Brandy and Orange Chicken Breasts Topped with Stuffed Shrimp

Name: Brandy and Orange Chicken Breasts Topped with Stuffed Shrimp
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 jiggers brandy; 2 slices thin slices good quality white bread toasted and buttered, then diced; 2 Tbsps butter; 3 Tbsps melted butter; 1 rib celery, finely chopped; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh parsley leaves; 8 jumbos shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails in tact; 1 sprig Parsley and sliced navel oranges, for plate garnish; 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan; 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 1 large navel orange, zested; 1 teaspoons ground thyme or poultry seasoning; 1 teaspoon ground thyme or poultry seasoning; 0 red bell pepper, finely chopped; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast, 6 to 8 ounces each; 1 teaspoons sweet paprika; 170 grams drained weight, lump crab meat

This recipe makes 4 servings with 262 calories, 5g of protein, and 22g of fat each. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 30 minutes. If you have chicken breast, butter, olive oil, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

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Oven

To a small skillet over moderate heat add extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan, and 2 tablespoons butter. When butter melts, add celery, onion and red bell pepper.

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Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Red Pepper

Butter

Celery

Onion

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Frying Pan

Saute vegetables 5 minutes.

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Vegetable

Add crab to the vegetables and season with thyme or poultry seasoning, paprika, salt and pepper. Fold a few handfuls of diced toasted bread into the stuffing to combine. The stuffing will take 1 1/2 to 2 slices.

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Poultry Seasoning

Salt And Pepper

Vegetable

Stuffing

Paprika

Bread

Thyme

Crab

Add parsley to the stuffing and remove from heat.

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Stuffing

Parsley

Brush a baking dish with melted butter. Butterfly shrimp by cutting along the deveining line, into and almost through the shrimps.

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Shrimp

Butter

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Baking Pan

Place the butterflied shrimp in your hand, the butterflied side down. Dab the shrimp with melted butter and place a rounded spoonful of crab stuffing onto the shrimp. Set the shrimp upright on the baking dish with the stuffing exposed and the tail upright.

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Stuffing

Butter

Shrimp

Crab

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Baking Pan

Place the baking dish in the preheated oven.

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Baking Pan

Oven

Bake 6 to 8 minutes or until shrimp are pink and firm and stuffing is browned.

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Stuffing

Shrimp

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Oven

Season chicken breasts with poultry seasoning or ground thyme, salt and pepper. In a second skillet over medium high heat add the oil and cook the breasts 5 minutes on each side, then remove to a serving plate.

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Poultry Seasoning

Chicken Breast