrooms.
  6. Take 2 Tbs of butter.
  7. It’s 1 of onion (diced).
  8. Make ready 4 cups of spinach (fresh/packed in measuring cup).
  9. It’s 1 tsp of salt.
  10. Take 1 tsp of black pepper.
  11. It’s 2 cups of flour.
  12. It’s 2 cups of seasoned bread crumbs.
  13. Take 4 of large eggs.
  14. You need of Cheddar Cheese Sauce.
  15. Prepare 2 Tbs of butter.
  16. Prepare 2 Tbs of flour.
  17. It’s 1 1/4 cup of milk.
  18. You need 1/2 cup of white cheddar cheese.
  19. Take 1/2 tsp of salt.
  20. Prepare 1/2 tsp of pepper.
  21. Take 3 Tbs of dijon mustard.

You can also serve this as an appetizer.Just cook smaller proportions of crepes.And for those on protein diet, substitute the crepe with omelet!If you don't like fish, this is a good substitute." Florentine chicken is a tasty casserole made with cooked spinach and chicken in a creamy sauce, and a ham and Parmesan cheese topping.

Chicken Florentine/Bleu Roll instructions

  1. Slice mushrooms and fry in butter at medium high heat until browned slightly. Try not to stir often so they brown faster and not just turn watery. Set aside on plate when done..
  2. Fry bacon until crispy. Remove from pan and chop into peices. Remove all but 2 tbs of the bacon grease. This is needed for next step..
  3. Add the onion to the frying pan with the remaining bacon grease left in the pan. Saute onions over medium heat until tender..
  4. Add the mushrooms, bacon peices, and fresh spinach to the onions and continue to cook until the spinach is wilted. Remove from heat and set aside..
  5. Pound the chicken breasts flat with the smooth side if meat mallet. Lay out plastic wrap on counter and lay flattened breast on wrap so it forms a rectangular shape with the breasts edges overlapping so it looks like picture below. Season with the salt and pepper..
  6. Layer the chicken with the ham then the swiss cheese on the chicken..
  7. Spread the mixture from the frying pan thinly over the swiss cheese..
  8. Roll the chicken up jelly roll style. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 2 hours..
  9. Set up a dredging station with flour, then eggs, and thirdly the bread crumbs. I used cookie sheets. Then using wooden skewers, insert several where the overlap is so the chicken doesn't separate while cooking..
  10. Bake on a wire rack at 375° until internal temperature reaches 165°. Cooking time is approximately 70 to 80 minutes..
  11. Melt the butter in a heavy-bottomed saucepan. Stir in the flour and cook, stirring constantly, until the paste cooks and bubbles a bit, but don't let it brown — about 2 minutes. Add the milk and dijon mustard, continuing to stir as the sauce thickens. Bring it to a boil. Add salt and pepper to taste, lower the heat, and cook, stirring for 2 to 3 minutes more. Add cheddar cheese and stir until cheese is melted. Remove from the heat..
  12. Slice chicken roll and top with cheddar cheese sauce..

Make a double batch and freeze half the roll-ups (individually wrapped in plastic), then just defrost and bake as you like.Serve topped with fresh diced tomatoes or marinara sauce and a sprinkling of chopped fresh basil.Notes: You can substitute chicken with leftover turkey or chicken rotisserie, lets face it, nobody ever eats those leftover turkey and rotisserie!

For a weeknight standby, get Tyler Florence's Chicken Cordon Bleu recipe, a breaded cutlet wrapped around salty prosciutto and nutty Gruy�re, from Tuck in the sides of the breast and roll up tight like a jellyroll inside the plastic wrap.Squeeze the log gently to seal and twist both ends tight to form a.Coating the outside of your chicken roll-ups with a toasty, herby panko crust and baking them, instead of frying, keeps calories down without sacrificing crispy texture.This recipe for chicken florentine is golden brown chicken breasts, topped with a creamy sauce and served over a bed of spinach.What does Florentine mean in food?

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