Gaby
While duck pairs well with tart fruit or berry sauces—especially those made from green apples and cranberries—professional chefs recommend serving roasted or fried chicken and turkey with sautéed onions and roasted bell peppers. In this recipe, sweet peppers are added to the meat during the cooking process. The dish will look more festive if you use peppers of various colors.
Ingredients (for 4 servings): 3 chicken fillets; 2 sweet peppers; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, plus more for greasing; ½ tablespoon ground chili pepper; ½ tablespoon paprika; ½ tablespoon ground black pepper; ½ tablespoon ground cumin; ½ tablespoon garlic powder; ½ tablespoon salt.
Cut each fillet into pieces and lightly pound them. Slice the peppers into strips. Mix the salt with the garlic powder, cumin, ground chili pepper, paprika, and black pepper, then sprinkle this spice mixture over the fillet pieces.
Place the peppers on the meat and roll the fillets up. Secure the ends with toothpicks.
Heat the oil in a skillet and add the rolls. Brown them on all sides. After about 5 minutes, remove the skillet from the heat.
Transfer the browned rolls to a greased baking dish and bake in the oven for 20 minutes at 180 °C (350 °F).
Boiled rice with corn and green peas is a harmonious complement to roasted chicken. A creamy mushroom sauce also pairs well with the dish. Mashed pumpkin or cauliflower can serve as a side. Avoid pairing chicken with white cabbage.
Life Hack
Remove the toothpicks before serving. Replace toothpicks with skewers to present the rolls as a buffet appetizer.
