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Chickencheese time!! In this case we're going ballotine! I've been meaning to do this for a while after having seen Pepin do it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfY0lrdXar8, so you all get to witness me on my first attempt. We're gonna stuff it with a mix of onions, celery, some super hot hatch chiles I have in my freezer, and of course, cheese. (also man photographing food so it doesn't look terrible is harder than it looks!) The chicken, wing tips removed:  Ribcage and thing/leg bones removed:  The celery, onion, and hatch chile mixture:  The cheese! A mix of monterey jack, parm and a cheddar slice:  In goes the cheese:  The pieces together:  Spreading the stuffing! Overstuff as it would turn out but hey, first time:  Rolled up!:  You can see the extra stuffing that made it harder to truss:  Removed from the oven:  I made this two nights before we were going to eat it, so here it is out of the fridge to be reheated, with my slicing knife as I don't use it as much as I'd like:  Sliced and ready to be heated:  The rest of the dramatis personae, specifically the best bread, dutch crunch:  News team assembled!:  At the end I found the ballotine to not bad as hard as I'd worried, certainly it took me more than a minute to debone, but there was only 4 points where you'd cut and the rest was using your fingers to pull the meat. My girlfriend was pleasantly surprised and even said she'd do it again.
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Beautiful! I'd also love a tag if one does get made 
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Jan 31, 2020 18:04
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