Tex's Classic British Pub Chicken in a Basket 🇬🇧🍗🍟🍲

Name: Tex's Classic British Pub Chicken in a Basket 🇬🇧🍗🍟🍲
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 chicken breast; 1 chicken portion (drumstick, wing, thigh, etc.); 2-3 large floury potatoes; As needed Oil for deep frying; 1 large free-range egg (beaten); as needed to coat Panko; ⚫; ➖ Breading ➖; 1/4 cup flour (or preferably fine breadcrumbs); 2 tablespoon paprika; 2 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 1 teaspoon dried thyme; 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley; 1/2 teaspoon onion powder; 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

Tex @cook_3903024

Manchester, England

Chicken in a basket basically means chicken & chips. It first became a popular pub dish in Britain in the late 1960s. The chicken is often deep fried, but this is my version with oven roasted breaded portions.

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Ingredients

1 hour

1 serving

1chicken breast
1chicken portion (drumstick, wing, thigh, etc.)
2-3large floury potatoes
As neededOil for deep frying
1large free-range egg (beaten)
as neededto coat Panko
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➖ Breading ➖
1/4 cupflour (or preferably fine breadcrumbs)
2 tablespoonpaprika
2 teaspoonssalt
1 teaspoonblack pepper
1 teaspoondried thyme
1/2 teaspoondried parsley
1/2 teaspoononion powder
1/2 teaspoongarlic powder

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Steps

1 hour

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Mix the breading throughly, except for the Panko
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Cut your potatoes into thick chips and deep fry at 130°C (265°F) for 2 minutes
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Preheat your oven to gas mark 5/190°C (375°F)
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Dip your chicken in to the egg, then completely dredge in the breading
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Dip in to the egg again, then coat with Panko
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Put on a baking tray and place in the middle of the oven for 35-40 minutes. Use a skewer to pierce, if the juices run clear, it's done. If they run pink, give it a further 5 minutes then test again. If using a meat thermometer, the temp. should be 75°C or 165°F
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Turn the oven off when the chicken is done, but leave in, and let rest in the residual heat for 10 minutes
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Bring your oil to 190°C or 375°F while your chicken rests. Deep fry your chips for another 2 minutes when ready to serve. Remove your chicken from the oven when rested, and deep fry for 1 minute until golden
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Serve on kitchen paper or a napkin in a basket or bowl with the chips and a salad
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Tex @cook_3903024

on October 16, 2016 03:34

Manchester, England

I'm a designer/artist and I learned to cook when I started making my own Chinese food over 30 years ago. I'm a lover of my native British food, but recently I've developed a taste for American comfort food, especially sandwiches and BBQ (watching too much 'Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives' probably). 😸 Unfortunately, we don't have any independent US-style diners or drive-ins in my neck of the woods, so I had to learn from recipe books and the Food Network. I'll also be publishing some traditional UK classics in case any non-Brits want to have a crack at Brit grub.