Ingredients
4 each slices bacon
1/3 cup chopped fresh mushrooms
1/4 tbsp snipped chives
1/4 cup chopped almonds toasted
1/4 tsp dried thyme,crushed
1 each whole chicken breast *
1 plain yogurt or sour cream
1 sliced almonds toasted
1 snipped shives
Directions
For filling, place bacon slices in a 10x6x2-inch baking dish: cover
loosely with waxed paper. Cook on 100% power(HIGH) about 4 minutes or
till crisp. Drain off fat,reserving 2 tablespoons drippings in the
baking dish. Add mushrooms and 1 tablespoon chives to reserved
drippings in dish. Cook, covered on high for 45 to 60 seconds or
until tender. Stir in bacon, 1/4 cup(.25) almonds and thyme. Skin,
bone and cut chicken breast lengthwise in half. Place one chicken
piece, boned side up between two pieces of clear plastic wrap.
Working from center to edges pound lilghtly with meat mallet to form
a rectangle about 1/8 in thick. Remove plastic wrap. Repeat with
remaining chicken. Sprinkle 1 side of each chicken breast half with
salt and pepper. Place about 2 tablespoons of filling on the seasoned
side of each chicken piece. Roll up jelly-roll style. Place chicken
rolls in a 9-in microwave safe pie plate. Cook, uncovered, on high
for 3 to 5 minutes or till chicken is done, giving the pie plate a
half turn and rearranging once during cooking. If desired, serve
chicken on yogurt or sour cream; sprinkle with almonds and chives..
This recipe serves two. adding asparagus or broccoli as your
vegetable will provide added color to the dish. Note: The chicken
breast should be approximately = 1 pound Note: the 3 ingredients with
an x in the quantity are optional.
Servings: 2 servings
Chicken Rolls Amandine - Microwave Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Bread; Breads; Chicken; Microwave; Poultry
The History of Recipes
Historians have tracked the existence of recipes way back into the distant past, in fact as far into history as the Egyptians, and possibly even further than that. Interesting though that maybe, sadly, these early cookbooks were just primitive hieroglyphic instructions for preparing meals.
Fascinatingly, the most ancient recipe discovered so far, according to Professor Solomon Katz, is a series of ancient tablets in Sumerian which show the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made anyone who tried it feel exhilarated. As we move into The time of the roman empire 25BC a man called Apicius assembled a few documents showing how to cook the recipes enjoyed by his fellow Romans. In his works, Apicius recounts how the roman meals were separated into starters, entrees and desserts, a style of dining still practiced today. He also recounts how the cooks of Roman times made use of many different spices and herbs, including a few that are still present in modern kitchens such as bay, mint and parsley. As our culinary historical trip moves to more modern times there are some books from the 14th Century : a recipe book called `Forme of Cury`, and another titled `Curye on Inglish`. Amusingly, they are nothing to do with the spicy food that is popular today, but rather descriptions of the types of food on the menues of the rich and wealthy people of the period. In the 15th century, the Crusaders brought back a variety of foods, spices and herbs from middle-east cuisine, such as parsley, basil and rosemary. These new spices and herbs led to a surge in books on cooking, many of which are now in academic collections. Over the next few centuries, the powerful families of the West strove to serve up the best banquets, and because of this cooks and their collection of recipes were highly sought after. Notwithstanding that, it was during the 1800s the formal cooking and cookery books really came of age. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally famous Fannie Farmer in the US, dedicated the best years of their lives to collecting, verifying, and writing down popular recipes of the day. By the advent of the 1900s, cooking publications are starting to become popular mostly as a result of more people being able to read, people having increased spare time and having more money. |
We hope you enjoy this Chicken Rolls Amandine Microwave recipe.
