Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Categories: Cheese, Mustard, Butter, Bread Crumb, Cream, Chicken, Blue Cheese, Cream Cheese, Main dishes, Stuffed

3/4 cup of Cream cheese
1/3 cup of Blue cheese
5 tablespoons of butter
Grated nutmeg
3/4 cup of Swiss cheese, grated
3 Chicken breasts, 3/4 lb each
3 tablespoons of Dijon mustard
1/3 cups of flour
1 Egg, beaten
1/4 cups of Bread crumbs
4 tablespoons of Clarified butter

Blend cream cheese, blue cheese, butter and dash of nutmeg. Form into 6 ovals, then roll ovals in Swiss cheese. Chill at least 1 hour. Flatten chicken breasts between sheets of waxed paper. Spread each piece with 1/2 tsp mustard. Put 1 cheese oval in center of each breast and enclose completely with chicken. Have ready 3 separate bowls containing flour, egg and crumbs. Roll each breast in flour, then egg, then crumbs and chill 1 hour again. In a heavy oven-proof skillet, sear breasts in butter over high heat for 2-3 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer pan to -preheated 400ºF. oven and bake for 7 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Serving Size: 6

From: Merrymeeting Merry Eating, A Collection of Recipes Gathered in Maine Privately published by the Regional Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, Brunswick, Maine ISBN: 0-9620094-0-7 Typed by: Bob 8-{) Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by muddy@ibm.net on May 27, 1998