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Home fried chicken

Home fried chickenWe miss fried chicken! On the whole we are a healthy family who eat good healthy food, but just sometimes we crave this kind of fatty fried food. This dish is a bit of an effort but we tend to do it for birthdays and special treats, and you can do the first half earlier in the day. Serves 4.

 

Ingredients

A Chicken butchered into breast, legs and wings

olive oil

salt and pepper

A whole bulb of garlic

a handful of fresh rosemary

300ml white wine

300ml organic or home made chicken stock

A bowlful of breadcrumbs

Plain flour

3 eggs (or 4 if your chickens produce small ones), beaten

Cajun spice mix, or paprika, or fresh herbs and Parmesan, or garlic and onion powder or whatever flavours take your fancy

Vegetable or sunflower oil

 

Method

If the chicken breasts are large then cut them into halves so they are more manageable as individual portions. Heat a large saucepan and add a bit of oil and chuck in the chicken pieces. Cut the whole garlic bulb in half horizontally and chuck that in with the rosemary and some salt and pepper. Pour in the stock and white wine (it pretty much needs to cover the chicken to poach it so add more if necessary. Cover the pan and simmer gently for about 1-1 ½ hours, until the chicken is cooked through and coming away from the bone (less if your chicken is small), add more liquid during this time if necessary. Once it's cooked leave it to cool until you're ready to do the next stage.

 

Get out 3 big plates and fill the first with plain flour (seasoned, and mix some of chosen flavour in too), the second with the beaten egg and the third with the breadcrumbs and more of your chosen flavour. Once the chicken is cool enough to handle coat them first in the flour, shake of any excess and then coat in the egg. Again let any excess drip off and then coat in the breadcrumbs, making sure coat them well. You can also add a bit more flavour mix just before the breadcrumbs if you want. You can now leave them again until you are ready to cook, just lay them on a tray in the fridge

 

Your going to deep fry them for a few minutes until golden, which most people know how to do better then me but basically you heat a load of oil in a pan, you can check when it's hot enough by putting a piece of potato in it and when the potato floats and turns golden the oil is hot enough. Carefully fry the chicken pieces until golden and crispy and then drain on kitchen paper to absorb excess oil. Serve with lemon wedges, salad, coleslaw, chips, salad etc. and enjoy!