2019 ASPIRING STUDENT CHEF FINALIST: MATTHEW GIBBONS

Chicken Kiev with Wild Mushroom & Red Wine Sauce

"It's a simple dish but tastes great when executed, I like old fashioned food but in a modern way"

Ingredients

• soft cream cheese

• grated parmezan

• 2 pieces of brown bread

• 2 eggs plain flour

• arborio rice

• 1 chicken breast

• salted butter

• 3 garlic cloves

• veal stock

• mushroom stock

• merlot

• 1 banana

• shallot

• thyme

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​Method

1. ​Finely dice 2 garlic cloves and add to the butter (mix)

2. Make incision through chicken breast around half way though pipe the garlic butter into the chicken breast

3. Flour, egg, breadcrumb, the chicken making sure to cover every inch of the chicken breast

4. Finely dice a garlic clove, onion and wild mushroom, sweat off in pan

5. Add the arborio rice and cover with stock (constantly stirring, making sure it doesn't stick to the pan)  

6. Heat oil, then place the chicken breast in the hot oil for 2 minutes

7. After 2 minutes remove from oil and place on a tray and put in oven for ten minutes  

8. 100ml of red wine, 100ml of chicken stock add thyme, garlic then reduce.

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