Chicken Corden BLeu

I’m back to work again after a good long restful 4 days holiday. Though I did not get much sleep during the weekend. I had to wake up early morning la but then again, I really had fun and enjoyed myself with my love ones. It feels great to be back to work actually. I was beginning to feel bored staying at home. And surprisingly I was very energetic la pulak this morning nie. I’m not quite sure why, probably because I had a glass of warm milk in the morning :p

Well, guess what I did during this holiday? On first day of Chinese new Year, We had a cookout and get together at Kak Ton's place. I cooked my favourite and famous Chicken Corden Bleu. Well, Kak Ton wants to eat it again. She said she really didn't get to enjoy the food when I prepared it last time ;) betol ke? Well, now that she has given way Shabby and Flabby (her 2 Persian cats), now her home smells a lot lot lot better. Hehehe…. Tak kalu, hish! Masuk rumah jer bau tahi kucing. But, I kinda miss those 2 cute faces actually.

Preparing the dish is quite tedious. Especially when you have to prepare the side dishes as well. If you prepare the Chicken only, tak la makan masa sangat. Preparing the chicken is not that hard. Just imagine the chicken breast, stuffed with mash potato mixed with almond, laid on top of sliced chicken ham and Mozzarella cheese. Hurm... so, when you cut the chicken open, the cheese will melt out. hehe. So, here’s how my Famous Chicken Corden Bleu looks like. It was served hot with Baby Potato Salad, Fresh steamed veges and Fried fresh mushroom with onions. He’s the receipe, in case you want to try it out.

p/s : Bila nak try nie Zaini? hehe... lama dah bagi recipe :p

CHICKEN CORDEN BLEU (serving for 4 person)
Preparing Chicken... The most simple way.

Ingredients
4 psc chicken breasts (halves)
4 slices on Chicken Ham (Beli yang 5 star nyer... they sell at Giant and cold storage)
1 tub of Mozzarella Cheese
1 big russet potato
1 cup cream
a bit of chopped parsley and daun ketumbar
Garam, gula, dried oregano or any other seasoning
3 tbsp of Olive Oil
1 egg
1 1/2 cup plain flour

- Butterfly the chicken by cutting into the middle of the thick part of the breast and then cutting horizontally until about a quarter inch to a half inch from the end. Fold the flap out. Do the same to the other half of the breast in the other direction. (Stort way of saying it "potong kasi flat sket la.. untuk balut")
- For the mash potato, rebus ubi dulu sampai masak. Lenyek dengan cream & mayonnaise. Add in chopped parsley and daun ketumbar, Garam, gula, dried oregano - Potong cheese dalam tebal 1cm.
- Balut ayam tue dengan chicken ham kat tengah, kat atas tue letak cheese & ubi lenyek. Boleh guna toothpick so the cheese & ubi lenyek tak keluar.
- Tuang sedikit olive oil kat atas ayam dan bakar dalam oven for 30-35 minutes.
- Campurkan tempung dengan telur. Nak tuang air sket pun boleh . Once the chicken is ready, celup ayam tue dalam bahan tepung and fry it until golden colour.

- Stuffed Chicken :)


MUSHROOM GRAVY
1 tin Kimball classic mushroom soup
300gm minced beef
1 Biji Russet Potato
2 tin Pickled mushroom (Hiris nipis2)
1 biji Bawang Siam ( yang putih tue) – Potong dadu
1 biji tomato besar – potong dadu
1 kotak kecil Cream ½ botol Sos Lada Hitam Life
1 Cawan Air
Dried oregano for seasoning
Finely chopped daun ketumar
Garam Gula Secukup rasa

- Rebus ubi sampai betul2 masak. Blend ubi tue dengan cream & 1 cawan air.
- Masak Kimball Mushroom soup dengan bahan yg dah diblend kat atas nie. Tuang air ikut sukatan tin mushroom soup tue. Bila dah memdidih, masukkan minced beef and biar masak. kemudian, masukkan pickled mushroom, bawang and tomato
- Biar dia masak betul2. masukkan sos lada hitam Life. Biar memdidih
- Tabur sedikit oregano for seasoning and garam secukup rasa.
- Lastly, sebelum nak tutup dapur, tabor hirisan daun ketumbar dan parsley.. kacau betul2.

- My Local Chicken Corden Bleu dressed in Mushroom Gravy. Sided with Potato Salad, Steamed fresh Veges and fried fresh Mushroom with Onion.

Try it :)