This stuffed chicken roll recipe with leek, tomato, and cheese is a fantastic choice for your holiday table!
Juicy, packed with flavor, and featuring a perfect balance of ingredients, this special dish by Chef Giorgos Tsoulis will impress your family and guests!
Enjoy!
Stuffed Chicken Roll with Leek, Tomato and Cheese
Giorgos Tsoulis
This is a delicious stuffed chicken roll recipe perfect for your holiday table. The combination of leeks, onions, graviera cheese, and the savory spice coating makes this a real treat for your family and guests.
150ggraviera cheesecut into sticks (or Gruyere, Emmental, American Swiss Cheese)
olive oil
salt
pepper
For the coating:
1tspsmoked paprika
1tspturmeric
2tbspmustard
1tbspolive oil
salt
pepper
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 180°C/356°F, with top and bottom heat elements.
Heat a pan over medium heat, add a little olive oil, and sauté the leeks and onions for 5 to 6 minutes until caramelized. Season with salt and pepper, then set aside to cool.
Lay the chicken flat on your work surface, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and spread the leek and onion mixture evenly over the surface. Make sure to spread the chicken out as evenly as possible to ensure an even roll.If the chicken is uneven in thickness, you can gently pound the thicker areas with a meat mallet to flatten them. This will help it roll more easily and cook evenly.
Arrange the tomato slices and graviera cheese sticks over the mixture, keeping everything in an even layer and leaving a little border around the edges. This will make it easier to roll without the filling spilling out. Carefully roll up the chicken and tie it in five places with kitchen twine.
In a small bowl, mix together all the ingredients for the coating and brush the entire chicken roll with the mixture.
Heat a large pan over high heat and sear the chicken roll for 1 minute on each side until browned.
Place the roll on a baking tray lined with parchment paper, cover with parchment and aluminum foil, and bake for 1 ½ hours. Then, uncover and bake for an additional 20 to 30 minutes.
Let the roll rest for 10 minutes, remove the twine, slice into portions, and serve—either with mashed potatoes or roasted potatoes.
Notes
Chef’s tip: You can also wrap it and bake it in parchment paper or in a roasting pan. Flatten the chicken pieces inside so that there are no gaps.
Celebrity Chef Giorgos Tsoulis specializes in modern Mediterranean cuisine and his recipes are widely appreciated not just in Greece and Cyprus but also around the world.
He has been the executive chef of numerous successful Greek restaurants, while at the same time hosting many popular culinary TV shows in Greece and Cyprus. Giorgos Tsoulis is passionate about educating his fans in more sustainable and healthy cooking and eating while making the most of the flavors of the ingredients.
As sustainable cuisine ambassador for WWF Hellas, he plays a key role in cooking activations that relate to the European #Eat4Change program, as well as the #Farm2Fork program.
