Recipe: Perfect Chicken Kiev

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Chicken Kiev. In a mixing bowl, beat eggs with water until fluffy. Place mixture on plastic wrap or waxed paper and roll into small log; place in freezer. Place one butter strip in the center of each chicken breast.

Chicken Kiev Dip chicken, then roll in coating mix. Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Fold the narrower end of each chicken breast up over the butter to form a tight pocket around the butter. You can cook Chicken Kiev using 17 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken Kiev

  1. It's 1 1/2 lb of boneless, skinless chicken breasts , , pounded to a even 1/4 inch thickness.
  2. It's 2 of large eggs, beaten with 1tablespoon water, this is gour egg wash.
  3. You need 1 cup of all-purpose flour, seasoned with 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
  4. Prepare 1/2 cup of Italian seasoned dry breadcrumbs mixed with 1/2 cup panko breadcrumbs.
  5. Prepare 2 tbsp of olive oil.
  6. You need of COMPOUND BUTTER FILLING.
  7. Prepare 8 oz of unsalted butter, at room temperature.
  8. It's 1 tbsp of fresh lime juice.
  9. You need 1 tbsp of fresh lemon juice.
  10. You need 2 of garlic cloves.
  11. It's 1 tbsp of chopped shallot.
  12. You need 2 tbsp of grated romano cheese.
  13. It's 2 tbsp of grated extra sharp cheddar cheese.
  14. It's 1/2 tsp of pepper and salt to taste.
  15. Prepare 1 tsp of cajun seasoning.
  16. Prepare 1 tbsp of sour cream.
  17. Prepare 1/4 cup of fresh basil.

Chicken Kiev is a super delicious dish made from the tenderized chicken breast; stuffed with compound butter, made with garlic and parsley; and then rolled and breaded (with a flour egg mixture and seasoned breadcrumbs). Once ready, it's either fried (it can be deep-fried), baked, or seared on a pan and finished in the oven.. Chicken Kiev, sometimes chicken Kyiv, or just Kiev (Ukrainian: котлета по-київськи, kotleta po-kyivsky, Russian: котлета по-киевски, kotleta po-kiyevski; literally "cutlet Kyiv-style"), is a dish made of chicken fillet pounded and rolled around cold butter, then coated with eggs and bread crumbs, and either fried or baked. In a small bowl, combine the butter, chives and garlic.

Chicken Kiev instructions

  1. MAKE COMPOUND BUTTER.
  2. Combine all butter ingredients in a food processor or blender until smooth..
  3. Place butter mixture in a log shape on parchment paper and chill until hard.
  4. PREPARE CHICKEN. Preheat oven to 350. Line a baking pan with foil, place rack in the baking pan, spray rack with non stick baking spray..
  5. Have pounded chicken breasts flat on work surface.
  6. Unwrap and cut compound butter to have a good size piece in center of pounded chicken breast.
  7. Wrap chicken around butter to seal in using toothpicks to secure.
  8. Prepare coating for chicken. Have a.plate with seasoned flour on it, a bowl.with eggs whisked with water, and another plate with the seasoned and panko breadcrumbs. Dip chicken first in flour to coat, then in egg, and last in breadcrumbs.
  9. Chill at least 30 minutes.
  10. Heat the olive oil in a large saute pan and brown chicken all over, about 5 to 8 minutes.
  11. Place browned chicken on rack, seam side up In.prepared pan..
  12. Bake about 15 to 20 minutes until chicken is cooked through. Serve with extra melted compound butter, there will be extra left. Serve with angel.hair pasta, or steamed rice or mashed potatoes and your favorite green vegetable or a salad!.

Chicken Kiev is a drool worthy dish straight from Eastern Europe. You wrap chicken around a scrumptious garlic butter interior before dredging it in breadcrumbs and flour, ensuring the perfect crispy exterior. Sprinkle with one-fourth of the green onion mixture. Place a butter piece in center of chicken piece. Fold in sides; roll up. "Chicken Kiev is a classic dish and this combination of pan-fried, breaded, thinly pounded boneless chicken and herbed butter is wonderful with mashed potatoes and green beans.