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Informal Meal |
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Food |
Montana Fried Chicken with Fry-Up and Broccoli |
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Booze |
Beer |
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Serves |
Four diners; Starting 7.00pm |
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Sources |
An ungelic messenger |
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Notes |
Uses a steamer basket in a saucepan to cook broccoli (but you can use a conventional steamer or boil instead) |
Stuff to have or buy:
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Onion (one; medium) |
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Potatoes (900g/2lb) |
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Broccoli (450g/1lb) |
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Chicken thighs (eight: c.600g/21oz; skinless) |
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Orange juice (15 ml/1 tablespoon) |
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Oil (23ml/1½tbsp; vegetable) |
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Tomato puree (75g/2½oz) |
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Tomato paste (1tbsp; sun-dried) [optional] |
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Soy sauce (½ teaspoon) |
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Breadcrumbs (natural (or golden); 115g/4oz) |
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Southern chicken flavour coating (15g/½oz) |
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Egg (one) |
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Honey (1 tablespoon)) |
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Pepper in grinder |
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When?: Timeline minus c.15 minutes (e.g. c.5.45pm)
How long?: Preparation takes about 10 minutes
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Get cooking implements ready: |
One oven baking tray; One large saucepan (for boiling potatoes); One medium-large saucepan (for broccoli); One steamer basket to fit medium-large saucepan; One large non-stick saucepan; One stirring spoon; One spatula; Two large bowls – one for flour; one for set-aside chicken; One cup for egg; One small bowl for dipping sauce; Colander to drain broccoli |
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Get serving implements ready: |
Two serving spoons |
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3 |
Get eating implements ready: |
Plates; Cutlery |
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Make sure ingredients are all to hand: |
Potatoes; Vegetable oil; Chicken; Breadcrumbs; Southern coating; Onion; Tomato puree; Sun-dried tomato paste; Soy sauce; Orange juice; Egg; Honey; Black pepper; Broccoli |
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5.59 |
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Wash, scrub and cut 900g (2lb) potatoes into pieces (c.1" cubes) |
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Put on 3½ pints (1¾l) fresh water to boil in a large saucepan for potatoes |
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Grease an oven baking tray with a little oil |
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Wash eight chicken thighs; shake to leave damp but not wet; and set aside into a bowl |
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Wash hands |
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Mix 115g (4oz) of natural (or golden) breadcrumbs with 15g (½oz) of southern-flavour coating in a second bowl |
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Turn oven on 200oC/400oF/Gas Mark 6 |
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Break the egg into a cup, mix up with a fork, pour over chicken and mix well |
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Take chicken thighs one-at-a-time, coat in the breadcrumb mixture, and place onto the greased baking tray once completed |
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Put potatoes in to large saucepan to boil |
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Put baking tray of chicken into oven to cook |
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Cut up the onion and set aside |
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Make a dipping sauce for the chicken; Into a bowl mix 75g (2½oz) of tomato puree; 1 tablespoon of sun-dried tomato paste; ½ teaspoon of soy sauce; 1 tablespoon of orange juice; 1 tablespoon of honey; a grind or two of black pepper |
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Wash c.450g (1lb) broccoli and cut into sections |
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Heat 1½ tablespoons (23ml) of vegetable oil in non-stick pan |
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Drain potatoes and cut them into c.1cm cubes |
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Put onion into non-stick pan to fry over a medium-low heat |
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Put steamer basket into saucepan and pour in water so it is just under base of basket; Put on to boil |
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Turn chicken over |
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Add potatoes to fry with onion in non-stick pan, turning heat up to medium and stirring regularly |
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Put broccoli into steamer basket to cook (place lid over saucepan if you have one) |
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Put dipping sauce onto table |
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Drain the broccoli in a colander |
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7.00 |
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Get chicken from oven and serve with broccoli and potato/onion mix |
It's not really from Montana, and the chicken is baked not fried. So sue me.
· You can put the breadcrumb mixture into a sealable plastic bag rather than a bowl, and pop one thigh in at a time to coat.
· Use chicken breasts cut in half or (for larger ones) thirds instead of thighs
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& http://www.timeline-cooking.com/montanachicken.htm November 2010