Our recipe for golden, crispy chicken kievs packs in the flavour by combining stilton, watercress and garlic to make a hot, buttery filling.
If you’d prefer a more classic kiev, take a look at our foolproof classic chicken kiev recipe.
Ingredients
- 100g unsalted butter, slightly softened
- 50g stilton, crumbled
- 2-3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 50g watercress, finely chopped
- Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
- 4 free-range chicken supremes, skin removed (see Know-how)
- 75g plain flour for dusting
- 2 medium free-range eggs, beaten
- 120g panko breadcrumbs
- Olive oil for frying
Method
- Mix the butter with the stilton, garlic and watercress in a bowl, then taste and season with sea salt, black pepper and lemon juice. Spoon the butter onto a sheet of cling film, wrap up tightly to form a short, fat cylinder, then freeze for 10 minutes (or see Make Ahead).
- Push a thin, sharp knife into the thick end of the chicken breast to form a long, thin pocket lengthways through the chicken breast. Be careful not to push the knife all the way through. Repeat with the remaining chicken portions.
- Remove the butter from the freezer and cut into 4 equal pieces. Cut each piece in half and stuff 2 into each chicken supreme pocket (see tips).
- Put the flour, egg and breadcrumbs into 3 separate shallow bowls. Mix the lemon zest into the breadcrumbs and season the flour with salt and pepper.
- Coat each stuffed chicken supreme first in flour, then in egg, then in breadcrumbs, shaking off the excess each time. Transfer to a baking tray.
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Heat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/ gas 6. Heat a good glug of olive oil in a heavy-based frying pan over a medium heat until it’s shimmering hot (a cube of bread will sizzle and brown in about 40 seconds). Add the prepared kievs, then cook for 4 minutes on each side until golden brown (you may need to do this in batches depending on the size of your pan). Carefully transfer to a baking tray, then bake for 18-20 minutes until cooked through and golden all over. Sprinkle with sea salt and serve with chips and
a watercress salad, if you want to.
Nutrition
- 657kcals Calories
- 36.9g (18.3g saturated) Fat
- 53.2g Protein
- 29.4g (1.3g sugars) Carbs
- 0.9g Fibre
- 1g Salt
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