Chicken Odesa

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      30 min

Appears in
Andaza: A Memoir of Food, Flavour and Freedom in the Pakistani Kitchen

By Sumayya Usmani

Published 2023

  • About

A recipe remembered from my childhood, one of the first dishes I ever cooked. This can also be made with chicken mini fillets (tenderloins) - you’ll need about ten of them. A green salad makes a nice accompaniment.

Ingredients

  • 4 skinless chicken breast fillets
  • 100 g (3½ oz) salted butter, softened
  • 1 large garlic clove</

Method

  • Bash the chicken breasts inside a plastic bag or between two sheets of baking paper until they are only 6 mm (¼ inch) thick.
  • Mix the butter in a small bowl with the garlic and herbs, then spread liberally over both sides of the flattened chicken breasts.
  • Take three shallow bowls and put the flour into the first one. In the second bowl, lightly beat the