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Old 10-11-2015, 00:35
Andy Birkenhead
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Is there any supermarket where I can get some decent Chicken Kievs ?
The kind with a generous amount of garlic and parsley butter, which doesn't leak out all over the oven tray !
I'm fed up of cutting into a chicken kiev and finding an empty space where the filling should be !
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Old 10-11-2015, 00:38
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Is there any supermarket where I can get some decent Chicken Kievs ?
The kind with a generous amount of garlic and parsley butter, which doesn't leak out all over the oven tray !
I'm fed up of cutting into a chicken kiev and finding an empty space where the filling should be !
Bare in mind that the liquid that comes out, is just the fat of the chicken, not the parsley butter and there wouldnt be any actual visible butter in the middle once cooked because its melted!

But yes, I cant remember now but you can buy them where they are actual chicken breasts, not reformed chicken, with a bone still in it.
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Old 10-11-2015, 00:50
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They don't exist.
As the kiev heats up it expands & the filling escapes.
Try a raw chicken breast, make a slit and pack it with garlic & herb butter, wrap the breast tightly in parma ham or suchlike and either pan fry or oven bake. Really nice
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Old 10-11-2015, 20:43
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The ones from Waitrose are lovely and made using chicken breast, not reformed gubbins.
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Old 10-11-2015, 20:52
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asda for a while were using foil trays as the packaging for their kievs , so you just peeled the film off and cooked them in the tray , meant no worries about leaks , they stopped doing it after a couple of months tho

as an aside, tesco used to do a mozzarella, basil and sundried tomato version of a kiev that was yummy, not sure if they still do them tho
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Old 10-11-2015, 21:06
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I ordered Chicken Kievs the other day for home shopping, and guess what they gave me as a substitute?

Meat free Kievs. rolleyes

The only good thing about them was that the filling stayed inside.
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Old 10-11-2015, 21:11
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You get what you pay for.

Go for the Extra Special or equivalent range rather than the bog standard.
Reiterating the point about those better quality ones using a whole breast and not reformed.
Usually you get more butter as well so although it will melt you should get better flavour.
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Old 10-11-2015, 23:06
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Tesco finest are quite good, i have in the past made my own but they can be fiddly.
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Old 10-11-2015, 23:31
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I went in to a Farmfoods for the first time. I bought some mini ones. They were ok. I deep fried them not oven cooked as the oven was on the blink. The sauce stayed in and was quite thick. I would buy them again if I ever went to that shop again.
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Old 11-11-2015, 15:36
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The ones from Waitrose are lovely and made using chicken breast, not reformed gubbins.
Agree about Waitrose's, but these from Sainsbury's come a close second ~ Sainsbury's Garlic Fillet Kievs 400g
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Old 11-11-2015, 20:00
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Agree about Waitrose's, but these from Sainsbury's come a close second ~ Sainsbury's Garlic Fillet Kievs 400g
Thanks, I have not tried the JS ones so will have to check them out
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Old 11-11-2015, 20:46
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I always cook them upside down, so the curved side holds the liquid in. They're usually cooked when the liquid starts to escape anyway, so keep a close eye on them. I usually cook them in a pyrex lid so I can pour any liquid back on top.
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Old 11-11-2015, 21:17
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Is there any supermarket where I can get some decent Chicken Kievs ?
The kind with a generous amount of garlic and parsley butter, which doesn't leak out all over the oven tray !
I'm fed up of cutting into a chicken kiev and finding an empty space where the filling should be !
Marks and spencer do a very nice one.
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Old 11-11-2015, 21:32
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They don't exist.
As the kiev heats up it expands & the filling escapes.
Try a raw chicken breast, make a slit and pack it with garlic & herb butter, wrap the breast tightly in parma ham or suchlike and either pan fry or oven bake. Really nice
Er......
You mean...........
Make Your Own!!!!
Noooooo!
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