Chicken Stuffed Swiss Chard Roll Ups
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Recipe type: Appetizer
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Serves: 2-3
 
Ingredients
  • 4 large Swiss chard leaves
  • 1 lb ground chicken, thawed
  • ½ tsp sea salt
  • 4 large garlic cloves minced (about 2 tbsp)
  • ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped fine
  • 2 tbsp fresh rosemary, chopped fine
  • 1 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice(seeds discarded)
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
Prepping the leaves:
  1. Carefully select 4 large sized leaves from your bunch. Wash and clean them dabbing with a kitchen towel or paper towel.
  2. Cut the stems off completely.
  3. Fold each leaf vertically in the center and trim off the bulging vein in the center slightly by using a sharp knife taking care not to cut the vein completely as that will tear the leaf. Trimming the vein will help in rolling the leaves.
Making the chicken mixture:
  1. In a large mixing bowl, add the ground chicken, sea salt, garlic, parsley, rosemary, lemon juice and olive oil. Using your hands mix everything together well and divide mixture into 4 equal portions. Keep aside.
Making the roll ups:
  1. On a large cutting board, place one swiss chard leaf, vein side facing up. Take one portion of the chicken mixture and place it on the leaf. Pat it gently with your fingers spreading it to cover most of the leaf.
  2. Now place another leaf on top of this leaf in the same way and again add the chicken mixture on top spreading it all over the second leaf.
  3. Repeat this process two more times finishing up the chicken mixture.
  4. Next roll the stack of leaves (with chicken stuffing)gently and carefully from one end(along the length of the leaf) to the other until you get a big fat roll.
Steaming the Rolls:
  1. Place a stainless steel steamer basket or a sieve on top of a cooking pot. Fill the cooking pot with about 1 cup of water and let it come to a boil. Then place the stuffed roll on top of the basket (or the sieve) and cover the pot with a lid. Steam for 10 minutes on medium heat.
  2. You can alternately also use an Instant Pot to steam using the steamer insert.
  3. Just before serving, take the steamed roll and place on a serving dish. Using a large knife cut the roll into 8-10 slices (about ½ an inch thick).
  4. Serve stuffed roll ups as an appetizer or as a meal with a salad!
Recipe by Autoimmune Wellness at https://autoimmunewellness.com/chicken-stuffed-swiss-chard-roll-ups/