Chicken and Cheese Blintzes

Thin milk crêpes with a hearty, savory filling! These blintzes are so good — my husband couldn't stop praising them. Make the crêpes and filling ahead of time, and breakfast comes together in just minutes.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 22 % 9 g
Fats 46 % 19 g
Carbohydrates 32 % 13 g
264 kcal
GI: 15 / 0 / 85

Cooking method

Cooking time: 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    How do you make chicken and cheese blintzes? Start by gathering your ingredients.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Finely dice the chicken breast.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    Fry the chicken in vegetable oil for about 3 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, and turmeric.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    Add the finely chopped onion.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5

    Sauté the onion and chicken together until golden.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6

    Pour in the cream and stir. Let it cook down until the liquid has evaporated.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7

    Transfer the filling to a plate and let it cool slightly.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8

    Grate the cheese.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9

    Spoon a little filling onto each crêpe and top with a pinch of cheese.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10

    Roll up the blintzes. Fry them in a mix of vegetable oil and butter until golden.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11

    Serve with sour cream. Enjoy!

  • Use your favorite crêpe recipe. I make mine this way: //1000.menu/cooking/2567-blinj-na-moloke-tonkie
  • Any cheese works here — hard, semi-hard, or soft like mozzarella. Just make sure it's good quality, tastes great, has no milk-fat substitutes, and melts well.
  • Keep in mind that every cooking oil is only healthy up to its smoke point. Past that, it starts to burn and can form harmful compounds, so heat it gently and don't let it scorch.
  • The right pan matters, too — a poor-quality skillet can ruin even the best recipe, so use a good nonstick or well-seasoned pan.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Buttermilk - 36  kcal/100g
  • Cream of 20% fat content - 300  kcal/100g
  • Cream of 10% fat content - 120  kcal/100g
  • Cream - 300  kcal/100g
  • Dutch cheese - 352  kcal/100g
  • Swiss cheese - 335  kcal/100g
  • Russian cheese - 366  kcal/100g
  • Kostroma cheese - 345  kcal/100g
  • Yaroslavsky cheese - 361  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese 50% fat content - 356  kcal/100g
  • Soviet cheese - 400  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'steppe' - 362  kcal/100g
  • Uglichsky cheese - 347  kcal/100g
  • Poshekhonsky cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Lambert cheese - 377  kcal/100g
  • Appnzeller cheese with 50% fat content - 400  kcal/100g
  • Chester cheese with 50% fat content - 363  kcal/100g
  • Edamer cheese with 40% fat content - 340  kcal/100g
  • Cheese with mushrooms of 50% fat content - 395  kcal/100g
  • Emmental cheese with 45% fat content - 420  kcal/100g
  • Gouda cheese with 45% fat content - 356  kcal/100g
  • Aiadeus cheese - 364  kcal/100g
  • Dom blanc cheese (semi-hard) - 360  kcal/100g
  • Lo spalmino cheese - 61  kcal/100g
  • Cheese 'etorki' (sheep, hard) - 401  kcal/100g
  • White cheese - 100  kcal/100g
  • Fat yellow cheese - 260  kcal/100g
  • Altai cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Kaunas cheese - 355  kcal/100g
  • Latvian cheese - 316  kcal/100g
  • Limburger cheese - 327  kcal/100g
  • Lithuanian cheese - 250  kcal/100g
  • Lake cheese - 350  kcal/100g
  • Gruyere cheese - 396  kcal/100g
  • Turmeric - 325  kcal/100g
  • Butter 82% - 734  kcal/100g
  • Amateur unsalted butter - 709  kcal/100g
  • Unsalted peasant butter - 661  kcal/100g
  • Peasant salted butter - 652  kcal/100g
  • Melted butter - 869  kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Pepper - 26  kcal/100g
  • Chicken breast (fillet) - 113  kcal/100g
  • Pancakes on rast.oil - 235  kcal/100g
  • Pancakes on olives.oil - 200  kcal/100g

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