Creamy Chicken (or fish) in Puff Pastry Recipe
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Ingredients: 8 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, about 6 ounces each (if they are too big, cut 6 ounces off the top and save the bottoms for another use.
3 tbsp butter
1 pkg Pepperidge Farm Frozen Puff Pastry Sheets (2 sheets
2 eggs
2 tbsp water
1 - 8 oz cream cheese, softened
2 tsp minced garlic
1 tsp coarse ground pepper
1 tsp kosher salt
2 tsp Weber Kickin' Chicken seasoning
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Directions:Preheat oven to 400º
Take pastry sheets out of the package to thaw about 30 minutes before beginning to prepare the chicken. Lightly salt and pepper the chicken pieces. In a large skillet, melt the 3 tbsp butter. Add chicken breasts and cook until lightly browned on each side. Chicken will be baked, so you are not cooking it through, just browning the outside. Set chicken aside to cool. In a small bowl beat together the cream cheese, garlic, salt, pepper and Kickin' Chicken seasoning. Set aside. Whisk the egg and water together. Unfold a pastry sheets on a lightly floured surface. Roll each pastry sheet into a 14" square. Cut each square into four 7" squares. Put 2 tbsp of the cream cheese mixture in the center of each pastry square, spread out a little. Place a cooled chicken breast on top of the cream cheese. Brush the edges of the pastry squares with egg mixture.. Fold each corner to the center on top of the chicken and tightly seal the edges. Place seam side down on a lightly greased baking sheet. Brush entire pastry bundle with egg mixture. Repeat with each of the chicken breast pieces. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown. Serve immediately.
** I like to roll the pastry to 15" x 14" and use the extra inch to cut a small shape with a mini cookie cutter (such as a star or Christmas tree or heart shape) then place the cutout on top of the chicken bundle after it has been brushed with egg mixture. Brush the little shape with egg too - you get a very festive presentation. |
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Notes: This is one of my go-to meals for guests, and it always turns out beautifully. I have also made this exact recipe but substituted tilapia for the chicken for friends who do not eat meat, and they said it was the most delicious fish they had ever tasted. I think you could substitute any nice white fish fillet.
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