chicken Wellington

Wrapped bird dish

A dish of chicken breast wrapped in pâté or duxelles and encased in puff pastry, then baked until golden.

It adapts the classic beef Wellington to poultry, producing a more economical but still elegant entrée: The chicken Wellington came out perfectly flaky.

Related

puff pastry shell · decadence · indulgence · dinner party · special occasion · British cuisine · egg wash · shallots · plating · Dijon mustard · thyme · holiday meals · duxelles · garnishing · show stopper · prosciutto · herb butter · fine dining

Opposites
protein type

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Pastry-encased filet mignon

culinary formality/elegance

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Breaded fried poultry pieces

fried chicken · rotisserie chicken · chicken fingers · chicken strips · buffalo wings

preparation complexity

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Poultry simmered in water

baked chicken · chicken salad

Family

chicken, chickens, Wellington, well, welling, welled

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Rated G