Chicken Ballotine
Chicken Ballotine

Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, chicken ballotine. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chicken ballotine is the 'restaurant style' dish that's crazy simple to make. This recipe is different to your usual stuffed chicken- when sliced, the perfect cross section will really make an impact on your. Chicken ballotine is a classic French way of cooking chicken.

Chicken Ballotine is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Chicken Ballotine is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have chicken ballotine using 17 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Ballotine:
  1. Take 1 Chicken Breast (with skin, butterflied)
  2. Take 1 Whole Chicken Leg (deboned, with skin)
  3. Take [Filling]
  4. Prepare 2 pc Breakfast Strips (e.g. bacon)
  5. Make ready 50 g Spinach
  6. Make ready 50 g Mozzarella
  7. Prepare 20 g Garlic (minced)
  8. Take 1 pinch Salt
  9. Prepare 1 pinch Black Pepper
  10. Prepare 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
  11. Take [Other Necessities]
  12. Make ready as needed Cling Wrap (good ones like Glad)
  13. Get as needed Salt
  14. Make ready as needed Black or White Pepper (for season)
  15. Get as needed Cooking Oil (for searing)
  16. Take [Optional]
  17. Make ready 4 pc Breakfast Strips (to wrap Chicken Breast)

And I could not stop thinking about it. You could use a duck or small turkey instead of the chicken. You will need some knife skills to bone out the bird, and, time to make the sauce and. This slimming friendly Stuffed Chicken Ballotine would make a delicious dinner party meal - great if Traditionally, a dish like this Stuffed Chicken Ballotine would have used boned chicken thighs, but.

Instructions to make Chicken Ballotine:
  1. PREP CHICKEN: butterfly the Chicken Breast by firstly creating an incision with your knife starting from the thickest part. Once you made the incision, open up the Breast and gently pull the meat back as you continue to run your knife. Stop once the Breast thins out. Don't cut all the way through.
  2. HAMMER: Lay the Chicken flat and flatten them out into a uniform thickness.
  3. MARINADE: season both sides of the Chicken with Salt and Pepper. Set aside.
  4. FILLING: heat 1 Tbsp of Olive Oil in a hot pan. Fry the Garlic until fragrant and then add the Spinach, Salt and Pepper. Cook until the Spinach has wilted, then remove, set aside and let it cool.
  5. PREP ROLL: lay a sheet of Cling Wrap over a flat surface. Place the Chicken on the Cling Wrap. Then, lay one Breakfast Strip and top it off with Mozzarella and the Spinach Filling. Don't fill too much. With the Chicken Breast, line Breakfast Strips in a row on the Cling Wrap before you place the Chicken.
  6. ROLL: then, roll the Chicken as close and as tight as you can without spilling the Filling. Once the Chicken is rolled, wrap the Ballotine with the Cling Wrap. Tie of the ends, making sure they are close, tight and secure. Do this twice more to prevent punctures and leaks.
  7. POACH: bring a pot of water to a simmer or scalding and then put in the Ballotine. Poach for 30 minutes. After that, lift the Ballotine into a bowl. With a knife, pierce the Cling Wrap to drain any liquid. Discard the Cling Wrap.
  8. SEARING: heat 2-3 Tbsp of Cooking Oil in a hot pan. With a pair of tongs, sear the surface of the Ballotine to until brown. I serve this with Sweet Tamarind Sauce.

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