Smokey Pomegranate Roulade Chicken stuffed with smokey cheddar, ham and basil, is tasty, easy, and beautiful!
What is the best way to preserve Pomegranates?
Crack them open and remove the Arils (seeds) and lay them out in a single layer on a cookie sheet then place them in the freezer overnight. Finally, remove and place the Arils into a freezer bag and freeze. While pomegranates are beautiful and tasty they also make a great edible decoration. In fact, they are one of my favorite things to use to decorate my food.
Not only that but they also give any bite a bit of texture and crunch. In all honesty, food for me is very visual it should first be eaten with your eyes, secondly there should be a texture component and thirdly it needs to incorporate one of the 5 flavors such as sweet, sour, salty and sour or spicy.
Chef’s Notes
While this dinner is very easy to prepare and is appealing to the eye. In all honesty, I used fresh pomegranates but if you can’t find fresh ones to decorate with use frozen. In any case, you can use freshly juiced Pomegranate juice or store-bought whichever you prefer. As always, read the ingredients list on any item you purchase. Incredibly, I found Canadian Bacon I could eat at a local health food store. I had my chicken with roasted mashed butternut squash.
To tell the truth, this meal looked so pretty and that it would be a great meal for Valentine’s day. Ideally making this and maybe my Molten Lava Cake with my dairy-free Soft Serve Vanilla Ice Cream for dessert would knock your valentine’s day out of the park.
Although this may look complicated it is very easy. Simply pound out the chicken until thin then lay down a slice or two of smokey cheddar, Canadian Bacon, basil and a small slice of red onion at last roll it up. Admittedly the last thing is to decorate with some torn basil leaves and pomegranate arils as well as chopped red onions. Not only is this dish elegant but due to the fact its chicken, it is also economical.
Smokey Pomegranate Roulade Chicken
Ingredients:
- 6 chicken breasts
- 1 1/2 tsp pink salt
- 3/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 3 oz smokey cheddar cheese or cheese of your choice
- 6 slices Canadian Bacon
- 6 large basil leaves
- 6 thin slices of onion
Holiday Balsamic Glaze
- 1/2 cup Pomegranate Juice (fresh or store-bought)
- 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
Optional decorations: Basil, pomegranate seeds, and/or Chopped onions.
Instructions
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First, preheat oven to 425. Secondly, pound the chicken breast into a thin layer.
pounded thin chicken breast
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Next sprinkle each side of the chicken with approximately 1/8 teaspoon of pink salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder.
Pink salt, Pepper, onion powder, onion garlic powder
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Finally, lay down a slice or two of smokey cheddar cheese top with a slice of Canadian Bacon
Chicken breast with smoked cheddar and a slice of Canadian bacon
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And then additionally, add a basil leaf on top of the Canadian Bacon and some red onion.
Chicken, Smoked Cheddar, Candian bacon, basil, and red onion
- Finally, roll the chicken up into small rolls and place seam side down.
Rolling the chicken up
- Lastly, inside an oiled baking dish and bake for 25 – 35 minutes. Serve with Holiday Balsamic Glaze.
Out of the oven
Instructions for Holiday Balsamic Glaze
Combine pomegranate juice
Pomegranate juice, balsamic vinegar, maple syrup
- lastly, add maple syrup to a pan.
Maple syrup
- Cook until reduced by 1/3. Glaze the top of your Baked Smokey Chicken Roulade with Holiday Balsamic Glaze.
Smoked Chicken Roulade with Pomegranate Glaze
- Decorate with chopped basil and pomegranate seeds.
Inside the cut chicken
Smokey Chicken Roulade
Smokey Roulade Chicken
Ingredients
- 6 chicken breasts
- 1 1/2 tsp pink salt
- 3/4 tsp black pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 3 oz smokey cheddar cheese or cheese of your choice
- 6 slices Canadian Bacon
- 6 leaves large basil leaves
- 6 thin half slices of onion
Holiday Balsamic Glaze
- 1/2 cup Pomegranate Juice (fresh or store bought)
- 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
Optional decorations: Basil, pomegranate seeds, and/or Chopped onions.
Instructions
- First, preheat oven to 425. Second, pound the chicken breast into a thin layer.
- Next sprinkle each side of the chicken with approximately 1/8 teaspoon of pink salt, black pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder.
- Finally, lay down a slice or two of smokey cheddar cheese top with a slice of Canadian Bacon
- And then additionally, lay down a basil leaf on top of the Candian Bacon and some red onion.
- Finally, roll chicken up into small rolls and place seam side down.
- Place inside an oiled baking dish and bake for 25 - 35 minutes. Serve with Holiday Balsamic Glaze.
Instructions for Holiday Balsamic Glaze
- Combine pomegranate juice
- Next, add balsamic vinegar
- Lastly, add in maple syrup to a pan.
- Lastly, cook until reduced by 1/3. Glaze the top of your Baked Smokey Chicken Roulade. Decorate with chopped basil and pomegranate seeds.
Notes
| Nutrition Facts For Smokey Chicken Roulade | |
|---|---|
| Servings 5.0 | |
| Amount Per Serving | |
| Calories 723 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 13 g | 20 % |
| Saturated Fat 5 g | 26 % |
| Monounsaturated Fat 0 g | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat 2 g | |
| Trans Fat 0 g | |
| Cholesterol 138 mg | 46 % |
| Sodium 538 mg | 22 % |
| Potassium 1739 mg | 50 % |
| Total Carbohydrate 92 g | 31 % |
| Dietary Fiber 11 g | 46 % |
| Sugars 5 g | |
| Protein 69 g | 137 % |
| Vitamin A | 12 % |
| Vitamin C | 6 % |
| Calcium | 24 % |
| Iron | 45 % |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |
| Nutrition Facts for Holiday Balsamic glaze | |
|---|---|
| Servings 5.0 | |
| Amount Per Serving | |
| Calories 44 | |
| % Daily Value * | |
| Total Fat 0 g | 0 % |
| Saturated Fat 0 g | 0 % |
| Monounsaturated Fat 0 g | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat 0 g | |
| Trans Fat 0 g | |
| Cholesterol 0 mg | 0 % |
| Sodium 2 mg | 0 % |
| Potassium 16 mg | 0 % |
| Total Carbohydrate 11 g | 4 % |
| Dietary Fiber 0 g | 1 % |
| Sugars 9 g | |
| Protein 0 g | 0 % |
| Vitamin A | 3 % |
| Vitamin C | 5 % |
| Calcium | 1 % |
| Iron | 1 % |
| * The Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet, so your values may change depending on your calorie needs. The values here may not be 100% accurate because the recipes have not been professionally evaluated nor have they been evaluated by the U.S. FDA. | |
this dish looks so pretty. i love pomegranates but never thought about freezing them, thank you so very much for this tip!