
Crispy chicken Kiev with garlic butter
I’m not sure if I’ve mentioned it before but I’m a big fan of Jamie Oliver… So when I decided to make crispy chicken Kiev with garlic butter I though of his recipe from the book Jamie’s Comfort Food . And because I’m also a big fan of chicken, the perfect match was made π
Origin of chicken Kiev
Have you ever wondered the origins of this dish? I bet you think it comes from Kiev, right? Wrong! I thought the same but, when I started investigating, it turned out that it was invented in Russia by French chefs! Surprised? So was I…
Russian aristocracy became very interested in French cuisine in the 1700s. So they started sending their Russian chefs to France to train. They even took French chefs into Russia so they could learn their cuisine. And that’s how they claim that a French chef called Nicolas Francois Appert invented Chicken Kiev in the early 1800s. But there’s several other versions of the story and there’s not enough documentation to proof the veracity of any of them. So the origins of this delicious dish are still a mystery.
Another mystery is the name – Kiev is the capital of Ukraine but Chicken Kiev did not get its name from there. And no one actually mentions why Kiev. The French chef’s dish became famous and Russian chefs tried to imitate it, calling the dish “cotelettes de volaille” instead of Chicken Kiev. Early restaurants in New York City changed the name back to Chicken Kiev, in an attempt to attract the new Russian immigrants and this name stuck.
Chicken Kiev was a classic dish by the 1900s and it was served in Russian restaurants both in Europe and the United States, as well as in Russia. It is served with fried Julienne potatoes and fresh peas in Ukraine.
My Crispy chicken Kiev with garlic butter
Because I love crispy chicken, garlic butter and bacon, Jamie Oliver’s recipe attracted me from the minute I saw it for the first time. I watched the video, read the recipe and tried it myself. Was an absolute hit at my table… what best then a good crispy chicken Kiev with garlic butter???
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Adapted from Jamie's Comfort Food by Jamie Oliver
Nice post, it may help lots of people.
So funny, indeed would have thought it came from Kiev! But then again, wasn’t Ukraine part of Russia at some point…?
Yes, you are right π but it was really interesting to research this dish…
Yum!!! Looks so good!
Thank you π
Looks to delicious. Always one of our family favourites.
I really like it π Thanks for your comment π