Chicken Kiev

Chicken Kiev is a dish of boneless chicken breast pounded and rolled around cold unsalted butter, then breaded and fried. It is also known as Chicken Supreme. As its popularity has spread internationally, various seasonings have been added to the butter, most commonly garlic.

This famous method of preparing chicken or pheasant is not of Ukrainian origin as the name Kiev, the national capital, would imply. The Soviet food writer William Pokhlyobkin claimed it was invented in the early 20th century in St Petersburg, and was called "kotlety Novomikhailovskie", being renamed to "kotlety po-Kievski" later in the Soviet Union.

There are other versions of the history of Chicken Kiev, particularly popular is a cheese and ham filling or just cheese.

The same dish made with beef is known as a Donbass patty, named for the Donbass region of Ukraine.

In popular culture

• Chicken Kiev is the label used by the media for a speech made in Kiev in 1991 by then U.S. President George H.W. Bush cautioning Ukrainians against "suicidal nationalism". A few months later, Ukrainians voted to withdraw from the Soviet Union.
• Chicken Kiev, introduced in 1976, was Marks & Spencer's first ready-made meal.

References

Sources

• Chicken Kiev Recipe. Retro Food Recipes. (1978). .
• Chicken Kiev. Jimmy's Dinners. .