Best 4 Olive Garden Stuffed Chicken Parmigiana Recipes

OLIVE GARDEN STUFFED CHICKEN PARMIGIANA

Steps:

• Wash chicken breasts, do not dry, and slit lengthwise, almost through -- to make a pocket.
• Combine ricotta, Romano, Parmesan, basil, thyme and oregano in mixing bowl. It will be crumbly.
• Stuff into pocket of chicken, leaving a small "edge" to seal. Using egg white, rub around edge and pinch to seal. Or may use toothpicks, but be sure to remove before serving.
• Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and melt butter and Crisco in oven at 350 degrees -- about 5 minutes.
• Dredge wet chicken in breadcrumbs, coating well, and place on baking sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.
• Turn chicken and bake another 15 to 20 minutes.
• While baking, heat pasta sauce until hot. Remove chicken from oven and spoon hot pasta sauce over each.
• Before serving, top with grated, fresh Parmesan cheese, if desired.

MY VERSION OF OLIVE GARDEN STUFFED CHICKEN FLORENTINE

Steps:

• Cut the chicken breasts in half, the butterfly them (so you have 6 butterflied pieces of chicken).
• Mix together cheeses, sour cream, bread crumbs, garlic crushed red pepper flakes, salt and pepper. Add 2 Tbsp sun dried tomatoes(remove from the oil, and chop before adding). Put the mixture into the butterflied chicken.
• Dredge the chicken in about 1 C flour.
• Put some oil in a pan and sear both sides of the chicken, then remove from pan and place in a baking dish and put it in the oven for 10-20 minutes at 350 degrees.
• While that is cooking, cook the noodles according to directions.
• In another pan, mix together 1/2 C flour and 1/4 C olive oil until thick. Add half and half and chicken broth and whisk until smooth. Let it heat and thicken more.
• Take the remaining sun dried tomatoes and put them into a food processor or blender and pulverize them, then add it to the half and half sauce on the stove. Add Salt and pepper to taste. This is your sun dried tomato sauce.
• To serve, put the chicken on the plate, and put the cooked noodles next to the chicken. Add the sun dried tomato sauce on top of the pasta. Then sprinkle the chopped Roma tomatoes and spinach on top of the pasta and serve. to do like olive garden, serve with extra fresh Parmesan on top.

OLIVE GARDEN STUFFED CHICKEN MARSALA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Stuffing:Combine all cheese stuffing ingredients in a bowl.
• Chicken:Butterfly thickest section to create two lobes.Place pounded chicken breasts on a plate and place desired amount of stuffing on one half of chicken breast.
• Gently press stuffing down and fold over other side of chicken breast. Preheat a large sauté pan on stove top. Add 4 oz. oil; heat oil until shimmering.
• Place approximately 2 cups flour in a pan and season it to taste with salt and pepper. Dredge chicken in flour and shake off excess flour. Place stuffed chicken breasts in sauté pan with the preheated oil.
• Cook each side until golden. When chicken is seared on both sides remove them from sauté pan and place them in a baking pan and into the oven for 10-20 minutes.
• Bake until juices run clear and stuffing and center reach a temperature of at least 165°.
• Sauce: Add the onions to the sauté pan. Stir with spatula. After 2 minutes add the mushrooms; sauté mixture until onions are translucent. Deglaze sauté pan with the marsala wine (make sure to incorporate particles from bottom of pan). Bring wine to a simmer and add heavy cream. Simmer sauce on low heat until reduced by half.
• Place cooked chicken breast on a plate and top with onions, mushrooms and sauce.

COPYCAT OLIVE GARDEN PARMESAN CRUSTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Prepare pasta according to package directions.
• Wash and drain chicken strips.
• Mix breadcrumbs, flour, and Parmesan cheese together.
• Place milk in dish for dipping.
• Dip chicken in breadcrumb mixture and then in milk and then back in breadcrumbs.
• Place in fry pan in which oil has been heated and fry at medium to medium low temperature until golden.
• Remove and drain chicken.
• In a saucepan on medium heat, melt butter, add olive oil.
• Whisk in flour until mixture is blended.
• Quickly add garlic, water, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt stir well.
• Add wine and blend.
• Immediately add half and half and sour cream stir.
• When mixture is smooth add grated cheese stir until melted.
• Finally sprinkle fresh basil in the sauce and stir lightly and remove from heat.
• Garnish: Place 2 cups pasta in individual a pasta dish.
• Spoon about 1/2- 3/4 cup sauce over pasta, add broccoli and mushrooms.
• Place Parmesan Chicken on pasta and sprinkle red crushed pepper and add grated Parmesan cheese if desired.