So, I'm going to show you how to do chicken kiev with a little bit of a
twist and we're going to serve it with the
most delicious mashed potato with broccoli
and peas. My kids love it. So, we're going to start with that lovely garlic butter.
I want to grate the garlic and then I'm going to mix it up with parsley. So just
finely slice it. Salt and pepper goes on. Put a little bit of
lemon zest in there as well. That's going to really freshen it up.
Take a wodge of butter, get it to room temperature and
just mix it all up. You can freeze that and keep it for
months and that is going to be absolutely delightful
inside that chicken. Let me show you the best way to create a little pocket.
Get your knife, get the tip and put it in to the fat part. Just like that.
It's really simple. Then just get under this side
to make like a flap and this will allow you
to wrap butter in the chicken itself. Get that butter in there and then put it
on its breast side like that. Any leftover butter you can just rub on
them because it's all seasoning and deliciousness. So how do we get
that kind of healthier twist? I'm going to use filo pastry.
It's a fantastic thing to have in your fridge or freezer. You can get it in all
the supermarkets. Take one sheet. Gather the filo.
Ripple it. Get the chicken, place it on, roll it, roll it
and roll it, so the butter is facing up, so the likelihood of it spilling out is
much less. Don't be stressed, just go rough and ready.
We'll create beautiful waves. That's texture,
crispy bits. Before I pop these in the oven
add to the corner of this tray a little olive oil and then a little swig
of vinegar. Then you just need a little brush.
What's great is the vinegar will flavour that pastry
and the oil will give it a beautiful golden colour.
200 degrees celsius. I'll put it at the bottom of the oven and that way this
will get crispy and that will get golden and that's going to go in for 25 minutes
exactly. So in that time i'm going to make a
gorgeous smashed potato with beautiful sweet peas
and broccoli. I've washed them. i'm not going to peel them.
A lot of the nutrition is in the skin. Boil hard and fast for like 12 or 15
minutes until the potatoes are soft. You can use any broccoli. Just take the
stalk off, roughly chop it and then I'll put that
in with the potatoes so they cook at the same time. With these
lovely flowery broccoli tips I'm just going to toss this in a little
bit of oil and vinegar and a little pinch of seasoning
and then about 10 minutes before the chicken is cooked put this
in the tray with the chicken and they cook beautifully.
A little bit caught and really soft and tender as well.
I want to add the frozen peas now. They're already partially cooked. They
don't need much cooking and we want to keep their colour. So look
as soon as that's boiled I'm happy. Right look how green that is.
So I'm going to drain this into a colander. A little seasoning.
A little olive oil
and give it a good smash up.
Veg is done. Let's have a look in the oven. It smells
incredible. Wow. Right let me plate one portion up for me.
Just kind of create a crash mat. A crash mat for our chicken. So tender
and delicious. Look at the garlic butter. Come on. That's
so nice and then on top with the crispy bits.
Wowzers! I've gotta be fast because the kids will
be waiting.
Not only is the filo pastry getting crunchy, but it's protecting the chicken
breast. I love it.
I got crispy chicken, mashed potato.
Mum, let's swap.
Let's swap? What you want more portion?
Yeah.