rolled chicken breast with pickled plums & green perilla leaves
- Serves: 2
- Calories: 405 kcal
- Total Time: 40 m
- Prep: 10 m
- Cook: 30 m
- Japanese: Muneniku no umejiso-maki
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- u.s.
ingredients:
- 350 g boneless chicken breast
- 8 green perilla leaves
- 60 g pickled plums
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
batter:
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 tablespoon yogurt
- 4 tablespoons bread crumbs
step 1:
Place the knife half way down the side of the chicken breast and slice across until just before the edge. Open up the chicken breast. Remove seeds of the plum pulp. Chop the plum pulp.
step 2:
Spread two 20 cm. squares of plastic wrap out on a flat surface. Place the chicken breast in the middle of one plastic wrap square. Put the other plastic wrap square on the top of the chicken breast.
step 3:
With a pestle or a wooden roller, beat the chicken breast until thin.
step 4:
Remove the plastic wrap from the top of the chicken breast and place perilla leaves over it.
step 5:
Place the plum pulp on the perilla leaves in a line.
step 6:
Roll the chicken breast from the side.
step 7:
Lightly dust the chicken breast in the flour.
step 8:
Put the yogurt in a bowl and coat the chicken breast with the yogurt.
step 9:
Then coat well with the bread crumbs in a separate pan.
step 10:
Heat the oil in a frying pan over a medium flame and sear the chicken for about 6 minutes.
step 11:
After it changes color, sear the opposite side for about 6 minutes.
step 12:
Sear one edge for about 6 minutes.
step 13:
Sear the opposite edge for about 6 minutes.
step 14:
Slice the chicken breast across into 2 cm. pieces.
comment:
Green perilla leaves and pickled plums suit light chicken breast and make this a delicious dish. Pickled plums add an nice accent.
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