Italian Style Chicken Kiev with Roastini and Salad Skewers

Wed, 9 May 2018

Ingredients

Feeds Family 5

Chicken Kievs

4 chicken fillets

3 tbsp Aisling’s Kid friendly pesto ( see recipe below )

7 slices good quality chorizo

12 balls mini mozzarella ( slightly frozen )

50g flour

2 eggs

100g wholewheat breadcrumbs

Roastini

2 packets of gnocchi ( shop bought or homemade )

3 tbsp garlic butter

2 tbsp regular butter and olive oil

Salad Skewers

Spinach leaves

Basil leaves

Strawberries

Piccolo tomatoes

Mini mozzarella balls

Balsamic glaze

Method

Preheat the oven to 180oC. Prepare your ingredients. Line an oven tray with parchment paper or tin foil. Drain the mozzarella balls.

To prepare the chicken, using a sharp knife, butterfly the chicken breast halves: Slice along the length of each breast, and, working parallel to the cutting board, continue slicing until nearly all the way through (but not completely), so that each breast opens like a book.

Set each butterflied chicken breast half on a sheet of plastic wrap. Cover with another sheet of plastic wrap and, using a rolling pin flatten out a little more. For the kids depending on the age sometimes half if plenty for them.

When the chicken is flat, spoon over the basil pesto first, then place in the slices of chorizo first and finally the par frozen mozzarella. Resist the temptation to over fill.It will be impossible to roll.

Roll up, secure with a cocktail stick if you need and then dip in flour, egg and breadcrumbs.

Pop on the oven tray, spritz with oil and bake in the oven for 25 - 30mins.

To make the roastini - heat up 2 tbsp olive oil and 1 tbsp on an oven tray. Pop on the gnocchi and bake for 20mins until they are deliciously golden brown. Turn after 10mins. Optional: top with some garlic butter.

For the salad skewers : Get some skewers or lollipop sticks and get the kids to create their now salad skewers from a collection of delicious ingredients that work together. Strawberry & basil - a great combination. Strawberry, mozzarella and spinach - another fab combination.

Best Kids Pesto Recipe Ever

Ingredients

I potted plant full of basil leaves or 1/2 basil & 1/2 spinach / rocket

4 tbsp sunflower seeds

1/4 - 1/2 clove of garlic ( depending on the size )

20g parmesan cheese

2 squeezes fresh lemon juice

50 mls olive oil and 50 mls sunflower oil

Seasoning - salt and pepper

Method

In a food processor blitz together the seeds, parmesan and garlic until they form a fine crumb.

Add in the basil leaves and lemon juice. Blitz.