chicken pox? absolutely not...

30 Pinches 11 Photos
New Iberia, LA
Updated on Jan 1, 2014

I do make a lot of chicken dishes, and I am always trying to re-invent the bird. This is just another one of those dishes! I would have had more pictures but my batteries died.

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method Deep Fry
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Ingredients

  • - 4 chicken thighs { skin on bone in }
  • - 2 cans vernors ginger ale
  • - 1 orange { cut in ½ and juice squeezed into the pot and add the 1/2s }
  • - 3 green onions { sliced }
  • - 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • - 1 to 1 & ½ tablespoons flour
  • - 1 to 1 & ½ tablespoon unsalted butter
  • BREADING FOR THE CHICKEN:
  • - 1 cup all purpose flour
  • - 1 teaspoon chipotle seasonings
  • - 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
  • - 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

How To Make chicken pox? absolutely not...

  • Step 1
    In a sauce pot put the ginger ale, orange, salt and green onions, and bring it to a boil, then add the chicken, cover and turn it down to a simmer. Simmer for 30 minutes. Turn the chicken off, remove the cover and let it cool in the broth.
  • Step 2
    When it is cool put the chicken in a container, broth and orange too! Put it in the refrigerator overnight.
  • Step 3
    Then the next day { when you are ready to cook it } skim any fat that has collected on the top of the liquid and then discard the oranges.
  • Step 4
    Remove the chicken and wrap it in several layers of paper towels to absorb the wetness on the chicken.
  • Step 5
    TO COOK THE CHICKEN:
  • Step 6
    Mix the flour with the chipotle seasoning, salt and pepper. Dredge the chicken in the flour and shake off any excess.
  • Step 7
    Once you bread the chicken, let it sit out on a cooling rack for 30 minutes to set the flour. Then shake it in the flour again!
  • Step 8
    Fry in oil till the chicken is completely cooked { this will depend on how big your chicken pieces are }.
  • Step 9
    TO MAKE THE GRAVY:
  • Step 10
    Put the butter and flour in a sauce pan and cook it on low { you’re making a roux } whisking it till it gets to the medium dark brown stage and then add the jelled broth to it and bring it up to a boil. Keep whisking it and as soon as it starts to thicken, turn it down and continue to cook it for about 10 minutes on low. Check the gravy for seasonings {salt and pepper}.

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Category: Chicken
Category: Gravies
Ingredient: Chicken
Method: Deep Fry
Culture: American

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