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Saturday, March 21, 2015

Chicken Spinach Pocket

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

  • Servings: 4
  • 4 tablespoons dijon mustard
  • 6 tablespoons honey
  • 1 boneless skinless chicken breast (uncooked)
  • 5 tablespoons margarine (1-tablespoon for greasing pan)
  • 1 cup button mushrooms
  • 5 ounces frozen spinach
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon garlic (minced)
  • 2 3/4 ounces laughing cow light swiss cheese (2 triangles)
  • 1 (8 ounce) package crescent roll dough
  • 1 cup mozzarella cheese

Recipe

  • 1 in small bowl, whisk the dijon mustard and honey together.
  • 2 dice up raw chicken breast into approximately 1 inch cubes.
  • 3 in frying pan, melt 2 tablespoons margarine on high heat and add chicken breasts. cook the chicken until cubes are mostly and cooked through. put aside for later use.
  • 4 chop up mushrooms into small pieces. then place 2 more tbsps of margarine in frying pan and add the mushrooms. cook mushrooms for about 6 minutes on medium heat.
  • 5 meanwhile, place the frozen spinach in a microwaveable bowl along with water. cover the bowl and then microwave on high for 6 minutes.
  • 6 remove spinach from the bowl and drain. then dry the spinach using paper towels to soak up moisture.
  • 7 afterwards, place the spinach in the frying pan with the mushrooms.
  • 8 add garlic, 5 tablespoons of the honey mustard mixture and the chicken into the frying pan. cook ingredients while occasionally stirring for another 3-4 minutes. put aside until ready.
  • 9 grease baking sheet and then spread 4 crescent triangle-cutouts out on baking sheet after breaking them up into triangles. you need two crescent triangles for each pocket.
  • 10 take the laughing cow cheese and spread it on the other four of the crescent triangles.
  • 11 take the remaining honey mustard mixture and spread evenly on each of the remaining crescent triangles.
  • 12 divide the filling from the pan amongst the four crescent triangles that you covered with the honey mustard mixture.
  • 13 sprinkle 1/4 cup of mozzarella cheese on top of the chicken filling.
  • 14 cover the chicken filling with the crescent triangle that has the laughing cow cheese on it.
  • 15 pinch the top and the bottom together to close the crescent dough.
  • 16 add a small hole in the top of the dough for a vent.
  • 17 bake for 13-14 minutes or until golden brown.

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