Recipe

Serves:  10 people | Prep time:  30 minutes | Cooking time:  24 minutes

Russian | Starter

Ingredients

• 500g Minced chicken
• 150g Salted butter at room temperature
• 4 x Cloves garlic
• 10g Fresh parsley
• 2 x Medium eggs
• 60g Plain flour
• 100g Fresh breadcrumbs
• 1 x tsp Paprika
• Sea salt and black pepper
• Spray oil

Method

1. Chop the parsley finely.
2. Peel and mince the garlic.
3. Put the softened butter, garlic and parsley in a bowl and mix till well blended.
4. Divide into 10 portions – roll into balls and put on some greaseproof paper on a baking sheet and freeze for 30 mins.
5. Divide the mince into 10 portions and roll into balls.
6. Put the flour in a bowl and season with the paprika, salt and pepper.
7. Break the eggs in another bowl and beat well.
8. Put the breadcrumbs in another bowl.
9. Take the butter from the freezer.
10. Slightly flatten a chicken mince ball in your hand, put a butter ball on top – then fold the mince around the butter to cover.
11. Dip in the flour and coat well – then dip and coat in the egg wash and then finely coat in the breadcrumbs. Do this with all the chicken balls.
12. Heat the air fryer to 200°C.
13. Put 5 of the balls in the tray – spray with some oil and cook for 6 mins.
14. Open the drawer – turn the Kiev’s around – spray with some more oil and cook another 6 mins.
15. Keep these ones warm in the oven while you cook the rest.