Jul 13, 2010
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Chicken Galliano

Galliano, an Italian liqueur flavored with 30 herbs and spices, including anise and vanilla, gives the sauce for these stuffed chicken breasts a complex sweetness.
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Chicken Galliano Enlarge Image Credit: Todd Coleman
6 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves,
 
   pounded 1⁄8" thick
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper,
 
   to taste
12 tbsp. herbed goat cheese, softened
6 thin slices prosciutto
6 tbsp. unsalted butter, chilled
10 oz. cremini mushrooms, sliced
Flour, for dredging
2 tbsp. canola oil
1 1⁄2 cups chicken broth
1⁄4 cup Galliano liqueur
1 tbsp. finely chopped parsley
4 cups cooked rice, for serving

1. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Working with one breast half at a time, spread one side with 2 tbsp. goat cheese and top with one slice prosciutto; roll into a tight cylinder. Using kitchen twine, tie chicken roll 1" in from each end. Snip off excess twine.

2. Heat 3 tbsp. butter in a 12" skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and cook, without stirring, until browned, 4–5 minutes. Stir mushrooms and continue cooking until softened, about 8 minutes. Transfer to a plate; wipe out skillet. Put flour on a plate; dredge each chicken roll in flour. Heat 2 tbsp. butter and the oil in skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook, turning, until browned and cooked through, 12–14 minutes. Transfer chicken rolls to a plate. Add broth and Galliano to skillet; boil, stirring, until sauce has reduced by a third, 4–5 minutes. Return mushrooms and chicken to skillet; cook, turning to coat in sauce, until warmed through, about 5 minutes. 

3. Transfer chicken to a platter. Remove skillet from heat; swirl in remaining butter to make a smooth sauce. Spoon sauce over chicken; sprinkle with parsley. Serve with rice.

SERVES 4 – 6
Chicken Galliano

This article was first published in Saveur in Issue #131

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I made Chicken Galliano last night and it was absolutely outstanding! This will be my go-to dinner party recipe. Just so delicious and interesting.
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This recipe is really delicious and everyone else loved it too. Would like to know a cheaper substitute for Galliano...that stuff is $20+ a bottle...and it is not the huge bottle of yesteryear....thought of making some myself, just for this recipe, but don't think it can be duplicated without the secret recipe...
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This chicken dish would have 5 stars from me if it weren't for the goat cheese filling which I thought overpowered the chicken and the wonderful sauce. I'll make it again with the prosciutto and a different cheese, maybe a fontina or other milder cheese that melts well. Or maybe no cheese at all!!
I made this last night, and Chicken Galliano is absolutely delicious. Definitely not the same old chicken. Another reviewer thought the goat cheese was overpowering, but that was not my experience. Galliano is expensive, around $25 for a 350 ml bottle, but it is one of the most sweetly complex liqueurs I've ever tasted.
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A very nice stuffed chicken breast recipe! Straight forward and relatively quick to prepare with the added bonus of being one of those dishes you plate and photograph! (Note: make sure you like gallino because the flavor is fairly dominate...if you don't, choose a liquor of your liking to substitute!)
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This one is a keeper that I will make for family and friends for years to come. Very easy to prepare. As far as the goat cheese being overpowering I made it a couple times and I feel that if you reduce the amount of goat cheese for each piece of chicken you can remedy that problem. None the less I have always recieved rave reviews from this recipe. Thank you Keith for sharing this one!
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Looks and sounds wonderful. Any suggestions, other than wine, as to what to use as a substitute for Galliano? Brandy might work.
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Looks and sounds wonderful. Any suggestions, other than wine, as to what to use as a substitute for Galliano? Brandy might work.
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Love drinking Galliano so I'm trying this recipe for sure. Sounds delicious.
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Love drinking Galliano so I'm trying this recipe for sure. Sounds delicious.

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Sounds delishious. I think I will put some hot chiken saucage in to.
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Great recipe. Replaced Galliano with Sambuca and reduced the goat cheese.
Be carefull after you cook the floured chicken and then try to reduce the chicken stock and alcohol..flour burns quickley..may want to add some olive oil with the butter to help
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I made this dish without alcohol as a family dish. It was wonderful even without the galliano. I will try this with the Galliano because it is absolutely fabulous without so how will it taste with? I did try to find it, I live in Fairbanks, Alaska and I looked at two grocery stores. One didn't sell it and the other was out of it. It is a pricey liqueur but since I've made it without I am confident to make it with. I have not been dissapointed with the recipies from Saveur. Saveur is an incredible asset to anyones culinery resource.
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