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Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole

May 31st, 2014 in Chicken, Main Dishes by
Total cooking time: 1h 30min
Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe

This is somewhat unusual dish to cook: mushroom and carrot stuffing baked inside of chicken meat “crust”.

But I assure you, it is totally worth cooking, for romantic dinner for example. Leftovers can be easily warmed up in microwave.

By the way, juices and removing casserole from the dish are a bit easier to handle if you use springform, but casserole dish would work too.

Ingredients:


How to prepare, step-by-step:

  1. Prepare ingredients:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 1
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 1
  2. Slice chicken breasts into stripes lengthwise:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 2
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 2
  3. Put them into a bowl, season with salt, ground black pepper and ground nutmeg:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 3
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 3
  4. Add juice of one lemon:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 4
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 4
  5. Mix and set the bowl aside:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 5
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 5
  6. Warm up skillet with 2-3 tablespoons of oil. Peel and chop onion, add it to the skillet and fry over medium heat until softened and lightly colored, stir from time to time:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 6
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 6
  7. While onions are cooking, wash and peel mushrooms, slice them and once onions are ready, add mushrooms to them:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 7
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 7
  8. Cook mushrooms and onions together until all juices produced by mushrooms evaporate, them salt and season with ground black pepper to taste:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 8
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 8
  9. Add cream:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 9
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 9
  10. And chopped fresh dill, mix and cook for about 2 minutes:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 10
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 10
  11. Then add potato starch (or flour), mix and continue cooking until mixture thickens, then remove skillet from the burner:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 11
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 11
  12. If you use springform, cover it from outside with whole piece of foil to prevent leakage. You can also use a casserole dish instead. Using about 2/3 of chicken stripes form bottom and sides of the casserole, try to make sure there is no holes between chicken pieces:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 12
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 12
  13. Sprinkle with about half of shredded cheese to seal joints:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 13
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 13
  14. Arrange cooked mushroom and onion mixture on top, even it out in a layer:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 14
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 14
  15. Peel and shred carrots over big slots of shredder, arrange layer of carrots on top of the mushrooms:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 15
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 15
  16. And cover the dish remaining layer of chicken, seal sides thoroughly (chicken will shrink while cooking, so account for this):
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 16
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 16
  17. Warm up oven to 390F-400F. Put dish into the oven for 30 mins. After this remove dish from the oven, carefully pour all juices produced while cooking from the dish (if you use springform you can easily do this by loosening up the spring and then putting it back on, don’t forget to remove foil and then put it back on):
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 17
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 17
  18. Cover top and sides of the dish with remainder of the shredded cheese:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 18
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 18
  19. Put dish back to the oven and continue cooking until cheese is melted and colored, then remove dish from the oven:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 19
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 19
  20. Set it aside to cool down at room temperature for 10-15mins. Then remove top part of the springform (if you use it):
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 20
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 20
  21. Slice stuffed chicken casserole into portion pieces and serve:
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 21
    Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole Recipe: Step 21
Enjoy!

4 Responses to “Mushroom and Carrots Stuffed Chicken Casserole”

  1. Mary says:

    I thought your recipe looked interesting and very different from anything I’ve ever made or seen. I made it, and, my husband and I ate the entire thing! It is delicious! Now, every week, I am making a variation of your original, and having fun creating new dishes. Thank you very much for sharing!

  2. Goli says:

    mmmmmmmmmmmmm the taste looks so good!

    can i put these photos on my blog?

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