Chicken Kiev

Total Time: 2 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 20 chicken cutlets, thin sliced breast
• 1/2 cup butter (very cold)
• 1/2 cup smoked gouda cheese
• 4 large garlic cloves
• 1 bunch chives
• 1 bunch dill
• 2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup peanut oil
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 40 slices bacon
• 20 skewers

Recipe

• 1 finely chop dill, garlic, and chives. set aside in their own bowls.
• 2 combine 2 cups of flour, 2 tsp salt and a tsp pepper (to taste), 4 tsps each of the dill, garlic, and chives. mix until blended.
• 3 fill a dinner plate with 1/2 cup of your flour mixture. (refill plate as needed.).
• 4 whisk eggs and milk together and set by the plate.
• 5 cut gouda and butter into 1/2" cubes.
• 6 form your assembly line: chicken, egg mixture, flour, cheese and butter and herbs and skewers.
• 7 fill a frying pan with the oil and get heating over med-high heat and preheat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit.
• 8 dip chicken fully into egg mixture.
• 9 coat both sides with flour mixture.
• 10 press gouda cube into butter cube onto the center of chicken cutlet.
• 11 add a tsp of each of the dill, chives and garlic.
• 12 wrap tightly and secure with skewer. trim off excess skewer, leaving about 2 inches on both ends, for easy flipping when frying.
• 13 fry on three sides for ~5 minutes per side.
• 14 remove from pan, wrap in two pieces of bacon (secure ends with the skewers, if desired).
• 15 continue frying until bacon and chicken are cooked. ~5 minutes per side again.
• 16 remove from pan and drain on paper towel.
• 17 bake for 5-10 minutes.
• 18 remove skewers and enjoy.