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a_boleyn

Bucket List Challenge - Whole Chicken Ballotine

May 21, 2013 18:51

I'm not sure if boning an entire chicken, stuffing it with a combination of cooked rice, sauteed mushrooms and spinach, tying it up with kitchen twine and then baking it is on my bucket list of things I want to cook ... but it sure should be. And, a recent post by Sawsan featuring this dish challenged me to try it myself ( Read more... )

technique, picspam, french, chicken

Comments 12

edgeofthewoods May 21 2013, 23:19:17 UTC

Stuffed chicken and no bones about it? Yes, I'll take a plate, please.

a_boleyn May 21 2013, 23:26:50 UTC

It was a lot of fun to make, a breeze to serve and tasted good too. :)

ext_1605996 May 22 2013, 05:50:28 UTC

I think you did a wonderful job!
I don't think I could have done it the first time without my computer.
I love the stuffing you did too.
Thank you kindly for the mention :)

a_boleyn May 22 2013, 19:00:07 UTC

Thank you for commenting, Sawsan. I'm not as capable in many fields of cooking as you are but every once in a while, one of your posts makes me think I could do it ... I'm glad it worked too. :) I liked that the results were a very economical way of serving chicken and people could get their choice of white or dark meat without dealing with the bones.

anonymous May 22 2013, 14:11:41 UTC

What a lovely dish, I was intrigued when I saw that post on Sawsan's blog too. I'm not a huge fan of touching raw chicken, but it looks like it may be worth it for this recipe. You've done a lovely job in tying it up; that technique is certainly a good one to master, we use it all the time on Pork Tenderloin.
Eva http://kitcheninspirations.wordpress.com/

a_boleyn May 22 2013, 19:02:10 UTC

Thank you. I worked in a lab operating on mice so chicken etc are no big deal to me. I was lucky to have picked up a couple of balls of kitchen twine at the Dollarama a while ago, so I had everything I needed.

anonymous May 23 2013, 20:43:46 UTC

Wow! This is impressive indeed! I would never attempt such a feat! Congratulations because it also looks excellent ! Sissi (http://www.withaglass.com)

a_boleyn May 23 2013, 20:48:21 UTC

Thank you. It was much easier than I feared and after the 2nd, 3rth ... 5th try, I bet I'd get the time down quite a bit. :)

anonymous May 23 2013, 22:55:25 UTC

Zsuzsa here.

Maria, that is one good looking chicken!

a_boleyn May 23 2013, 23:03:37 UTC

Thank you. It was fun to do. I would have posted a picture of the tied up bird but I thought the towel was more colourful. :)