quick and easy meals for 1 or 2

Chicken Rollatini

This not a weeknight fast meal, but it’s easy and about 45 minutes. It’s real good and a favorite of Gammy and I.

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts.
Egg or eggs beaten up with a little milk added.
Bread crumbs (I like Progresso Italian)
Sliced mozzarella cheese
Basil ,,fresh is best if you can get it, but dried will work in a pinch
Some prosciutto slices
White wine

Pre heat the oven to 375

You gotta pound the chicken. Sorry ‘bout that. Get as many boneless, skinless chicken breasts as people you are going to feed. Slice the breasts in half. I put them on a cutting board, hold it in place with the palm of my hand and duck down and take a peek so I get the knife right and slice it in half. Then put plastic wrap (or I just use a plastic bag from the store split open) under and over the chicken pound it to about 3/8 or ¼ inch thick. You could get one of those meat smasher mallets in the store or just use the bottom of a pot or the side of a hammer. The chicken won’t know the difference.

Heat up a frying pan med high and about 2 swirls of olive oil. Dip the chicken in the egg stuff then the bread crumbs then put it in the heated up oil. Brown on both side and let drain on some paper towels while you do the rest of the chicken.
Turn off the heat to the pan, but leave it on the stove. We’re going to make a great sauce to top the rollatinis. Lay a slice of the cheese, a slice of prosiutto and a couple of basil leaves, or a generous sprinkle of dried, on a chicken slice. Roll it up and stick it shut with some wooden toothpicks. Put them on a pamed cookie sheet and bake for about 20-25 minutes.

Drain off all but a little bit of the oil leaving the crumbs from the chicken in the pan. Heat it up med heat. Put about a tbsp. of butter and about a half cup of white wine in get it simmering while you scrap the bottom of the pan to deglaze it while the wine reduces. Salt and pepper to taste. Thicken it with a little pinch of flour if necessary. Set it aside where it will keep warm but not simmer while you multi task. Have your pasta or potatoes and your veggie doing while the rollatinis are baking.

Everything should be done by now.

SERVE IT UP!! With some good crusty bread and the rest of that white wine!!