My friend Chick

[hippywife]

Sorry, Stinky! LOL We get so few copycats in C&B (thankfully!) but the timing was too good to pass up.
:rofl:



Not the best pic, as usual, but OMG! I haven't had really good home-fried chicken in ages because we don't buy it anymore, not even at Whole Paycheck! It was the first attempt by one of our co-op producers to do pastured poultry in addition to his beef and pork. He exceeded, I mean succeeded beyond my wildest expectations. This bad boy was 5.10 lbs! What you see on this platter is minus the breast and thigh we already ate.

Marinated it all day today and then dredged in an egg/yogurt mixture and then in flour, kosher salt, granulated garlic, pepper, and cayenne. Then dredged it in both again before putting in the cast iron skillet. I only have one large cast iron skillet so I had to fry it in three batches.

The breast was tender and juicy. It alone was really enough for two meals but... I served it with baked sweet potatoes, sliced tomatoes, and dutch oven crusty wheat bread. I didn't even eat a potato and hubband only ate half of one.

That bird was over $21 but there are at least two more meals there and I made broth with the back and neck.


We may not have room for the green tomato pie and vanilla ice cream later.

[bicentennial_baby]

1. What was the marinade?

That looks delicious...WOW.

:bounce:

[hippywife]

2. I used

olive oil, lemon juice, red wine vinegar(just small amounts of each), salt, pepper, garlic. Turned the chicken to coat it really well a few times. But I might as well not have marinated it, really. This all natural way of raising chicken produces a bird with firm flesh, not spongy so it really didn't seem to absorb much of the marinade yet tasted wonderful all the way through.

How's your dinner coming? Smelling good in there yet?

[bicentennial_baby]

3. Oh, it smells awesome in here. I decided to do it in the heavy pot,

like the original recipe, and it's about done. I just tried a little bite of the meat and...YUM!

The sauce is still kinda watery, so after I rest the meat, I'm going to reduce it some.

I'm serving it with buttered pasta with fresh grated Parm, and a Spinach salad. :D

[hippywife]

4. Sounds like a plan!

If you want, you can also add a small can of tomato paste to thicken it up a little bit. Enjoy!

[Stinky The Clown]

5. That could be a cover shot for Saveur magazine.

Chicken fried in cast iron ...... it doesn't get a whole lot better!

[hippywife]

6. Oh...

The lightings all wrong! :rofl:

Thanx, Stinks. :hug:

How was your Sunday supper, sir?

[Stinky The Clown]

7. I'm stuffed

Painfully stuffed.

It was really good. Probably two more meals in the pot since I'm the only one who will eat it. Sparkly had some ratatouille she'd made on Friday. We shared the egg noddles as the base.

[hippywife]

8. Don't you wish

you could vividly remember that feeling before you pick up the fork and take that first bite? Somehow I miraculously draw a blank in those moments. :eyes:

Glad you two had a fine dinner together. :hi:

[NMDemDist2]

9. ahhh chuck AND chick

dang

I gotta get laid off soon, I need to get back into the kitchen :cry:

[Stinky The Clown]

10. I won't say how I first read your message ......

:X

I had to read it twice to understand it.

:rofl:

[NMDemDist2]

12. well

just proves you ain't dead yet :rofl:

:spank:

[hippywife]

11. LOL

Not laughing at your pain at all sweetie, but Stinky isn't the only one who had to read that twice. Guess that says more about us than you, huh?

Hope you adjust to your new schedule soon, or find a job that has one you can adjust to. :hug:

[NMDemDist2]

13. glad I could give you a chuckle

sounds like you needed one after the week you had

:hug:

[hippywife]

14. ...

:loveya: Hope things get better for you, too, doll. :hug:

[NMDemDist2]

15. I'm not complaining, I'm swimming in cash

good thing too, since I have to buy a lot more prepared food.