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Cajun fried chicken with tomato salsa and sour cream
- Prep time:
- 10 mins, plus 2 hours marinating
- Cook time:
- 5 mins
- Serves:
- 2
Matt Tebbutt prepares a taste of Deep South Mississippi by cooking up spicy fried chicken
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Ingredients
- 2 Chicken breast
- 2 tsp Salt
- 2 tsp smoked Paprika
- 1 clove Garlic, finely chopped
- 1 Shallots, minced
- 2 pinches Sugar
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp dried Thyme
- 3 tsp dried Oregano
- 300g plain flour
- 85g Polenta
- 2 tbsp Paprika
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- oil, for deep frying
- Soured cream, for serving
For the tomato salsa
Method
1. Put the chicken strips into a bowl and add the salt, smoked paprika, garlic, shallot, 1 pinch of sugar, pepper, cayenne, thyme and 1 teaspoon of dried oregano and mix until the chicken is thoroughly coated. Set aside to marinate for 2 hours.2. For the tomato salsa: combine all the ingredients in a bowl with a pinch of salt and set aside until ready to serve.
3. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, polenta, paprika, garlic powder and the remaining pinch of sugar and stir until well mixed. Dust each strip of marinated chicken with the coating mixture.
4. Heat the fat in a deep pan until hot, then deep-fry the chicken strips in batches until crisp and golden.
5. Serve with the tomato salsa and a bowl of soured cream.
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Tried this out last night.. Very good, thumbs up from everyone here..That was a quick dish!
Where does the other two teaspoons of the dried Oregano go????