Chicken Rolls with Oranges
Chicken Rolls with Oranges Recipe
This is interesting recipe for a holiday or romantic dinner: tender chicken rolls stuffed with oranges.
Small orange segments are easier to wrap, so try to find small oranges. It is also important that oranges are not bitter and don’t have seeds.
Chicken rolls stuffed with oranges taste great when paired with potato side(s), for example with mashed potatoes.
Ingredients:
- 1.5lb of chicken boneless skinless meat
- 1-2 small sweet oranges w/o seeds
- 1.5-2 cups of heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons of oil
- 3 bay leaves
- Herbs mix for poultry (optional): thyme, marjoram, rosemary, to taste
- Ground black pepper to taste
- Salt to taste
- Mayo
How to prepare, step-by-step:
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Prepare ingredients:
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Remove skin from oranges, try remove as much of white staff under the peel as you can (to prevent bitterness), and separate orange segments:
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Slice each piece of chicken breast lengthwise into portion pieces (you will need to get chicken pieces big enough to wrap orange segments, so slice chicken appropriately):
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Season each piece with salt and ground black pepper to taste from both sides:
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Cover chicken pieces with plastic wrap and flatten chicken pieces using meat tenderizer:
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Now it is time to assemble rolls:
Spread a bit of mayo on top of a chicken slice Arrange an orange segment along wider side of the slice And start rolling tight roll Roll And roll And roll Roll some more Turn roll end piece to the bottom And secure it with a toothpick -
Repeat the same steps for all chicken slices:
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Warm up a skillet with a bit of oil to moderate high heat. Working in batches, move chicken pieces to the skillet, place each piece in a way that end of chicken roll is on the bottom:
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Fry rolls until lightly colored from bottom side, then remove toothpicks, turn rolls over and fry them from other sides until evenly colored from all sides:
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Repeat with all rolls, move colored ones to a pot (if you have a cast iron one, it will work the best):
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If you plan to use poultry herb mix, add it now to taste, add bay leaves too:
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Pour cream in, turn heat on, bring pot to light simmer and cook for 25-30 mins:
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Then serve with your choice of side dish:
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What can I replace the "heavy cream" with?
Vegetable or chicken stock, or simple water.