Chicken Kiev

Chicken Kiev is a skinned supreme, that is, the breast attached to the scraped wing bone after the pinion bone has been removed. The fillet is removed from the middle of the breast and the remaining flesh is then beaten into an escalope. The small fillet is opened and stuffed with a piece of chilled maitre d’hôtel butter, essentially herb butter, though many people like to incorporate garlic into the amalgamation. The escalope is wrapped around it, the whole is coated in egg and brea