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Chicken balmoral bites on skewers

Balmoral Chicken Bites

Karon Grieve
These Balmoral chicken bites are a super easy party nibble of haggis, chicken and bacon with a tasty whisky cream sauce perfect for Burns Night or New Year's celebrations.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Party Food
Cuisine Scottish
Servings 12 people
Calories 172 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 150 g chicken 1 chicken breast fillet
  • 100 g bacon 3 rashers of streaky bacon
  • 200 g haggis cooked
  • black pepper
  • 1/2 tsp sage dried

Whisky cream dipping sauce

  • 200 ml chicken stock
  • 2 tbsp Scotch whisky
  • 100 ml double cream heavy cream
  • 1 tsp mustard
  • 1 tsp butter

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5.
  • Slice chicken fillet horizontally into 3 parts.
  • Lay slices on cling film and cover with another layer and using a rolling pin hammer to flatten the slices as thin as possible without tearing the meat, you want strips about 3cm x 12 cm.
  • Flatten and stretch the bacon slices in the same way and cut to similar length.
  • Take teaspoons of the cooked haggis and roll into small sausage shapes.
  • Wrap each haggis sausage in the chicken and then in the bacon.
  • Pierce the bundles with a small skewer to secure and sprinkle with pepper and dried sage.
  • Seal all the Balmoral Bites in a foil package and bake in the oven for approximately 20 minutes, opening the foil for the last 5 minutes to allow them to brown a little.

making the whisky cream sauce

  • Gently heat the chicken stock in a small pan along with the whisky, bring to the boil and bubble till reduced by a third.
  • Add cream and mustard and stir well.
  • Add butter and continue stirring for 5 minutes, add seasoning to taste.

Notes

Serve these Balmoral Chicken Bites piping hot

Nutrition

Calories: 172kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 5gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 60mgPotassium: 82mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 132IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 11mgIron: 1mg
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