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Chicken with Crab Stuffing

Cook Time 45 minutes
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Italian, Seafood

Ingredients
  

  • 3 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 cup cup finely diced onion
  • 1/2 cup diced celery
  • 4 chicken breasts  lattened and a deep pocket cut into the side
  • 1/2 cup herb stuffing mix
  • 1 can canned crabmeat – drained
  • 1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
  • salt and pepper
  • 8 toothpicks
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • 1 tbsp paprika
  • 2 tablespoons melted butter

Equipment

  • Oven
  • Skillet

Method
 

  1. Melt butter over med-low heat in a skillet. Add onions and celery, cook until tender (about 3 minutes). Remove from heat.
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, mix together onions, celery, stuffing mix, crab, Old Bay, garlic salt, parmesan cheese, salt & pepper.
  3. Coat a baking dish with a thin layer of non-stick spray. Stuff a chicken breast with the crab stuffing. Secure stuffing inside of the chicken breast with two toothpicks. Place in baking dish seam side to the left. Repeat for the other three chicken breasts.
  4. Combine the flour and paprika in a small bowl. Sprinkle mixture over the chicken breasts. Drizzle melted butter over the flour. If it seems too dry – add more melted butter.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes. Serve alongside rice and veggies!