Crawfish Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Chicken Breast - Meat and Poultry

Lightly browned, boneless chicken breasts stuffed with a rich crawfish stuffing and topped with crawfish, crabmeat and mushrooms in a cream sauce.

Brief

Prep 1hr

Cook: 1hr

Total: 2hrs

Servings: 8

Yield: 8 servings

Crawfish Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Ingredients

8 skinless

boneless chicken breast halves

1 cup Worcestershire sauce

2 cups unsalted butter

1 cup diced onion

1 cup diced celery

½ cup diced green bell pepper

3 tablespoons minced garlic

1 pound cooked and peeled crawfish tails

coarsely chopped

salt

black pepper

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 pint heavy whipping cream

12 ounces fresh oyster mushrooms

stemmed and sliced

2 cups fresh lump crabmeat

1 cup diced green onion

Meat and Poultry

Directions

Step 1

Pound chicken breasts until flat. Place in a bowl immerse in Worcestershire sauce and refrigerate.

Step 2

Melt 1/2 cup butter in a large cast iron skillet. Saute onion celery bell pepper and garlic in butter for 15 minutes over medium heat until vegetables are tender. Add the crawfish to the pan and saute for an additional 4 to 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer mixture to a bowl and set aside.

Step 3

Add 1/2 cup butter to the pan and melt over medium-high heat. Dredge each chicken breast in the flour and brown in the butter on one side only. Keep the chicken in the pan only long enough to brown do not cook. The butter may begin to burn during this process. If it does simply pour it out and add more.

Step 4

Place chicken brown side down on a flat surface. Spoon stuffing onto breasts and wrap the breast ends up until they touch. Secure ends with a toothpick. Place stuffed breasts into a baking dish.

Step 5

Pour cream remaining 1 cup butter mushrooms and green onions into a sauce pan and heat gently for 5 minutes. Pour over chicken breasts. Place crabmeat in mounds on top of chicken. Cover the entire dish with foil.

Step 6

Bake in a preheated 375 degree F (190 degree C) oven for 45 minutes or until chicken is cooked.

Nutritional Information

Crawfish Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Servings Per Recipe:8

Calories: 1073.3

% Daily Value *

Protein: 75.8g 152%

Carbohydrates: 28.2g 9%

Dietary Fiber: 2.4g 10%

Sugars: 5.8g

Fat: 72.5g 112%

Saturated Fat: 43.9g 219%

Cholesterol: 437mg 146%

Vitamin A Iu: 2684IU 54%

Niacin Equivalents: 47.4mg 364%

Vitamin B6: 1.6mg 100%

Vitamin C: 20.8mg 35%

Folate: 95.2mcg 24%

Calcium: 188.3mg 19%

Iron: 5.9mg 33%

Magnesium: 128.5mg 46%

Potassium: 1512.7mg 42%

Sodium: 714.5mg 29%

Thiamin: 0.4mg 40%

Calories From Fat: 652.3

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.