Chicken Kyiv

Name: Chicken Kyiv
Prep time: 60 min
Total time: 180 min
Ingredients: 500 g ground chicken breast; 100 g ground salo; 1 bunch dill; 2 cups breadcrumbs; 100 g unsalted butter; 2 egg; 1½ cups all-purpose flour; salt to taste

Chicken Kyiv is made out of crumbed and fried chicken and salo, a cured pork rind, stuffed with melting garlic butter.

This recipe is a lighter version of the crispy, melt-in-the-middle classic.

Chicken Kiev is the most iconic dish of Ukrainian cuisine—it is known and loved in all parts of the world.

Place 500 g of ground chicken breast and 100 g of ground salo in a bowl
Season with salt to taste and mix to form a sticky paste
Finely mince 1 bunch of dill and cut 100 g of unsalted butter into 6 pieces
Coat the butter pieces with the dill
Moisten your hands with water and divide the chicken mixture into 6 portions. Wrap each portion around a cube of butter and form an oblong shape
Crack 2 eggs into a bowl and beat thoroughly
Dip the chicken balls in 1½ cups of all-purpose flour, in the beaten egg, and in 2 cups of breadcrumbs. Dip them again in the eggs and the breadcrumbs
Distribute them on a baking tray and place in the freezer for 2h until they are frozen and firm
Preheat the oven to 180 °C
Set them in a baking tray lined with parchment paper and bake for 40m until golden and crispy. The chicken Kyiv is ready
Enjoy this rich and crunchy treat!