While I never met the Boss Chicken of Kiev I have indeed caused the sharing of many of his distant cousins with tables full of fried chicken officianados. I officiated over their last cluck. From the time I was big enough to swing an axe the folks put me in charge of getting cluckers ready for dressing. Me and my old dog who liked him some heads.
The hero Rooster! Sad music for those he defeated!
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Wine pairing for Chicken Kiev
Want to add a little wine to pair with the flavours of this dish? One of the best wine pairings for Chicken Kiev is Chablis.
Because chicken Kiev is a hearty, slightly greasy dish with all that butter, you want a wine which is going to be able to cut through the fats and hold its own against all that garlic. Chablis is a rich, buttery white wine from the Burgundy region of France, made from Chardonnay grapes.
This grape varietal brings out lovely creamy flavours, thanks to the process known as malolactic fermentation, and this will complement the garlic butter that’ll run out of your kievs as you cut into them, but it also has plenty of acidity and steeliness that will cleanse the palate and punch through the strong flavours of the dish, too.