How to make Scallion Cheesy Chicken -

Chicken breasts rolled with mozzarella cheese, dipped in eggs, coated with panko and baked.

Sanjeev Kapoor

This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.

Main Ingredients : Boneless chicken breasts (हड्डी रहित चिकन ब्रेस्ट), Mozzarella cheese (मोज़ारेला चीज़)

Cuisine : Fusion

Course : Main Course Chicken


Scallion Cheesy Chicken

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Hindi: murgh
Be a kid or a teenage or an adult or an oldie, chicken lovers trend all over the world at all times! One meat that is a favourite of all beyond belief! When cooked, it can be presented in many guises. Sauté it, fry it, toss it, bake it, steam it – eat it the way you want to. Whatever its form may be upon being cooked, its flavour may change but its flesh remains high in protein, low in fat and can be digested easily.

Prep Time : 21-25 minutes

Cook time : 21-25 minutes

Serve : 4

Level Of Cooking : Easy

Taste : Mild

Ingredients for Scallion Cheesy Chicken Recipe

  • Boneless chicken breasts cut into butterfly 4

  • Mozzarella cheese cut into thin fingers 100 grams

  • Spring onions with greens finely chopped 2

  • Crushed black peppercorns to taste

  • Salt to taste

  • Garlic cloves finely chopped 6-8

  • Light soy sauce 3 tablespoons

  • Red chilli flakes 2 teaspoons

  • Fresh coriander leaves chopped 2 tablespoons

  • Oil 2 tablespoons

  • Eggs 2

  • Refined flour (maida) for dusting

  • Panko for coating

Method

Step 1

Place chicken breasts on the worktop. Sprinkle some crushed peppercorns and salt on top and rub in well.

Step 2

Mix together spring onion with greens, garlic, soy sauce, chilli flakes, coriander leaves, salt and crushed peppercorns in a bowl.

Step 3

Heat oil in a non-stick pan till it smokes. Pour it into the bowl and mix well.

Step 4

Add chicken breasts and mix well. Set aside for ten to fifteen minutes.

Step 5

Preheat oven to 200º C.

Step 6

Place mozzarella cheese on each chicken breast and roll tightly folding the edges.

Step 7

Break eggs in another bowl. Spread flour and panko in two different plates.

Step 8

Dust the chicken with the flour, dip in the beaten eggs and coat with the panko.

Step 9

Place the chicken on a baking tray, place the tray in the preheated oven and bake for fifteen to twenty minutes.

Step 10

Serve hot.

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Chef Sanjeev Kapoor is the most celebrated face of Indian cuisine. He is Chef extraordinaire, runs a successful TV Channel FoodFood, hosted Khana Khazana cookery show on television for more than 17 years, author of 150+ best selling cookbooks, restaurateur and winner of several culinary awards. He is living his dream of making Indian cuisine the number one in the world and empowering women through power of cooking to become self sufficient. His recipe portal www.sanjeevkapoor.com is a complete cookery manual with a compendium of more than 10,000 tried & tested recipes, videos, articles, tips & trivia and a wealth of information on the art and craft of cooking in both English and Hindi.