Chicken Kiev
This is for special occasions. Not only that, for all the work involved, I only make this for special people. ;-) This recipe is not a walk in the park but once you make it and taste it, i promise, you will tell yourself it was worth the effort you put into it. This Chicken Kiev comes to you with a selection of five sides. I made all five for all you lovely people out there but you can pick and choose the one/s you like best and make just one or two when you give this recipe a try.
Ingredients for Herb Butter:
120 grams butter, softened to
room temperature
3 tablespoons parsley, finely
chopped (or 1 teaspoon dry parsley)
Freshly ground pepper to
taste
4-6 cloves garlic, chopped
very fine
½ -1 teaspoon lime juice, or to
taste
Method:
- Mix all the above ingredients. Feel free to
adjust the lime juice and garlic to your liking.
- Taste the mixture and feel free to add some salt
if you feel the mixture requires it.
- Divide the mixture into four parts. Place each
mixture on an individual piece of plastic cling wrap or wax paper and roll
it tightly into a log and freeze it till it hardens.
Ingredients for Cheese
filling:
80 grams Philadelphia cream
cheese
1 teaspoon carrot, chopped as
fine as mince
1 teaspoon green bell pepper,
chopped as fine as mince
1 teaspoon red bell pepper,
chopped as fine as mince
1 teaspoon yellow bell pepper, chopped as fine as mince
2 teaspoons button mushrooms,
chopped as fine as mince
Method:
- Mix all the above ingredients.
- Spread it out, in about ¾ inch thickness, in a
plate. Put it in the fridge to chill for 3-4 hours. Do not put this in the
freezer.
Ingredients for the Kiev:
4 boneless chicken breasts
Salt, to taste
Freshly ground pepper, to
taste
2-3 eggs
2 tablespoons milk
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
Oil, for frying
Method:
Method:
- Use a sharp knife, make a deep cut along one side
of each chicken breast to slice it open and ‘butterfly’ it (do not cut all
the way through).
- Use a meat mallet, gently tenderize and flatten
the breast pieces until they are about 1/4 - 1/3 inch thick.
- Season with salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Bring out the herb butter from the freezer and the
cheese mixture from the fridge.
- Divide the cheese into 4 portions.
- Take a flattened chicken breast. Place one
portion of the butter and one portion of the cheese mixture on one end of
the chicken breast. Fold the chicken over it n roll it into the shape of a
log. (if the chicken breast you're using are not very large in size then
feel free to reduce the size of the herbed butter stick and also reduce the
quantity of the cheese filling as you don’t want the filling to ooze out
when it is being fried)
- Repeat with the other three chicken breasts.
- Tightly wrap each log-rolled chicken breast,
separately, in cling wrap and keep it in the fridge for 2-4 hours.
- Season the Panko with some salt and pepper.
- Lightly beat the eggs with milk.
- Heat oil in a non-stick pan. Remove the chicken
logs from the cling wrap; dip in egg/milk wash and roll it in the seasoned
Panko breadcrumbs.
- Fry the chicken, sealed side down, and cook on
medium heat till golden brown. Approx 5 -6 minutes on each side.
- Transfer to a kitchen paper towel to drain.
Serve with Buttered corn rice or Buttery mashed potatoes or Pesto pasta
or Philadelphia Cheese sauce or Oven roasted peppers. (Recipes posted below)
120 grams Philadelphia cheese
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon butter
Seasoning, only if required
Method:
- Melt the butter, add minced garlic and sauté till you get a nice garlicky aroma but do not burn.
- Add Philadelphia cream cheese and mix well on a
low heat.
- Gradually add 140 -150 mils milk and stir until sauce
is at desired consistency. If you want a thinner sauce feel free to add more
milk. Check seasoning and add as required.
Buttered Corn Rice
Ingredients:
5-6 tablespoons butter
½ teaspoon freshly ground black
pepper
100 grams golden corn (I use
Green Giant)
1½ cups cooked long grain
rice
Method:
- Melt butter in a wok. Add freshly ground pepper,
100 grams golden corn and sauté for a few seconds.
- Add 1½ cups of cooked long grain rice and stir fry
gently for a minute to ensure the ingredients are well blended. Serve!
Pesto Pasta
Ingredients:
150 grams spaghetti/penne/fettuccine
1 bottle ready pesto (I used
Green Tokri)
A few pine nuts, lightly
roasted to a golden brown
A wee bit of freshly ground
pepper
1 teaspoon olive oil
Method:
- Heal water in a large vessel. Add salt to the
water.
- When the water comes to a rolling boil, add the
paste (of your choice) and cook till al dente. (I prefer mine softer)
- Drain the pasta thoroughly in a colander. Spread
the pasta in a large plate to ensure it doesn't stick and turn lumpy.
- Heat olive oil; add the pesto from the bottle and sauté to heat it evenly.
- Add the drained pasta, freshly ground pepper.
- Thrown in half the pine nuts and use the other
half to garnish.
Oven Roasted Peppers
Ingredients:
1 green bell pepper
1 red bell pepper
1 yellow bell pepper
Salt, to taste
Freshly ground pepper, to
taste
1-2 teaspoons olive oil
Method:
- Line a baking tray/sheet with two sheets of
aluminum foil.
- Cut the bell peppers into ½ inch strips.
- Add the freshly ground pepper to the olive oil.
- Add the peppers to the oil and mix well ensuring
that the oil is evenly distributed over the peppers.
- Preheat an oven to 200 deg C.
- Place the baking sheet on the middle rack of the
preheated oven and bake them for about 20 minutes. Turn the slices with
the help of tongs after 8-10 minutes and allow them to bake till done. Roasted
bell peppers should be tender and brown or charred in spots when they're
done.
Chef’s Notes:
- The herb butter can be made and put in the freezer
a day in advance.
- Do not mince the vegetables for the cheese
mixture. I've written ‘mince’ to give you an idea of how finely you will have
to chop the vegetables.
- Please remember NOT to put the cheese mixture in
the freezer. It goes into the fridge section.
- I suggest you use one cup of Panko at a time and add
more breadcrumbs as you need it because Panko breadcrumbs are much more
expensive than the regular breadcrumbs and you wouldn't want to waste them.
If you don’t wish to use Panko, feel free to use regular bread crumbs. I used
Panko for this recipe because it ensures a crisp coating on the chicken.
- If you are health conscious feel free to use olive
oil to fry the chicken instead of regular oil. Alternately, you can
use lesser quantity of oil (white or olive), cook the chicken on high heat
for 2-3 minutes till light brown on all sides, then transfer the Kiev’s to
a baking tray and bake at 160-180 deg C for 20-25 minutes till golden brown and cooked through.
- I've made five sides to show you how they
would turn out. Feel free to select any one or two when you try the recipe.
- If you wish to have more butter oozing out when you cut the chicken, feel free to omit the cheese filling and increase the frozen butter filling to achieve that.
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Bon Appetit!!!
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