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Chicken-Spinach Roulade with Blackberry-Ancho Sauce

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A little heat, a little sweet, a lot of delicious and healthy.

Yield: 8 Servings Ready in 1 hours, 30 minutes

Cuisine: SouthwestMain Ingredient: Chicken|Chicken|

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Servings          
Original recipe makes 8 Servings
Ancho Puree
4 ancho chilis
2 cupsboiling water
1 clovegarlic; minced and crushed
1 tablespoonfresh cilantro; chopped
Blackberry-Ancho Sauce
1 tablespoonlight butter
2 stalkscelery; diced fine
1 mediumcarrot; diced fine
2 smallonions; diced fine
2 teaspoonsfresh ground black pepper
1 canuse port; red, or both as well)
1 cupCranberry Compote or cranberry juice concentrate
1/2 cupancho puree
1/4 cupdark brown sugar
2 cupschicken stock
1 cupblackberries
Chicken Roulade
4 8-ounce chicken breasts; filleted to a single thickness and pounded thin
2 tablespoonsancho chili powder
1 poundspinach
2 clovesGarlic; minced
3 teaspoonsolive oil (divided)

Chicken-Spinach Roulade with Blackberry-Ancho Sauce Preparation

To make the ancho puree, boil the water and remove from heat. Add the chilis and let soak for atleast 30 minutes. Remove the peppers, reserving the water, and remove stems and seeds. Puree peppers, cilantro, garlic and 1/2 cup of the water in a food processor or blender.

To make the Blackberry-Ancho sauce, melt the butter in a medium sauce pan over medium-high heat and add celery, carrot and onion. Cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Cook uncovered until mixture reduces by at least half. Strain out solids.

To make the chicken roulade, preheat oven to 450F. Saute garlic and spinach in 1 teaspoon oil and cool in the refrigerator or over ice. Lay out chicken breasts and evenly distribute spinach between the breasts, laying it out long-ways. Roll up chicken and tie with string. Sprinkle evenly with ancho chili powder. Heat 2 teaspoons oil over medium-high heat in a large, oven-proof skillet (I like cast-iron for this). Lay out rolls in the skillet and sear each side, 2-3 minutes each. Place the skillet in the oven and bake for 10 minutes.

One serving is 1/2 a roulade and 1/4-1/3 cup sauce.

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Calories Per Serving: 143
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Chicken-Spinach Roulade with Blackberry-Ancho Sauce Reviews

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Be sure to fillet the breasts so that they are the same thickness. [I posted this recipe.]
3 years, 1 weeks, 4 days, 1 hours, 16 minutes ago

Tags

  1. ancho chili
  2. blackberry
  3. Spinach
  4. Healthy Easting
  5. Low-fat
  6. Low-Calorie
  7. Southwest

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