Chicken Phony Cannelloni

Submitted by Chef PotPie

"Our kids always liked this chicken dish, and they are picky, picky! Back then I used to run the mushrooms through the blender so they didn't know they were in there. It worked. This recipe came from The Seattle Times, 1984. I hope you enjoy it as much as we have over the years! We serve this with pasta. Posted for Zaar World Tour II."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• italian seasoning, to taste
• 6 slices mozzarella cheese
• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 large scallions, minced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1⁄2 lb sliced mushrooms
• 2 large tomatoes, peeled, seed and chopped
• 1⁄2 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1⁄4 cup finely minced fresh parsley

directions

1. Pound each chicken breast between plastic until flattened.
2. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and spread 1/2 Tablespoon Dijon over each.
3. Sprinkle each breast with Italian seasoning.
4. Arrange 1 slice mozzarella on each breast and roll tightly; tie with string.
5. Sprinkle roll-ups with salt and pepper and roll in flour.
6. Heat oil in large pan and saute rolls till brown all over. Place on a warm dish.
7. Remove strings and keep in barely warm oven.
8. In same pan add scallions and garlic and cook a few minutes. Add mushrooms and saute till mushrooms water out, about 5 minutes or so.
9. Add tomatoes and cook 2-3 minutes.
10. Season sauce with salt and pepper and Italian seasoning to your taste.
11. Return chicken rolls to sauce and bubble till slightly thickened, basting the rolls. Add more seasoning if needed.
12. Place rolls in oven-proof dish, cover with sauce, sprinkle with shredded mozzarella and place under broiler till cheese melts.
13. Sprinkle with parsley.

Reviews

[lazyme]

Loved this. I love every single ingredient so was pretty sure that I would enjoy it. I didn't have sliced mozzarella so used shredded. It was a little harder to roll up, but hey, it worked. lol. I also didn't use the string but some toothpicks instead. Really good and this will be a repeat at my house. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Karen Elizabeth]

Much easier than you might think! We really liked it this, and I took your advice and mushed the mushrooms since to be honest, we're not that fond of them. Quite an interesting sauce that resulted, but very nice. I prepared as directed, but did put the sauce over the 'cannelloni' and let them bake a little in the oven to finish off. This was a delicious meal, and you could make these rolls in advance and freeze them, very easily I think. Thanks for sharing a fun and tasty dinner!!! Made for Culinary Quest 2019, FeedBags, Italy.