Filled with ham and provolone, this chicken rolls recipe is completely delicious for dinner alongside potatoes or rice, and a steamed vegetable. The rolls are breaded before being fried, which results in them being golden and having an incredibly crispy coating.
To make the chicken rolls, thin slices of chicken breast are rolled with the ham and cheese before being breaded with panko breadcrumbs and fried in a pot of hot oil. The resulting chicken rolls are juicy, crispy, and oozing with cheese.
What are Chicken Rolls?
These chicken rolls are chicken breast that has been stuffed with ham and provolone, breaded with panko breadcrumbs, and fried in hot oil. Using panko ensures that the coating has the best texture as it fries beautifully. The chicken breast should be sliced thinly so that it rolls up easily with the ham and cheese.
Pro Tips
- If you have a hard time slicing the chicken breast thinly, you can use a meat mallet to flatten the slices out.
- When breading the chicken rolls, use one hand when you are coating the rolls in the dry ingredients and the other hand when you are dipping them in the egg mixture. This will prevent the breading mixture from caking onto your hands.
- Feel free to replace the provolone cheese with another type of cheese such as mozzarella or gruyere.
- Heat the oil to around 350 F to 375 F (176.6 C to 190.5 C) to ensure that the chicken rolls cook through without soaking up too much oil.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are Popular Chicken Roll Fillings?
While ham and cheese is a classic filling, you could also stuff the chicken with spinach, bacon, pesto, cooked mushrooms, sun-dried tomatoes, and more.
What is the Best Cheese to Melt in Chicken Rolls?
Sliced cheese is best to use in chicken rolls as it will roll up easily with the chicken. It is also a good idea to choose a type of cheese that melts easily such as provolone, gruyere, mozzarella, or white cheddar.
Can I Use Seasoned Breadcrumbs in Chicken Rolls?
Yes, you definitely could! You could either use store bought seasoned breadcrumbs to impart more flavor to the chicken rolls or you could add your choice of seasonings to the panko mixture.
How to Store Chicken Rolls
Leftover chicken rolls can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 to 5 days. Their breading will soften as they sit, but you could reheat them in an air fryer or the oven to help crisp them up again.
Ingredients
How to Make Chicken Rolls
Coat the chicken rolls in the flour followed by the eggs.
Place the chicken breast slices on a work surface and top them with the ham and cheese. Roll them up into tight rolls.
Coat the chicken in the breadcrumbs. Fry them in hot oil until they are cooked through and golden brown on both sides.
Coat the chicken rolls in the flour followed by the eggs.
Serve immediately!
Coat the chicken in the breadcrumbs. Fry them in hot oil until they are cooked through and golden brown on both sides.
Serve immediately!
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