Ingredients
- 2 Chicken Breasts
- 2 Slices of Deli ham
- 1 slice of provolone
- 1/4 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup grated Romano or Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup dried bread crumbs
- 1/4 teaspoon Each: Rosemary
- Basil
- Thyme
- Oregano
- Red Pepper Flakes
- Minced garlic
- 1/2 cup of Milk
Preparation
Step 1
1. First you're gonna have to flatten the chicken breast halves. Lay down some wax paper over your work area, and put a chicken breast half in the giant baggie. Don't seal the baggie, it'll just pop. Using the bottom of a sauce pan (or the flat side of your meat mallet) beat the crap out of the chicken, starting with the fattest part and working towards the thinnest. You are trying to get each chicken breast about 1/4 inch thick. Once you have beat your meat (hehe) throw away the ziploc and the wax paper, and clean up any little bits of chicken that may have gotten splattered around. Wash your hands before you get out your slices of deli ham, slices of Provalone, and the toothpicks. Now is a good time to pre-heat your oven to 425°. (Make sure you've got the racks where you want them, first)
2. Lay down another layer of waxed paper. Take one flat, raw chicken breast, and put a slice of deli ham on it. Now, put half a slice of provalone on the ham, and begin rolling everything up from the small end towards the large end. Make sure you don't lick it, this IS raw chicken. (force of habit can be a bitch) Secure with a toothpick, and tuck any dangly bits into the tube and secure those with toothpicks. It should look like burrito with spikes on one side. Do this to every chicken breast.
3. Once you have a nice plate of semi-spikey meat tubes, wash your filthy, filthy hands. (Yeah, I know you.) In a large bowl mix the Romano, the bread crumbs, and the spices. (I go that extra mile and grind the spice mix with a mortar and pestle.) Pour the milk into a wide, shallow bowl. Pick up a chicken tube, dunk in milk, and roll around in bread crumbs. Repeat till you have breaded meat tubes. Take out a baking sheet, spray that mother with the cooking spray. Get it nice and even. Yeah, that's the way... Place chicken tubes fold side down on the baking sheet. Spritz the chicken tubes with cooking spray, too. Not too much, though.
4. Place in pre-heated oven, bake for about 25 minutes or until the juices run clear. Remove the toothpicks. (If you put all the toothpicks on one side of the chicken tubes, they should be pretty easy to find.) Serve and enjoy!