Juicy chicken breast with a golden crisp coating is sliced open to reveal ooooozing wild garlicky lemony butter, making every bite burst with flavour. This chicken Kiev is in a league of its own!
Wild garlic just adds another dimension to this dish with both flavour and texture bursting with fresh vibrant garlic butter goodness.
Of course, if you cant get a hold of wild garlic then just make it the traditional way with parsley.
1. Pre-heat oven to 180°C
Ingredients
Instructions
2. Finely chop the wild garlic, add to butter and lemon zest
3. Add garlic, mash it all together with a fork, season with salt and pepper
4. Lay out some cling film and shape the butter into a sausage, wrap tight and refrigerate for 30 minutes till hardened
5. In 3 different plates put egg, flour and breadcrumbs
6. Make a sharp incision into the flat end of the chicken and slice open a small pocket, careful not to slice all the way through
7. Cut the butter into 8 slices and stuff 2 into each breast squeezing the edges together to re-seal
8. Dip into flour mixed with cayenne pepper, then egg, then breadcrumbs
9. Heat 1cm vegetable oil in a pan on med heat, cook chicken 2-3 minutes per side until crisp and golden
10. Transfer to an oven dish and finish cooking in the oven for 20 minutes
11. Rest for 5 mins before serving
12. Enjoy!