Best 3 Chicken In A Blanket Recipes

CHICKEN IN A BLANKET

Steps:

• Put the chicken stock in a casserole dish large enough to hold the chicken, together with the herbs, sliced carrot, onion, salt and cayenne pepper.
• Bring to the boil and lower the chicken into the stock.
• Allow to poach at a gentle simmer for 20 minutes.
• Put in the lemon rind (thinly pared) and the juice of the lemon and simmer for a further 20-25 minutes.
• Lift out the chicken, tipping it to drain off the liquid inside, and keep it hot.
• Strain the broth into a measuring jug.
• In a smaller pan, melt 1½ oz.
• of the butter and stir in the flour.
• Stir over a gentle heat until it sizzles.
• Add 20 oz. of the chicken broth, a little at a time, stirring between each addition.
• Simmer the resulting sauce for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, taste for seasoning and add the mushrooms, sliced and sautéed gently in the remaining butter for a few minutes until they are just tender.
• Lastly, stir in the cream and pour the sauce over the chicken.

CHICKEN-APPLE PIGS-IN-A-BLANKET

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375˚ F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Unroll the crescent roll dough on a work surface. Separate into 4 rectangles made up of 2 triangles each; press the triangles together at the perforations. Brush lightly with some of the beaten egg. Sprinkle the cheese over the dough rectangles and press lightly to adhere.
• Place a sausage along a short end of one dough rectangle and roll up tightly, pressing the dough around the sausage to eliminate any gaps. Pinch the seam to seal. Repeat with the remaining sausages and dough rectangles. Using a serrated knife, cut each dough-wrapped sausage into 4 pieces.
• Place the pieces seam-side down on the baking sheet and brush the dough with more beaten egg. Bake until the dough is puffed and browned and the sausages are heated through, 18 to 20 minutes. Serve with honey mustard for dipping.

CHICKEN IN BLANKET WITH MUSHROOM SAUCE

Steps:

• Slice the chicken breast in half lenghtwise.
• Heat tablespoon of oil in frypan and seal chicken on both sides and remove and allow to cool.
• In the same pan melt the butter then fry the mushrooms till well cooked and then sir in the flour and cook for 2 minutes.
• Slowly pour in the chicken stock and milk while stirring constantly until all combined, approximately 5 minutes.
• Cut the pastry in half diagonally (forming a triangle) and place 1 slice of ham and then the a chicken breast on top and then a 1/2 tablespoon cottage cheese and fold over the pastry, brush with egg wash and then place of a baking sheet, complete other 3.
• Bake at 230C for 15 minutes.
• Serve with the mushroom sauce and steamed vegetables.