Easy Homemade Chicken Kiev Chicken Kiev is a beautiful Chicken cutlet style dish made by encasing garlic butter inside a chicken breast coating the whole thing in breadcrumbs and cooking. The origin of this dish is widely disputed by both the Russians and the Ukrainian's. The Ukrainians claim the dish was invented there and named after the Capital of Ukraine, however a Russian food historian subsequently claimed the dish was invented in the Moscow Merchants Club in the early part of the twentieth century, and was renamed by a local restaurant using the name chicken Kiev to enhance their menu. Wherever it was invented it is now a well known and much enjoyed dish all over the world. This Chicken Kiev recipe is easy to make, with no real technical skills required. The resulting dish will make even the most experienced cooks feel proud to serve it. ingredients 8 ...