Fried chicken breasts rubbed in ancho peppers
1 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Ancho (or mulato) peppers; r | |
| 6 | Cl Garlic | |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Oregano |
| ½ | teaspoon | Sugar |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt |
| ½ | cup | Fine corn meal |
| ½ | cup | Coarse corn meal |
| ½ | cup | Flour |
| 1 | tablespoon | Black pepper |
| 1 | tablespoon | Chile powder |
| 2 | Boneless skinless chicken br | |
| White flour; (for dusting) -----the rub------- | ||
| 6 | Ancho (or mulato) peppers; r | |
| 6 | Cl Garlic; minced | |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Oregano flakes |
| ½ | teaspoon | Sugar |
| ½ | teaspoon | Salt -----seasoned coating----- |
| ½ | cup | Fine corn meal |
| ½ | cup | Coarse corn meal |
| ½ | cup | Flour |
| 1 | tablespoon | Black pepper |
| 1 | tablespoon | Chile powder |
Directions
Recipe by: Jim Maslanka <jmasl@...> Chicken: 2 whole chicken breasts, boned, skinned, and split; rinse and pat dry . Separate the tenderloins from each breast; you'll now have 8 pieces of chicken . Pound chicken flat to about 50% increase in size . Score meat with sharp knife in a ½ inch criss cross pattern
Rub: . Toast dried peppers on a hot iron skillet; remove stem; slit and remove seeds . Place peppers in a pan; cover with water; bring to a boil; remove from heat; let stand for 1 hour. . Place all rub ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth; run mixture through a food mill (fine filter) if possible. Should be a thick paste.
Coating: . Mix ingredients thoroughly.
Preparation: . Lightly dust chicken meat on all sides with flour, allow to dry for 5 minutes. . With a butter knife, spread the ancho paste evenly on one side of the chicken pieces; rub into the scored pattern (should be enough paste to "hide" the chicken meat). . Sprinkle liberally with seasoned coating; pat it into the paste; allow to dry for 5 min. . Turn chicken pieces over and repeat the paste and coating process on other side of meat.
. Pour 1 cup of olive oil into a hot iron skillet; add ¼ stick of butter; reduce heat to medium. . Don't crowd the chicken in the pan (cook breasts first, followed by tenderloins); for each batch: cook, covered, for 5 minutes; turn the meat; cook for another 5 minutes. . Remove meat, place on a warming rack in a 300 degree oven. . Continue cooking remaining meat.
I served this with a yellow corn and black bean salsa, cooked for about 5 minutes with onions, 1 tsp balsamic vinegar, and ¼ cup chicken broth.