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Whole Fried Young Chicken with Salsa Verde

Ingredients

  • 2 game hens or poussin, liberally salted for at least 24 hours
  • Salsa Verde:
  • 3 bunches parsely, roughly destemmed
  • 3oz capers (volume)
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 3oz fine breadcrumbs (volume)
  • 24oz olive oil
  • Salt, TT
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Whole Fried Young Chicken with Salsa Verde

by Nate Appleman
Time: 30 minutes prep, 20 minutes cook
Servings: 2
 

Directions

  1. Deep fry chickens @ 375 for 12 minutes. Serve with salsa verde and lemon wedges.
  2. In a blender, blend the garlic and capers with half of the olive oil until smooth. Pour mixture into a bowl. Blend the parsley with the other half of the oil, quickly, to avoid oxidation. Combine both mixtures with the breadcrumbs in the bowl. Salt to taste.
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Summary

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Make sure you get very high quality game hens from your butcher for this dish. Serve with my Fried Brussels Sprouts and some pasta on the side.

Reviews

  • Mihir Shah
    April 21, 2008
    Awesome!!! I fried in olive oil and would recommend that for others. You can reduce the quite a bit the amounts on the Salsa Verde - didn't need this much sauce for just two hens. I would suggest dividing by 2...
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