African Magic or Buttered Chicken?

No dulling this Saturday! Whip up this Special Sauced Buttered Chicken.

Buttered Sauced Chicken 

What would you rather be doing right now? Watching  'Aso Rock has Fallen’ or be eating this juicy tender flavored half baked coated chicken breast’…. Mhhhh Absolutely Amazing!.... Seriously, ya’ all will thank me… at least for not spending 2 hours watching “Aso Rock Down”

The Buttered chicken dish is absolutely superb! I actually thought it was my sister’s recipe which she deceptively told me it was. She is just a liar! Imagine, I had started imagining how much money the two of us would make from this recipe only to find how the recipe was first created by an Italian Chef, which he called Chicken Kiev. 

Anyway, it is absolutely amazing but one has to get the flavors and salt on point if not it wouldn’t taste as delicious as getting the right taste.

So enjoy cooking it…..And when you finish you can now sit down and watch that  African Magic Movie. Trust me this chicken would make the movie so dammmn interesting!

INGREDIENTS

-         2 small clove of garlic or 1 large clove of Garlic.

-         A big pinch of Salt and Paprika

-         ¼  cup of chopped Parsley

-         ¼ cup of your favorite butter

-         1 chicken breast

-         Egg

-         Black pepper

-         Milk

-         Seasoned Flour (that’s just flour and salt mixed together)

-         Panko Bread Crumbs (You can use crushed Potato chips)

-         Oil

-         Little bit of Lemon zest (Optional)

LET'S BEGIN: THE SAUCE…

·        Place garlic into mortar and pound well well.

·        Then add a big pinch of salt.

·        Then add the chopped parsley and the lemon zest. Pound well o. No lump of the garlic should remain but maybe small sha.

·        Then add your butter. Mash everything together and place in a plastic wrap as you see for the picture below. Put this mixture into the fridge to firm up.

Garlic Butter Paste

GET YOUR CHICKEN BREAST...

Chicken Breast

• Get your chicken breast as seen above. Then place the chicken on a plastic wrap and cover the chicken with the wrap. Get a pestle or a fry pan to pound the chicken. Make it about a quarter inch or thinner.  It would be better if thin but not too thin.

Pound the Chicken Breast

Thin Chicken Breast

• Remove the plastic wrap and season with salt and black pepper. Not too much ooooo. If salt plenty for there…. No say na Orisirisi finger foods o.  Just sprinkle on top of it pere!
• Remove your butter mixture from the fridge and place the butter in the middle of the chicken breast. Then envelope the butter so that the chicken can trap the butter in. (See pictures below)

Put Mixture in Chicken Breast

Orisirisi Buttered Chicken

·  Gather the Plastic wrap and wrap the whole chicken. Then put in the freezer for 30 mins before breading.

Ball it!

BREADING

•        After freezing for 30mins, get your flour, egg wash (beat egg and milk together to get the egg wash mixture), and Panko Bread or Potato chips. If you are using potato chips, crush it into crumbs. 
•      Place the chicken into the seasoned flour and coat.

Coat in Flour

•           When it’s thoroughly coated. Place it into egg mixture. Then lastly, coat in bread crumbs as seen in the pictures below.

•       Place the chicken back into the freezer for 15 mins.
•          While in the freezer, heat up the oil and remove the Chicken to fry until golden brown.

• IMPORTANT STAGE: As you don fry am…. NO EAT AM O!... Na raw chicken you dey eat be dat one. This last stage is important.
• Heat up your oven to about 400F. Then pop the golden brown chicken into the oven. But before you do, sprinkle with seasoned salt and paprika. Then, place in the oven for 10-15 mins to totally cook. 
• Due to different ovens, please check after 10mins to make sure the butter is not leaking out. If it leaks, it gives the garlic a very pungent taste and that’s not too good if you don’t like garlic. Let try to make the butter trapped from the onset.  

So thats it…………. ORISIRISI’S BUTTERED CHICKEN! 

#smallchops, #fingerfoods

It can be eaten alone or with Roasted Potatoes, Shrimp Rice or you could just take your favorite wine. When you make yours, feel free to to give your feedback.

Note: If e no sweet, no be me teach you.... Abeg no vex spoil my career abeg!

ENJOY!