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Spinach & Chicken Crepes with White Wine Cream Sauce

Spinach & Chicken Crepes are stuffed with lemon chicken, spinach, almonds, and ricotta and served under a thick and creamy white wine sauce!

Ingredients

Crepes:

Filling:

Sauce:

Instructions

Crepes

  1. Combine the egg, whole milk, water, all-purpose flour, and 1½ tablespoons of melted butter in a blender and pulse for 10 seconds. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 48.  1 large egg,⅓ cup whole milk,¼ cup water,½ cup all-purpose flour,1½ tablespoons salted butter
  2. Once the batter has set, heat a small 8-inch nonstick pan and grease with additional butter or nonstick cooking spray.
  3. Pour about 1 ounce of batter into the center of the pan and swirl around to spread evenly. You can make larger crepes by using a larger pan and more batter.
  4. Cook for about 30 seconds, then flip and cook for another 10 seconds.
  5. Move them to a flat cutting board to cool and continue until the batter is gone.

Filling

  1. Mix together shredded chicken breast, ricotta, almonds, lemon juice, garlic powder, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl, set aside.1 chicken breast, ⅔ cup ricotta cheese,¼ cup sliced almonds,2 tablespoons lemon juice,1 teaspoon garlic powder,¼ teaspoon salt,¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  2. Add olive oil to a large pan over medium heat and toss in spinach, cooking it until it begins to wilt.
       1 cup baby spinach,2 teaspoons olive oil

   3.  Add in chicken salad mixture and turn heat to low, stirring occasionally.

Sauce

  1. Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt 1 tablespoon of butter over high heat.
       1 tablespoon unsalted butter

    2.  Once the butter has melted, add in white wine and cook for 30 seconds and turn heat to medium-high.

       ¼ cup white wine
    3.  Add cream, lemon juice, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and thyme to the pan and allow the cream to reduce by half, about 5 minutes, whisking frequently.
1½ cup heavy cream,1 tablespoon lemon juice,½ teaspoon garlic powder,½ teaspoon salt,½ teaspoon ground black pepper,1 sprig of thyme
     4.  While sauce is simmering, assemble crepes by filling each crepe with about         ⅓ cup of chicken filling and rolling.
    5.  Remove the sprig of thyme from the sauce and pour over prepared crepes.
    6.  Sprinkle with additional almonds.