Another one of my random cooking moods stirred last night. I am planning to cook this dish for #twookery .
The idea came from an oven recipe of Chicken and Prosciutto ham wrap. Seeing that it is virtually impossible to get good Prosciutto in Malaysia at a very affordable price (not at damn RM23.90 per 100gms) I decided to modify the recipe slightly to make up for it.
Chicken Fillet, Thinly sliced, Olive Oil, Shaved Parmesan, Black Olives, Sage, Black Pepper, Salt, Oregano, Fresh Thyme, Brown Sauce Stock. Half a lemon, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Baby Portobello mushrooms for the sides.
Slicing off the chicken fillet tendons, i throw em into a mix of Sage Herbs, Lemon Zest and Juice, Oregano and Olive Oil.making sure every piece is evenly rubbed in with flavor from the marinade.
I also threw in bits of Fresh Thyme leaves, throwing it in early to rid of the natural bitter taste of the leaves.
Do check these out tho, fresh English ham, very thinly sliced by request. A more affordable alternative to Prosciutto but definitely flimsier and needs to be handled with so much care.
Each fillet is now laid out with bits of pitted black olive bits in between, rolled and wrapped with a slice of English ham secured with a toothpick. Trim off the excess ham at the sides of the roll. It’s important to note that if the fillet is too thick, the ham won’t be able to go completely round it or tear.
Carefully transfer the fragile rolls on to a tray. I placed abit of butter some thyme stalks, diced Portobello mushroom, a dash of lemon juice and did a final glazing with olive oil before popping them into the oven.
Well I used a toaster cause my oven is so old, its quite alot of hassle for a single serving. I toasted it on High heat for about 20 minutes turning off the heat for 1 min between intervals of 5 minutes to get an even regulation.
After cooking, they’re not so flimsy and more making it easier to serve.
I served mine with Parmesan creamy chuky mashed potatoes, Brown Sauce, halved tomatoes and a roasted Portobello mushroom using fresh Thyme again for decoratives.
It would have been much better in the oven as food prepared toasted gets dry very easily. The flavours of cured English Ham, Chicken, herb aromas, lemon tang and Mediterranean taste from olives compliment the rolled up chicken perfectly .
Me thinks these chicken wraps would be better served as an appetizer to sit down meals. am gonna try a Cordon Bleu like variation soon. Let me know how many of you are gonna try this.
nice one! yea let’s do this as an appetizer during twookery!
i wud prefer to make the mash potatoes XD still lay to turn on oven XD
Hun-gwee… T_T
Erin: wayyy past lunch woman, have u not eaten?
Looks good! You do some serious hardcore cooking as in fresh herbs and all that. Impressive.