What could be better than a chicken roulade stuffed with Nduja? Your first question might be, “what is Nduja?” Nduja is not a typical Italian dish that most of us are familiar with. Nduja (pronounced en-DOO-ya) is a soft, spreadable type of pork salami (paté-like) with Calabrian chiles and a blend of spices. It is great on a crostini and perfect for a charcuterie plate. Check here for more discussion of nduja and for my recipe. It also works well for this recipe!!
In today’s recipe, we are going to use Nduja as part of the filling in our roulade.
Our chicken breast will be pounded thin and stuffed with nduja, some ricotta and smoked mozzarella cheese, and spices.
We will wrap the chicken in slices of prosciutto and crisp in a hot cast iron pan to finish off the roulade. Since the prosciutto is thin, it will easily stick to the chicken breast as you roll it. So, no problem there!
You can always adjust the “heat/spice” in this recipe based on your preferences. If you like spicy, add more nduja and less ricotta cheese. Or add some red pepper flakes to the sauce. Let me know what you think of nduja in the comments below. As always, thanks for Spending Time in My Kitchen!