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Chicken Kiev. What vegetables?

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WildRosie · 17/09/2020 18:52

I have a nice one of these for tomorrow's dinner but don't know which vegetables to have too. I already have Parmentier potatoes; I'm not keen on green beans or garden peas. What would you go for ? Ta.

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midnightstar66 · 17/09/2020 20:02

Peas and sweetcorn

SandrasAnnoyingFriend · 17/09/2020 20:03

Cook your Kiev on top of a slice of bread
It will absorb the errant garlic butter and give you a lovely slice of garlic bread to have as a side.

Gingaaarghpussy · 17/09/2020 20:06

@userxx

you probably don't need potatoes with the carbs in the kiev

This ^. How could you even contemplate having potato with breadcrumbs in the same meal 😱. Carb coma here I come 😏

because you don't have to chase veggies round the plate and mash tastes lovely with garlic butter in it. And everything sticks to the fork.

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AyDeeAitchDee · 17/09/2020 20:06

Broccoli/green beans. Both taste very nice dipped in the leaked garlic butter.

Then probably new potatoes.

AyDeeAitchDee · 17/09/2020 20:09

@userxx

you probably don't need potatoes with the carbs in the kiev

This ^. How could you even contemplate having potato with breadcrumbs in the same meal 😱. Carb coma here I come 😏

Hmm

You really can't contemplate that someone would have potato and bread (literal crumbs of it) in the same meal?!

This is the most Mumsnet thing I've seen today.

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WildRosie · 17/09/2020 20:11

Interesting comments about carbohydrates, breadcrumbs, potatoes and so on. These things just never occur to me; probably the same for those of us advocating chips or mash potatoes. Anyways, my parmentier potatoes are already out of the freezer (I usually make my own but these were just 35p in Morrison's) so they'll need cooking.

Flat field or portobello mushrooms might be an idea.

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TheFormerPorpentinaScamander · 17/09/2020 20:11

@Bellamybells

you probably don't need potatoes with the carbs in the kiev
I've just googled carbs because I wasn't aware that kievs were known for being particularly carb heavy. Apparently a (tesco brand) kiev contains 21g. As the recommended daily allowance is 250-350g im not going to worry about overloading Hmm
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WildRosie · 17/09/2020 20:20

My CK is a Booth's own brand. A bit expensive at full price (which I didn't pay) but I'd venture they are restaurant quality. I usually have Uncle Ben's golden vegetable rice (or Veeti when I can find it) but I fancied a change. Decades ago, Mum used to cook the Sun Valley CKs and cordon bleus as well. Dad would make a big wok of prawn and vegetable fried rice as a side dish. Sometimes a mushroom sauce too!

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ZarasHouse · 17/09/2020 20:43

Cordon Bleus yum! I used to have those with spaghetti hoops as a kid. Sounds like you got the better deal @WildRosie

userxx · 17/09/2020 20:44

This is the most Mumsnet thing I've seen today.

I was actually taking the piss. 😏

Candleabra · 17/09/2020 20:51

I think when chicken Kiev was posh restaurant food in the 1950s it was always served with rice (or wild rice). I'd have lots of green veg.

I love chicken Kiev but all the shop bought ones always leak so you end up with the chicken swimming in butter. Do I need to buy a better brand or is the only solution make your own?

Ormally · 17/09/2020 20:54

Got to be cauliflower and sweetheart cabbage for me. Goes so nicely with all the garlic.

userxx · 17/09/2020 20:56

@Candleabra The Waitrose ones seem to hold together quite well.

Gingaaarghpussy · 17/09/2020 20:57

@Candleabra

I think when chicken Kiev was posh restaurant food in the 1950s it was always served with rice (or wild rice). I'd have lots of green veg.

I love chicken Kiev but all the shop bought ones always leak so you end up with the chicken swimming in butter. Do I need to buy a better brand or is the only solution make your own?

This is why mash works.Grin
Candleabra · 17/09/2020 21:00

Sorry i meant they leak whilst they're cooking so you just get the garlic left inside. I certainly wouldn't mind swimming in butter on the plate! And mash sounds delicious.

pourmeanotherglass · 17/09/2020 21:01

New potatoes and salad or rice and broccoli.

Lalanbaba · 17/09/2020 21:04

Broccoli and slow roasted cherry tomatoes

AllTheUserNamesAreTaken · 17/09/2020 21:07

We had Kiev the other week and had it with sweetheart cabbage, brocolli and green beans

AriettyHomily · 17/09/2020 21:17

Peas. Always peas!

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WildRosie · 17/09/2020 21:24

I've had a CK from my local butcher once. It wasn't expensive but it was rather disappointing - not really buttery or garlicky. Another butcher I use does a variation on the CK; chicken and garlic mushrooms wrapped in puff pastry. They are good. I might buy one tomorrow, and a small pork pie.

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SummerHouse · 17/09/2020 21:34

@userxx I knew you were and I thought it very funny. We have them with chips and salad and colslaw. Crumbs aren't carbs.

Bubbaella · 17/09/2020 21:34

I tried the bread under the Kiev thing last time I made them. It was delicious. Put a slice of bread under the Kiev (fresh thick cut slices is best) and all the garlic butter seeps into the bread. It makes delicious garlic bread.

SummerHouse · 17/09/2020 21:36

you end up with the chicken swimming in butter.

maloofhoof · 17/09/2020 21:40

We have it with sweetcorn and new potatoes or sweetcorn and rice

ZarasHouse · 17/09/2020 21:51

I put mine in a China or glass dish, not in a baking tray, so that any butter seepage can be tipped over the Kiev once decanted. I am not letting that butter get away... it's the best bit