Chicken Roll with Herbs
This is the simplest homemade alternative to shop-bought cold cuts: chicken breast, salt, garlic and a lot of herbs. The roll bakes in foil and then chills completely — only then can you slice it thinly. Cut it warm and it falls apart, so the night in the fridge is as much part of the recipe as the oven.
- Prep
- 30 min
- Cook
- 40 min
- Rest
- 4 h
- Total
- 5 h 10 min
- Servings
- 6
- Level
- Medium
- Per serving
- 260 kcal
Ingredients
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What to use instead
Turkey breast makes a denser roll — give it 10 minutes longer in the oven.
Makes: a 700 g roll, 6 servings
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Method
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Step 1: Prepare the fillets
Slice each fillet lengthways without cutting all the way through and open it out like a book. Beat lightly to an even 1 cm.
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Step 2: Build a sheet
Lay the fillets on cling film, overlapping, so they form one solid rectangle with no gaps.
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Step 3: Season
Season with salt and pepper, dust with paprika and spread the crushed garlic and chopped herbs evenly over the surface.
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Step 4: Roll it
Using the film, roll the meat up tightly, squeezing out any air pockets. Twist the ends like a sweet wrapper.
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Step 5: Wrap in foil
Remove the film, brush the roll with oil and wrap tightly in two layers of foil.
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Step 6: Bake
180°C for 40 minutes. Then open the top of the foil and give it 5 minutes to colour lightly.
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Step 7: Chill under weight
Wrap the hot roll back in foil, set a small weight on top and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
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Step 8: Slice
Cut the cold roll into 5 mm rounds with a sharp knife — warm, it will simply collapse.
Tips & variations
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Tip
Rolling tightly in film is the whole game: any cavity inside shows up as a hole in the slice.
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Variation
A strip of red pepper or sun-dried tomatoes inside gives a bright slice and a sweet note.
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Swap
Turkey breast makes a denser roll — give it 10 minutes longer in the oven.
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Storage
Keeps 4 days in the fridge wrapped in foil. Don't freeze it, the texture goes dry.
Nutrition
| 1 serving | Whole dish 6 servings | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 260 kcal | 1,560 kcal |
| Protein | 33 g | 198 g |
| Fat | 13 g | 78 g |
| Carbohydrates | 2 g | 12 g |
Approximate values calculated from standard ingredient data.
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