🍗 Chicken Kyiv

Name: Chicken Kyiv
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Ukraine · Kyiv
Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts (about 180 g each); 40 g butter, softened; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 1 tbsp chopped dill and parsley; 2 tbsp flour; 1 egg, beaten; 60 g breadcrumbs; Salt, pepper and oil for deep-frying

Origin: Ukraine · Kyiv

616kcal

per serving · 220 g

280kcal

per 100 g

40 gProtein18 g / 100 g

40 gFat18 g / 100 g

22 gCarbs10 g / 100 g

Chicken Kyiv is a chicken breast pounded thin, rolled around a cold log of butter mixed with garlic and fresh herbs, then coated in egg and breadcrumbs and deep-fried. When cut open, the melted garlic butter gushes out over the plate. The outside is crisp and golden, the meat juicy. It is traditionally served with mashed or fried potatoes and green peas.

Diets

✓

No porkfor halal, the meat must be halal-slaughtered

✓

Low-carb10 g carbs per 100 g

✓

High protein18 g protein per 100 g — 26% of the calories

Not vegetarianbecause of: chicken breast

Not veganbecause of: chicken breast, butter, egg

Contains glutenbecause of: breadcrumbs

Contains dairybecause of: butter

Allergens

Contains (in a typical recipe):

⚠ Gluten ⚠ Eggs ⚠ Milk

What it is made of

chicken breastbuttergarlicherbsbreadcrumbsegg

Recipe

2 servings45 min

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts (about 180 g each)
40 g butter, softened
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 tbsp chopped dill and parsley
2 tbsp flour
1 egg, beaten
60 g breadcrumbs
Salt, pepper and oil for deep-frying

Method

Mix the butter with the garlic and herbs, shape it into two small logs and freeze for 20 minutes.
Butterfly and flatten the chicken breasts, season them and wrap each tightly around a butter log, sealing the edges.
Dust with flour, dip in egg and roll in breadcrumbs; repeat the egg and crumbs for a sealed coat.
Deep-fry at 170 °C for 5–6 minutes until golden, then finish in a 190 °C oven for 8 minutes until cooked through.

How to make it lighter

Use half the butter in the filling and add more herbs and garlic for flavour.
Bake the breaded rolls at 200 °C for about 25 minutes instead of deep-frying.
Serve with green vegetables or salad instead of fried potatoes.

History

The origin of chicken Kyiv is disputed. Similar stuffed cutlets appear in nineteenth-century Russian and French cooking, while the name became firmly attached to the dish in the Soviet era through a Kyiv restaurant connection that is often told but hard to verify. Today it is regarded as a classic of Ukrainian restaurant cooking and is popular well beyond Ukraine.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →