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Recipe by Yael Dagan

Meat-Stuffed Chicken Roll-Ups

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Meat Meat
Medium Medium
6 Servings
Allergens
2 Hours
Diets

No Diets specified

Ingredients

Chicken

  • 6 pieces chicken cutlets, pounded very thin (8 to 10 centimeters wide)

  • oil, for frying

Meat filling

  • 1/2 kilogram ground meat or turkey

  • 1/2 cup fresh cleaned, chopped parsley

  • 1 onion, grated or diced very small

  • 2 tablespoons matzo meal (or flour)

  • egg, for dipping

  • salt

  • black pepper

  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

  • 1/4 teaspoon cumin

Sauce

  • 6 to 8 celery stalks, cut lengthwise into medium strips (reserve leaves for garnish)

  • 2 lemons, peeled and segmented

  • 5 to 6 tablespoons oil

  • salt

  • 1/2 teaspoon turmeric

  • 1 tablespoon cumin

  • black pepper

  • water, to fill 1/3 of the pot

Directions

Prepare the Meat-Stuffed Chicken Roll-Ups

1.

Combine the ingredients for the meat filling. Mix well.

2.

Place all ingredients for the sauce in a large sauté pan. Cover and cook on low heat.

3.

Prepare an oiled baking sheet and two shallow plates, one with beaten egg and one with flour or matzo meal.

4.

Place some filling onto a chicken cutlet. Roll up and place on the prepared pan. Continue with remaining chicken pieces.

5.

Dip the filled chicken in egg, then in matzo meal.

6.

Fry briefly in hot oil over medium-high heat, then transfer to the pot with the sauce.

7.

Continue to cook for about another hour.

8.

Serve warm with lemon slices and celery leaves.

Credits

Photography by Tamara Friedman

Meat-Stuffed Chicken Roll-Ups

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