Chicken Roulades smoked

I made two types

1. Stuffed with ham, cheese, Broccoli wrapped in bacon 

mmmm 

2. Stuffed with home made pesto, spinach, and goat cheese

Ingredients:

Gordon blu

1. Chicken breast
2. Plain ham
3. Uncured bacon
4. Broccoli
5. Cheese (cheddar jack blend)

Pesto / spinach / goat cheese

1. Chicken breast
2. Pesto
3. Spinach
4. Goat cheese

Pesto

1. Basil
2. 3 garlic cloves
3. Parmesan cheese
4. Pine nuts

Directions:

Pesto

1. Chop garlic on cutting board
2. Add leaves of basil and chop into garlic
3. Keep adding leaves until you have desired amount
4. Add 1/2 Tsp of pine nuts continue chopping
5. Add 1 Tsp or to taste chopped parmesan
6. transfer to container
7. Slowly add  1Tbsp of olive oil at a time until you reach desired consistency

ready to be used 

Roulades

1. Place two towels under cutting board
2. Put chicken on cutting board loosely cover with saran wrap
3. Beat the hell out of the chicken until flat and wide
4. put desired ingredients in chicken
   
   
   
   
5. Roll chicken up tightly using toothpicks to keep chicken in place
6. If using bacon wrap bacon tightly around chicken (stretch bacon for better wrap)
   
7. Put on smoker (directly on grate) between 250 - 275 for 1.5 to 2 hours until it reaches an internal temp of 165F. I used Apple wood chunks and smoked the entire time.
8. Remove from smoker and wrap in foil for 10 minutes. 

   

   Finished Product

   
   

Notes:

The pesto had great flavor but wasn't as moist as the bacon wrapped. I may pull it a few minutes sooner to keep it moister. Or inject with butter. Alternatively i may just wrap it in bacon.