Chicken Crepes??!
Chicken Crepes??
My french class went to a Country Club and we had chicken crepes with mushrooms, and a little bit of spinch with creamy white sauce. I was wondering if anyone knows how to make this delicious dinner. Thanks!! :)
Answers:
I am not sure if you need the actual crepe recipe or not, so I am sending it along. just in case!!
Chicken Florentine Crepes
FILLING:
2 c. cooked chicken
4 tbsp. butter
2 sm. onions, chopped
1/4 lb. mushrooms, chopped
1 pkg. frozen spinach, cooked and thoroughly drained
1 c. grated Parmesan cheese
Salt and pepper to taste
Cut chicken into small pieces. Heat butter in skillet until bubbling. Cook onions until they are clear and crisp, and add mushrooms and cook until they are slightly browned and soft. Add chicken and combine with pan juices. Cook frozen spinach and drain thoroughly. Add spinach to chicken mixture with 1/2 cup of cheese. Add a cup of cream sauce to chicken and mix well.
CREPES:
1 c. instant flour
1 c. milk
1 c. water
3 eggs
Pinch salt
3 tbsp. melted butter or oil
Mix with whisk. Heat pan until a drop of water sizzles. Remove pan from heat. Pour batter into center of pan and swirl pan until bottom is covered with batter. Pour any excess batter that doesn't stick to the pan back into batter bowl. Flip crepe and cook the second side. The first side will be nice even brown; the second side will be an uneven color. Spread crepes out and allow to dry before stacking. If you make ahead and freeze, stack between pieces of wax paper.
WHITE SAUCE:
3 tbsp. butter
3 tbsp. instant flour
1 c. milk
1 c. chicken broth
1/2 c. cream
Salt and pepper to taste
1/4 c. white cooking wine
1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese
3 tbsp. capers (optional)
Melt butter, add flour and stir with wooden spoon until bubbly, but don't let mixture brown. Heat milk and stock to the simmer point. Remove bubbling flour and butter from heat and add boiling liquid all at once and stir vigorously. Return to heat and simmer 10 to 15 minutes, stirring to prevent scorching. Add cream bit by bit and stir to blend. Add cheese and stir until melted. If instant flour is used, mix all ingredients, except cream, together in saucepan, blend well and heat to simmer point. If sauce is too thick, add milk, chicken broth, or wine until consistency is right.
Pour a spoonful or two of filling down the center of each crepe. Roll and turn seam side down in a buttered baking dish. Use remaining 2 cups of cream sauce and remaining cheese for topping. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes. Freezes well. If you prepare ahead of time and freeze, defrost and proceed as you would have without freezing.
Enjoy!!
CHICKEN AND MUSHROOM CREPES
CREPES:
3/4 c. all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
1 tbsp. butter, melted
1/4 tsp. vanilla
1 egg
Lightly grease 7" or 8" skillet. Heat (over medium heat) until butter bubbles. Beat all ingredients together until smooth. Pour 2 to 3 tablespoons batter into pan for each crepe. Cook both sides until golden brown, rotate pan so batter covers pan. Crepes can be stacked between wax paper. Cover to keep moist.
FILLING:
1 c. milk
1 c. chicken broth
1/4 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 c. butter
2 c. cut up cooked chicken
1 1/2 c. sliced mushrooms
1 (2 oz.) jar pimiento
Mix milk, chicken broth, flour, salt, pepper and butter in 2 quart saucepan. Heat to boiling over medium heat, stirring constantly. Boil and stir one minute. Stir in chicken, mushrooms and pimientos, which have been drained and chopped. Heat through. Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spread about 1/4 cup chicken mixture down center of each crepe; roll up. Place seam side down in ungreased oblong pan, 13"x9"x2". Pour remaining chicken mixture over crepes. Bake until hot, 15 to 20 minutes.
Crepes can be made ahead and kept in refrigerator up to 2 days. Wrap stacked, cooled, crepes in aluminum foil. To reheat: Place wrapped stacks in 350 degree oven for about 10 minutes.
Somebody beat me to it. Same one from the food channel. I cheated just like them, but they, the second person, did it first so should get the points.