Chicken fillet is considered to be one of the diet dishes, so it is often cooked. When you cook chicken breast in the oven, the dish often turns out to be dry, and you need to prepare the sauce for it. And this is unnecessary trouble. There is a very simple recipe for chicken rolls with cheese. This dish will appeal not only to adults, but also to children. Do not confuse chicken rolls with chicken Kiev, these are different dishes. They do not need breading, they do not need to be fried in large quantities of oil.
Ingredients for our dish
- Chicken Breasts - 4 pieces.
- Soft butter - 120 g.
- Mayonnaise - 3 tablespoons
- Garlic - three cloves.
- Fresh greens - several bunches.
- Hard cheese - 300 g.
- Spices to taste.
- Oil for frying.
The method of preparation of chicken rolls with cheese
Filet preparation. Before you start cooking our dish, you must first wash the chicken. If you have a whole breast with bone and skin, then you need to carefully separate the bone and remove the skin. Then cut the fillet into thin layers. After this, the meat needs to be beaten off from two sides. When beating, sprinkle each side with spices. So that the cleaning process requires less effort, the fillet on top can be covered with cling film or a bag. Your pieces should be thin, but at the same time try not to have gaps, otherwise the filling will leak out. Put the chopped fillet in a bowl and cover with a lid so that the meat is slightly marinated. Set the bowl aside.
For the filling, you need to choose hard cheese. If you like cheeses like suluguni or mozzarella, you can take them as well. Cheese will need to be grated and pushed to the side. Cover the cheese so that it does not dry.
For this recipe, any greens will suit your taste. If you want to add a unique flavor, cilantro and parsley are best. If you do not like these herbs, add dill or other greens.
For our dish we take parsley, wash it and finely chop the leaves. Add finely chopped garlic to our herbs. It can also be passed through the press. Do as more conveniently. Mix everything and add the aromatic mixture to the cheese. After that, mix everything again and add some spices. Then add pieces of butter to the resulting mixture and mix thoroughly. This will give the rolls a more juicy taste.
Cook yourself chicken rolls
We get the marinated filet from the bowl and lay it on the surface of the table. In total, 8-10 chops are obtained. Now we take the first piece and put a small amount of our filling on one edge of it. After carefully wrapping the filling, forming a roll. If you put a large amount of cheese filling, then it can come out and everything will flow out during cooking. We fasten each end with small wooden skewers. If not, a simple toothpick will do. The first chicken fillet roll is ready. We do the same with the other chops.
We put a frying pan on the stove and pour oil there. When it warms up, put chicken rolls there and fry for several minutes on each side. No need to fry until golden brown, otherwise the meat will be overdried.
While the meat is fried, turn on the oven and heat it to 180 degrees. Turn off the gas and put the rolls on the board, then slowly remove the toothpicks from them. This must be done carefully so that the filling does not fall out.
In order to bake our dish, we need a deep baking dish. We spread the chicken rolls into a mold and grease them with mayonnaise, and then sprinkle with plenty of cheese. Put the baking dish in the oven and bake for 15 minutes. This time is enough for the cheese to melt, and the dish becomes ready. When the cheese has a golden crust, turn off the oven and take out the finished dish. Do not leave chicken rolls in the oven, because after turning it off it cools for a long time, and the remaining heat will dry your creation. It is better to cover the form with a lid or foil.
Serve the dish hot. For garnish, mashed potatoes or spaghetti are suitable.
Useful Tips
- Instead of cheese, the filling in rolls can be mushrooms or prunes.
- You can replace mayonnaise with baking cream. Just pour them with a dish and also sprinkle with cheese.
- Cream sauce is also suitable for this dish, it will add piquancy and rich taste.
- Each roll can be wrapped in bacon and baked in the oven. This will give the dish a new, bright flavor.
We wish you all culinary success!