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| Kusina ni Manang |
| From the Kitchen of Manang |
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| Instructions: Pre-heat oven to 400 deg F. Place the cheese and celery sticks at one short end of the chicken slices and roll up. Secure with toothpicks. Brush to coat with sesame seed oil. Coat with the above mixture. Place in a baking dish. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until golden brown and tender. In the meantime, prepare the Italian tomato sauce. In a small saucepan, simmer the stewed tomatoes. Add Italian seasoning, pepper, salt and sugar to taste. Thicken by adding cornstarch-water mixture. Spoon Italian tomato sauce onto baked chicken roll-up and serve with dinner rolls. |
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| Ingredients: 4-6 chicken breasts or thighs, deboned white cheese for filling 2-3 celery sticks, cut lengthwise in half 1/8 cup sesame seed oil toothpicks Coating mixture: 1/4 c corn meal 1/8 c all-purpose flour 1 tbsp grated parmesan cheese 3/4 tsp Italian seasoning 1/8 tsp garlic salt 1/8 tsp pepper Italian Tomato sauce: 1 can/bottle stewed tomatoes 1/8 tsp Italian seasoning salt, sugar, pepper to taste 1 tsp cornstarch + 1/4 c cold water |
| Variations: For variation, you can use spaghetti sauce instead of the above Italian tomato sauce. Tomato sauce/spaghetti sauce can be poured on the chicken during the last 5 minutes, topped with mozarella-parmesan cheese mixture. Can be served with spaghetti instead of dinner rolls. |