Sunday, November 15, 2009

Chicken roll ups

Chicken roll-ups family circle Nov ,09

1/4 cup all purpose flour
3/4 cup plain bread crumbs
2 eggs
4 ounces smoked mozzarella , cut into 6 pieces about 2 inches long
6 boneless , skinless, thin-sliced chicken breasts (about 4 ounces each), pounded out to 1/4 inch thickness
3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) unsalted butter
1 teaspoon dried parsley
3/4 teaspoon dried thyme
1/4 plus 1/8 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup dry white wine
3/4 pound dried angel hair pasta
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese


INSTRUCTIONS

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 13x9x2 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.

Place flour and bread crumbs in separate shallow plates. Beat eggs in a medium size bowl.

Place a piece of mozzarella on one short end of each chicken breast and roll up tightly . tuck loose ends in .

Coat each chicken roll with flour, dip in egg and roll in the bread crumbs. Place seam-side down in prepared dish.

Melt butter in a small saucepan and stir in parsley , thyume and 1/4 teaspoon salt. pour mix over the chicken rolls.

Bake @350 for 15 minutes. Pour wine over the chicken and bake for an additional 25 minutes.

meanwhile, prepare angel hair pasta following package directions. drain and place in large serving bowl.

Remove chicken from baking dish and place on serving platter. Season with remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt . Pour butter and wine mixture from baking dish over pasta and toss with Parmesan cheese. serve immediately


NOTE: we don't use salt at all in this house.. I eliminated that and did use salted butter. It was fine! but ...if you have to have salt then follow the directions ;)



per serving 697 calories, 33g fats (19g sat) 43g protein 54g carbohydrate 3g fiber
559 mg sodium 195mg cholesterol

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