Chicken Scallopine with Sage and Fontina Cheese

Recipe courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis

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Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (133)

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Cook Time:
35 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 to 6 servings

Times:

Prep: 10 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 35 min
Total:: 45 min

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Ingredients

6 (4 1/2 to 5 1/2-ounce) chicken cutlets, pounded thin
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
6 sage leaves
3 ounces grated fontina cheese
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 garlic clove, halved
1/2 cup white wine
1 (28-ounce) can whole San Marzano tomatoes
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Special Equipment: toothpicks

Directions

Place the chicken cutlets on a clean work surface, narrow end facing you. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place one sage leaf crosswise on each of the pieces of chicken. Sprinkle each of the pieces of chicken with 1/2 ounce (about 2 tablespoons) of fontina cheese. Roll up the chicken and seal with one or two toothpicks.

Warm the olive oil and halved garlic clove in a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat until the garlic is fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add the chicken. Brown the chicken on all sides, about 3 minutes per side. Remove the chicken from the pan and remove and discard the garlic. Add the wine and simmer for 2 minutes while scraping up the brown bits from the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon.

Meanwhile, combine the tomatoes and red pepper flakes in a blender and blend until smooth. Add the tomato mixture to the reduced wine in the pan. Simmer for 5 minutes to let the flavors marry.

Return the chicken to the pan. Simmer the chicken in the tomato sauce for 10 minutes. Turn the chicken over and simmer until cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes.

Remove the chicken from the pan. Season the tomato sauce with salt and pepper. Spoon the tomato sauce onto serving plates or a serving platter. Slice the chicken into 1-inch rounds. Remove the toothpicks. Place the chicken over the sauce and serve immediately.

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recipe Chicken Scallopine with Sage and Fontina Cheese
Tracy Hillsborough, CA 12-06-2009
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Can make a simpler version with exact ingredients.
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I made this tonight and agree with others that the sauce needs extra ingredients otherwise it is rather bland. I felt that... for the end result, I would have made it much more simplified by preparing like chicken parmesean without the bread crumb step.The whole dish could have the same flavors and skip the roliing process. For the sauce I added extra red pepper flakes a few teaspoons of sugar, some diced onions. fresh Italian parsley, and some Italian dried seasoning. Looked pretty when sliced and fanned out on a plate. Overall, I won't make this one again in this fashion.Read more
recipe Chicken Scallopine with Sage and Fontina Cheese
Maritza Mission, TX 11-04-2009
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Should have been called Sage Scallopine
Rated: 2 stars out of 5

Didn't like it ...the sage was too strong of a flavor. Would not make this again.
recipe Chicken Scallopine with Sage and Fontina Cheese
chris Nesconset, NY 10-18-2009
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Delicious
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This was excellent and fontina cheese was delicious. I would added more chunky tomatoes next time. And you need toothpicks... to keep them rolled up which is not mentioned. Read more
recipe Chicken Scallopine with Sage and Fontina Cheese
Kimberly Virginia Beach, VA 10-13-2009
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Wonderful, easy, great tasting dish
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My family loved this dish...the fontina cheese was delicious. Will make this again....howver will buy crished tomatoes this... time as it is a waste of time to buy the whole tomoatoes just to puree them!!! ***Also I have to laugh at the lady who gave this one star b/c of the toothpick issue..lol..these post are used to review the recipe, give stars for overall taste..not to point fingers at Giada's lack of focus....come one lady!!!!***Read more
recipe Chicken Scallopine with Sage and Fontina Cheese
Alli orlando, FL 10-08-2009
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Instant Favorite
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

My husband made this for us and is now an instant favorite with us. We used gouda cheese could not find fontina. The first... time followed all instructions. The second time we used less pepper flakes and less sage. Everyone at work was oogling my lunch the next day. Was even better with rice. All my co-workers are bidding on leftovers.Read more
recipe Chicken Scallopine with Sage and Fontina Cheese
Dianne Ormond Beach, FL 10-05-2009
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No toothpicks required
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I would like to thank Patrick, a previous reviewer for providing Alton Browns method for rolling the chicken. I followed this... tecnique and it worked really well. I let it set in the fridge overnight but I think maybe an hour or two would work just fine. I am reposting the link: http://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/chicken-kiev/420.html As for the flavor of the chicken and the recipe overall, I think the dish needed something more. I followed it exactly and the sage is overpowering and the sauce needed oinion and garlic. I wished for more fontina cheese but I could only fit so much of it inside the chicken. However, Giada rocks and I love her recipes so much! I cook daily and 90% of the time it's a Giada recipe. I probably wont make this again, but I am happy to have learned the rolling tecnique and probably will try when I make my mini beef braciole. Read more