Stuffed Chicken Breast Rolls

Chicken breasts are a very popular and easy to make dish. However, when one has already performed several times, the ideas .

Do you want an excellent, easy-to-prepare and delicious option? Here we teach you how to do stuffed chicken breast rolls .

Option 1: chicken breast rolls stuffed with serrano ham and baked cheese

Ingredients (for two people)

• 2 whole breasts
• 6 slices of Serrano ham
• 4 slices of cheese (type hawarti or mozzarella)
• Basil
• Oregano
• Pepper
• Butter (three pinches per breast)
• Salt

Process:

• Preheat the oven to 200ºC.
• Open the whole breasts in half, without separating the two halves (which is commonly called book-opening).
• Season the open breast to taste, cover it with Serrano ham and place the slices of cheese on top.

• Begin to roll the breast by pressing starting at the narrow end.
• On a suitable baking dish or tray, place the chicken breast rolls.
• Season the rolls and sprinkle with the basil and oregano.
• To avoid greasing the breasts with oil, place three pinches of butter on each breast. In this way it will melt in the oven and bathe the chicken breasts.
• Place the dish in the oven and bake at 200ºC for approximately 15-20 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Let the breasts cool so that they can be sliced.

These chicken breast rolls can be served as a cold starter, as a tapa or as a second course accompanied by a garnish of potatoes.

An additional trick: Take the opportunity to roast the potatoes in slices in the same tray as the breasts, placing them underneath them.

Option 2: crab surimi stuffed chicken breast rolls

Ingredients (for 2 people)

• Half filleted chicken breast.
• 6 crab surimi sticks
• 1 beaten egg
• Black sesame seeds
• Olive oil and salt

Process:

• Place a breast fillet on a flat surface, put a crab stick on top and roll the breast up. Hold it with a toothpick so it does not unroll.
• Do the same with all the fillets.
• Whisk the egg
• Coat the chicken breast and crab rolls in the egg and then pass them through the black sesame seeds.
• Put olive oil in a pan and heat.
• Fry with very hot oil.
• Once fried, drain the breasts well and remove the toothpick.

Option 3: BBQ Flavored Chicken Breast Rolls

Ingredients for 4 people):

• 4 chicken breast fillets
• 4 slices of cooked ham
• 4 slices of cheese
• Fragrant wine (or cooking sherry)
• Salt
• Oil
• Barbecue spices mix

Process:

• Preheat the oven to 200ºC.
• Spread the breast fillets between two sheets of plastic wrap and hit with a wooden kitchen hammer to stretch them well.
• Salt the breasts and sprinkle them with the barbecue spices.
• Fill the stretched breasts with ham, cheese and roll them  tightly.
• Hold the breasts with a toothpick so that they do not open.
• Place the chicken breast rolls in a baking dish and drizzle with a splash of wine or sherry and a little oil.
• Bake at 200ºC for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
• Halfway through cooking (that is, after 10 minutes or so) water again with wine and the juices released by the breasts.
• Once cooked, remove the chopsticks before serving.