Classic '60s Garlic Butter Chicken Kiev

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Chicken breasts stuffed with garlic butter and crispy bacon, and coated with golden breadcrumbs may just be our favorite-ever classic ‘60s dish.This recipe is courtesy of Jamie Oliver.

Servings

servings

Ingredients

4 rashers smoky bacon
olive oil
4 cloves garlic, peeled and finely chopped
15 gram flat-leaf parsley, chopped
4 tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 pinch cayenne pepper
4 skinless chicken breasts
4 tablespoon all-purpose flour
2 large free-range eggs
150 gram fresh breadcrumbs
sunflower oil

Directions

Heat a skillet over a medium high heat. Add a drizzle of olive oil. Fry the bacon until golden and crisp.
Mix together the garlic, parsley leaves, butter, and cayenne pepper. Put in the refrigerator to firm up.
Set the chicken breasts out on a board. One by one, pull back the loose filet on the back of the breast. Put your knife in the opposite direction and slice to create a long pocket. Open up the pocket with your fingers.
Cut the butter into 4 equal portions. Push one piece of the butter into the pocket in the chicken, followed by a crumbled rasher of bacon. Fold and seal the chicken back up, covering the butter. Repeat with the 3 remaining chicken breasts.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Place the flour in one shallow bowl. Whisk the eggs in another. Put the breadcrumbs in a third. Evenly coat each chicken breast in flour, then beaten egg, and finally in breadcrumbs.
Shallow-fry the chicken breasts in 2 centimeters of sunflower oil set over a medium-high heat, for a couple of minutes on each side, until lightly golden. Transfer to a baking tray and bake in the oven for 10 minutes, until cooked through.