The other day I just fancied some chicken kievs, not them little balls I mean the proper chicken breast sized ones. In Tesco I was mooching through the different chilled kievs and I saw they do a few that have got other fillings instead of garlic. I've got a thing about cheese and ham and LOVE trying new things that have got this combo in or on them so I had to get these Cheese & Ham Chicken Kievs.

They take about 20 mins to cook from chilled and you can freeze them as well and still only take an extra 10 mins to cook from frozen.

Quite a lot of oil comes out of the chicken kievs when they're cooking and the bottom layer of breadcrumbs tastes and feels a bit greasy. I was glad the filling didn't start coming out of the kiev because that does my head in, they look nice when they're cooked and you can smell the cooked chicken and cheese.

The sauce inside the kiev is nice but it's not all that tasty, you can sort of taste the ham but it's not a strong flavour and to me just tasted like salty meat instead of actually being ham. It gives the cheese sauce a lovely salty flavour all the way through... and it kind of needs it because the cheese in this is a bit bland and deffo isn't as strong as I thought it would be.

The chicken is delish, you can tell it hasn't been messed about with too much and it's lovely and tender. The breadcrumbs are ok too, they go a bit crunchy but the bottoms go a bit soggy and never crisp up as good as the top. There isn't a massive amount of filling in the kievs but it's quite rich so I reckon it's just right, it's got a better texture than taste but there are deffo better cheese and ham flavoured hot food about.

I WILL probably get these again but not very often and I reckon it'll be one of them things I buy every 4 months and they disappoint me every time! LOL

Recommended.... but don't expect too much!!!