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kezlehan

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Hi all, urgently need your help!
I'm cooking chicken breasts stuffed with light Philadelphia with garlic and herbs tonight, and just realised I have no cocktail sticks to keep them closed!
Anybody got any suggestions of what I can use? I don't have any string or anything similar. Oops :(
 
I have a needle and thread yes. How would I go about it without damaging the chicken / killing us all?
 
Put the needle and thread in boiling water for a minute or so if you're worried about germs. Then just do a running basting stitch that you can easily pull out.
 
toothpicks are hard to get out of chicken. I almost never use them to keep my cutlets closed; just pound them thin so they go all the way around the stuffing.
 
Unwaxed dental floss should work. As will regular ol' first aid gauze that you likely will have in your first aid kit.
 
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