Wedding Chicken

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves, pounded 1/8 inch thin
• 4 slices prosciutto or 4 slices other cured ham
• 4 slices swiss cheese
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 12 toothpicks
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup sliced button mushroom, very clean and
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 small onion, minced
• 1/2 cup cream
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
• salt and pepper
• hot noodles or rice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 first, buy your chicken pre-pounded.
• 3 pay the extra.
• 4 it is worth it.
• 5 if you decide to pound your own chicken, place the chicken breast smooth side facing you on a piece of plastic wrap.
• 6 fold the sides of the same piece of plastic wrap around the chicken and pound with the smooth side of a meat mallet, a rolling pin or a cookbook.
• 7 if you use a separate piece of plastic wrap, you run the risk of tiny little chicken guts all over you and your kitchen.
• 8 gross!
• 9 stomping on it will not work.
• 10 pound until 1/8" thin.
• 11 place pounded chicken smooth side down on the cutting board.
• 12 lay a piece of prosciutto on each piece of chicken.
• 13 lay a piece of cheese on each piece of chicken.
• 14 fold in the long sides of the chicken breast about 1/4" (just enough to keep the whole package together), then roll from the short end of the chicken breast like a cigar.
• 15 hold packet together with toothpicks.
• 16 in a large saute pan, heat olive oil over medium heat until it sizzles, but is not smoking.
• 17 place chicken packets in pan folded side down.
• 18 brown chicken packets on all sides evenly.
• 19 remove from pan and place in a baking dish.
• 20 in the same pan, melt the butter over med-low heat.
• 21 add onions and garlic and cook until soft.
• 22 add mushrooms and cook until soft and slightly browned and tender.
• 23 remove from heat.
• 24 in a small bowl, mix cream, sour cream, flour and spices.
• 25 add to mushroom mixture in saute pan.
• 26 return pan to low heat.
• 27 stir over low heat until smooth and thick.
• 28 pour sauce over chicken.
• 29 put chicken and sauce into 400 degree oven and bake for 25 minutes, or until chicken is not longer pink (depending on how done it got during the browning stage).
• 30 serve with wide egg noodles and extra sauce.