Food Network: Chicken Kiev

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Chicken Kiev
Recipe courtesy Alton Brown, 2004

Ingredients
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room
temperature
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon dried tarragon
1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus extra for seasoning chicken
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus extra for seasoning chicken
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
2 large whole eggs, beaten with 1 teaspoon water
2 cups Japanese bread crumbs (panko), plus 1/4 cup for filling
Vegetable oil, for frying

Instructions
Combine butter, parsley, tarragon, 1 teaspoon salt,
and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper in the bowl of a stand mixer. Place mixture on
plastic wrap or waxed paper and roll into small log; place in freezer.

Place chicken breasts, 1 at a time, between 2 pieces of plastic wrap. Squirt
chicken lightly with water and squirt the top of the plastic wrap as well. Pound
to no less than 1/8-inch thickness. Season each piece of chicken with salt and
pepper.

Lay 1 chicken breast on a new piece of plastic wrap and place 1/4 of the compound
butter and 1 tablespoon bread crumbs in the center of each breast. Using the
plastic wrap to assist, fold in ends of breast and roll breast into a log,
completely enclosing the butter; roll very tightly. Repeat with each breast. Place
chicken in refrigerator for 2 hours, or up to overnight.

Place egg and water mixture in 1 pie pan and 2 cups bread crumbs in a different
pie pan.

Heat 1/2-inch of vegetable oil in a 12-inch saute pan over medium-high heat until
oil reaches 375 degrees F.

Dip each breast in the egg mixture and then roll in the bread crumbs. Gently place
each breast in oil, sealed-side down, and cook until golden brown, approximately 4

to 5 minutes on each side, until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees F.
Remove to a cooling rack set in sheet pan and allow to drain for 5 to 10 minutes
before serving.