Chicken meatball with mushroom filling
Description
It might seem like there's nothing new you can make from chicken and mushrooms that's both delicious and visually appealing. But actually, there is! With this recipe, you'll discover
Instructions
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Step 1
1. First of all, sauté the mushrooms with onion until cooked. I'm using wild mushrooms, frozen.
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Step 2
2. Season the mushrooms with salt and pepper to taste, and let them cool.
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Step 3
3. Then the mushrooms need to be chopped with a knife. You can cut them into small pieces before frying.
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Step 4
4. Carefully remove the bone from a chicken thigh (if it's small) or a drumstick. Try not to cut the skin.
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Step 5
5. Pound the meat. Season with salt and pepper.
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Step 6
6. Place the prepared mushrooms and, lifting the edges of the beaten meat layer, shape it into a ball.
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Step 7
7. My bacon strips are long. I cut one strip in half and use one piece to cover the top of the meatball (at the spot where the edges of the meat patty meet), then wrap the whole meatball around its circumference with the full strip of bacon.
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Step 8
8. We need cotton threads. Cut 8 pieces approximately 25 cm long. Lay out 4 of them as shown in the photo. The remaining 4 are for the second ball.
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Step 9
9. Place the dumpling with bacon side down at the junction of the threads.
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Step 10
10. And tie it together. We'll cut off the ends.
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Step 11
11. Serve the kolobki with any side dish; I decided to bake potatoes along with the kolobki. Brush the kolobki with a small amount of mayonnaise.
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Step 12
12. Place in a preheated oven at 180-200 degrees Celsius for about 35-45 minutes. The time depends on the size of the meatballs.
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Step 13
13. This is what the dumplings will look like when cut open. And how delicious they are... :)