Stuffed Chicken with Spinach Mushroom in White Sauce
Indulge in seared chicken stuffed with spinach, mushroom and cheese, topped in a rich white sauce. Serve with roasted or mashed potatoes for the perfect meal.
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I Made It
Moderate
30 Mins
2-4 People
Ingredients For Classic Mayo White Sauce:
Oil 3 tbsp
Flour 2 tbsp
Chicken stock 1.5 cup
Cream 2 tbsp
Garlic, chopped 1 tsp
National classic mayo 3 tbsp
National salt 1/3 tsp or as per taste
Fresh crushed black pepper ½ tsp
Ingredients For Stuffed Chicken:
Chicken fly 2
National salt ½ tsp (for chicken marination)
National black pepper powder 1 tsp
National salt, a pinch (for spinach and mushroom cooking)
Whole fresh mushrooms 10-12 sliced
Spinach leaves 2 cups chopped
Parsley chopped 2 tbsp
Parmesan cheese 2 tbsp
Butter 2 tbsp
Oil 1 tsp
Directions
Method for White Sauce:
In a mixing bowl add cream, mayo, chicken stock and mix well, set aside.
In a sauce over medium heat, add oil.
Add garlic chopped and cook for 30 seconds.
Add flour and stir until the flour get slightly brown.
Pour in mayo stock mixture, stirring constantly as it thickens.
Season with salt and crushed black pepper.
Sauce is ready.
Method for Stuffed Chicken:
Add butter and oil in a pan on medium heat.
Add sliced mushroom and spinach leaves. Cook over high heat until mushrooms and spinach are nicely light browned.
Sprinkle pinch of salt and black pepper, mix well and set aside to cool. Then stir in parmesan cheese.
Using a sharp knife, slice the chicken breast parallel to your chopping board starting from the thick side.
Do not cut all the way through, it should open like a book.
Sandwich the chicken between cling film and using the flat side of a meat hammer, pound until even size.
Sprinkle salt and pepper and rub evenly on chicken fly.
Place mushrooms and spinach evenly on one side of chicken.
Fold back the breast to form sandwiches. Push it together so it’s packed tight.
In frying pan on medium high heat add butter and oil, once melted, add the chicken.
Cook until nicely browned on one side, then carefully turn chicken over and cook the other side.
Cook each side of chicken for approximately 5 minutes.
Place chicken on serving plate, pour over hot white sauce and cover all over the chicken.