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Chicken Roulade stuffed with ham, yellow peppers and sauce

Posted on February 18, 2013. Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Chicken dinner with peppers ham and cheese, Chicken recipe, Chicken Roulade with cheese peppers and ham |

This Chicken Roulade looks good.  So good.  So amazingly good.  This Chicken Roulade tastes good. So good.  So amazingly good.

Ingredients:

• 5 chicken breasts
• 10 slices of ham
• 1-2 peppers (whichever color you want)
• 5 slices of cheese
• a handful of fresh basil
• olive oil or butter
• flour, 2-3 eggs and breadcrumbs to coat chicken
• salt & pepper

Preparation Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 400 °F (200 °C).  Place the chicken in between 2 pieces of plastic wrap or a ziplock bag. Beat the chicken with a meat mallot (or a heavy frying pan) until it’s about 1/8 – 1/4 inch thin.  Very therapeutic after a stressful day of work!
2. Add the ham.
3. Wash, and slice the peppers in strips.
4. Add the cheese you prefer and basil.  One of my guests couldn’t eat cheese (awful, I know!)  So I made a quick bechamel sauce (fancy word for white sauce).  I made my sauce by melting 1 1/2 tbsp (20 grams) butter in a saucepan.  I then added 2 tbsp (20 grams) of flour and mixed the two together to make a roux.  I slowly added 1 cup (about 200ml) milk while stirring over the heat.  This allowed the sauce to thicken up.  I seasoned the bechamel sauce with salt and added the chopped basil.
5.  Then roll up the chicken.  Because I used a smaller piece of chicken, I needed the help of a few handy, dandy toothpicks to keep the roulade in tack!
6. Allow the chicken to go for a dip in seasoned flour, egg and breadcrumbs.
7. At this point, take any toothpicks out…. otherwise your guests might have an unpleasant surprise! Heat olive oil or butter in a frying pan.
8. Fry them for 1-2 minutes on both sides to give the chicken a beautiful color
9. Place the chicken in a baking dish lined with parchment paper… or simply butter the dish.  Bake for about 25-30 minutes or until the juices run clear.   
10. Once they were cooked, I sliced the chicken and served them with mashed potatoes and roasted vegetables.  Too bad we were enjoying the food so much I forgot to take a picture!!!

Yum Yum.  I told you this Chicken Roulade is good. So good.  So amazingly good!

 

O and here is what we had for dessert – Swan Cream puffs.  Would you like the recipe???

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