BEGGAR'S CHICKEN
Here is a traditional recipe from Hangzhou, a Chinese city long known for its gorgeous scenery and place in the Southern Song Dynasty. From that era comes this chicken, which is stuffed with a savory pork mixture and then encased in clay before baking. The clay lends the chicken an unearthly tenderness. This is a weekend project, yes, but one well worth tackling.
Provided by Craig Claiborne And Pierre Franey
Categories dinner, project, main course
Time 3h30m
Yield Four servings
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Rub the chicken inside and out with salt, half of the soy sauce and half of the wine. Set aside for at least one hour.
- Meanwhile, put the mushrooms in a small mixing bowl and add warm water to cover. Let stand half an hour or until the caps are softened. Drain and squeeze to extract and discard excess moisture. Cut off and discard the tough stems. Cut the caps into thin slivers and set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Cut the preserved vegetable into thin slivers. If it has been packed in a shredded state, shred it further. Set aside.
- Heat the oil in a wok or skillet and add the pork. Cook, stirring rapidly, until it loses its raw look. Add the mushrooms, preserved vegetable and bamboo shoots. Add the remaining soy sauce, remaining wine, salt and sugar. Cook, stirring, one minute. Set aside to cool.
- Stuff the mixture inside the chicken.
- Fold the wing tips under the chicken. Truss the chicken as neatly as possible with string.
- Lay out a large rectangle of aluminum foil on a flat surface. Place the chicken in the center. Wrap the chicken as compactly as possible inside the foil.
- Gather together a large handful of the clay. Flatten this handful to a thickness of about one inch and apply it to one outside section of the foil-wrapped chicken. Place another flattened handful of clay slightly overlapping and press to seal the two pieces together. Continue applying handfuls of clay, pressing as you work, until the chicken is completely and compactly covered with clay. Smooth the clay over as you work. You may bake the chicken at this point or you may ''sculpt'' the product with additional pieces of clay, shaping it to resemble a whole bird with beak, feet, eyes, tail feathers and so on.
- Place in the oven and bake 45 minutes. Increase the oven temperature to 400 degrees. As the clay bakes, it may develop cracks. As these are noticed, seal the cracks by smearing on a little more clay.
- Continue baking the chicken for 30 minutes. If desired, you may then paint the clay with poster paint or watercolors.
- To serve, crack the clay, remove the chicken and peel away and discard the foil. Carve the chicken and serve with the preserved-vegetable stuffing.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 694, UnsaturatedFat 38 grams, Carbohydrate 6 grams, Fat 54 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 43 grams, SaturatedFat 12 grams, Sodium 991 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams, TransFat 0 grams
BEGGAR'S CHICKEN
I saw this on the Frugal Gourmet cooking show back in the 80's and made it a couple of times. Once I even wrapped up the cooked clay chicken in a towel, put it in a backpack, and hiked to the Y by BYU where we cracked it open and ate while enjoying the sunset.
Provided by Irwin Family Favori
Categories Whole Chicken
Time 2h40m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Mix marinade ingredients together and rub the chicken inside and out.
- Tie the legs together.
- Place chicken on a roasting rack, breast side up.
- Roast in 450 degree oven for 20 minutes until slightly brown.
- Remove from oven and let cool until you can handle it.
- Place chicken, breast side up, on parchment paper and wrap up.
- Place wrapped chicken in a paper sack and fold ends of bag.
- Roll out clay on a dish towel or wax paper on a bread board to about 1/2 inch thick, 16 inches wide, and 21 inches long.
- Place bagged chicken in the middle of clay, and encase the bag in clay. Create an animal shape such as a bird or pig.
- Place on a large baking sheet.
- Bake at 350 for 45 minutes.
- Increase the oven temperature to 400 degrees and continue baking the chicken for 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and let rest 20 minutes.
- Serve at the table and let guests use a hammer to carefully crack it open.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 379.8, Fat 28.2, SaturatedFat 7.8, Cholesterol 121.9, Sodium 655.8, Carbohydrate 0.5, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 0.1, Protein 29.1
BEGGAR'S CHICKEN
Provided by Betty Fussell
Categories main course
Time 6h
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Rub the chicken inside and out with a mixture of two tablespoons soy sauce, one tablespoon rice wine and one tablespoon sesame oil. Marinate at room temperature for one to two hours.
- Soak the lotus leaves in hot water for at least 30 minutes, or until they are flexible. Rinse the dried mushrooms, then soak them in two-thirds of a cup of hot water for 30 minutes, or until soft.
- If you are using a Schlemmertopf, soak the clay pot in cold water for 15 minutes. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees.
- Prepare and assemble the remaining vegetables and shellfish.
- Heat a wok for one minute until very hot. Add the peanut oil. Add the fresh mushrooms and brown them quickly. Add the reconstituted mushrooms, duck potatoes, bamboo shoots, lotus seeds and bean sprouts, with salt, sugar and the remaining tablespoon of soy sauce and rice wine or sherry. Stir well for one minute, then add the scallops and shrimp, stir-fry for one minute only and remove contents of wok to a plate to cool.
- Stuff the chicken with the vegetable-shellfish mixture and sew the opening with kitchen thread. Wrap the chicken in layers of the soaked lotus leaves, place it in the clay pot and cover tighly. Bake the chicken at 250 degrees for about three hours.
- Remove the pot from the oven, remove lid and serve the chicken in its lotus wrappings in the pot. Remove the top lotus leaves at the table to release the aroma. Carve the chicken with a spoon and serve with the stuffing and pot juices.
CHICKEN BIRIYANI BEGGARS POUCHES
This is my attempt at an entry for the RSC6 contest! I think I have come up with something that is not only visually a knockout, but delicious as well. I hope you will give it a try!
Provided by MarieRynr
Categories Asian
Time 1h20m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 21
Steps:
- Mix the cayenne powder, coriander powder and tumeric powder, set aside
- In a clean food processor grind the medium onion, garlic and ginger to a paste
- Dry the chicken well and chop finely, but do not grind ( a couple of pulses in the food processor will do fine
- Heat the oil or ghee in a pan and fry the onion slices to golden and set aside
- Do the same to the cashew nuts and raisins and set aside
- Add the ground paste and dry spice mix to the pan and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, then add the chopped chicken
- Cook the chicken in the spice paste for a few minutes, turning it over a few times with a spoon, until it is no longer pink
- Add the green chilies, garam masala, whole cardamom, yoghurt, coriander leaves and salt to taste
- Let the chicken simmer in the sauce until the chicken is cooked and the sauce thickens
- Remove from heat and let cool
- Cut the phyllo sheets in half, so you have 32 squares
- cover the phyllo with plastic wrap and a damp towel while working so it does not dry out
- Place one sheet of phyllo on your work surface
- Brush with a little melted butter, especially the edges
- Place a second sheet on top in the opposite direction to make a cross, brushing this sheet with melted butter as well
- Place two more sheets in the same manner (criss crossing and brushing with butter) on top of the previous sheets of phyllo (you will have 4 layers, criss crossing each other
- Divide chicken mixture into 8 and place 1/8th of mixture into center of one of the layers of phyllo
- Sprinkle 1/8th of the cashews and raisins on top
- Loosen the sheets of phyllo with a flat metal spatula or knife and using your fingers, carefully lift and gather the phyllo (as if making a pouch) encasing the chicken in a bundle with a loose flowing frilly top
- Pinch the gather together and hold for 5 seconds
- This will hold the package closed
- Place each purse on a lightly greased baking sheet and repeat with remaining chicken and phyllo
- Refrigerate until ready to bake (this can be made in advance up to this point)
- When placing the chicken on the sheet pans, leave enough space between the bundles to that they will become crispy on the sides when baked
- Preheat oven to 375*F
- Place the pans with the beggars purses on them into the preheated oven and bake for 20 minutes, until nicely crispy (do not overcook)
- To serve place one beggars purse on a warm plate, with a dollop of creme fraiche on the side, sprinkling the chopped coriander on for a garnish
- If you wanted, two of these purses could be served as a main course along with a spicy basamati pilaf
Nutrition Facts : Calories 559.2, Fat 45.6, SaturatedFat 27.4, Cholesterol 140.6, Sodium 305.5, Carbohydrate 29.3, Fiber 1.5, Sugar 5.2, Protein 10
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