Pan Roasted Chicken Breasts With Mushrooms and Leeks for Two
"From Fitness Magazine (July 2005), credited to Chef Debra Ponzek."
photo by Bergy
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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2
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 12 shiitake mushroom caps, thinly sliced
- 1 leek, white part only, thinly sliced and cleaned
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped (divided)
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper, divided
- 2 (5 ounce) boneless skinless chicken breast halves
directions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-low heat.
- Add mushrooms and leeks; stir and cook for 4 minutes or until tender.
- Remove from heat; sprinkle with half the thyme, salt, and pepper.
- Cut a small pocket in the top edge of the side of each chicken breast, but don't cut all the way through the breast.
- Fill pocket with 2-3 tablespoons of the mushroom mixture.
- Season chicken with the remaining thyme, salt, and pepper.
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil in an ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat.
- Brown chicken on both sides.
- Transfer skillet to the oven and roast for 10 minutes or until cooked through.
- Serve with the remaining mushroom-leek mixture.
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Reviews
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Simply said... Excellent!!!! I had a little trouble with the pockets. I solved this by rolling the filling in the breast and securing with un-waxed floss to secure. The taste was worth the effort! -
Excellent! This was delicious! I see that a poster had difficulty making the pockets. I learned a trick in my Cook's Illustrated Cookbook: put chicken in the freezer for about 15 - 20 minutes. This will make it firm enough to slice horizontally (I do this when I am slicing entire breast horizontally for pan-searing with sauces.). Thank you for the recipe!
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Who would think that so few ingredients would result in such a wonderful flavor! I made this with regular onion as my leeks are frozen and I wanted that "fresh" taste. Also had to use fresh crimini's, no shiitakes left in the fridge. I cut pockes but think I will flatten and roll next time as I wanted more of the mushroom mixture with each bite. Thanks for a great recipe. -
Very good. Mild but well-flavored. Went well with more assertive side dishes. I used larger breasts and worried that they wouldn't get done, but the time was pretty close. I cooked them 5 minutes longer and they turned out perfect. No pink, but still moist. Used dried thyme since I didn't have fresh. -
I used regular white mushrooms and dried thyme and the recipe was still very tasty so I award it 5 stars. I served it with garlic mashed potatoes, steamed green beans & carrots - Thanks kburie for a lovely Sunday dinner
Tweaks
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I added more thyme and a little Cajun seasoning to spice it up a bit. Really good recipe though
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Vino Girl
United States
My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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