Dixie Chicken Shortcake Food

CHICKEN SAMBAL

Steps:

• For the basmati rice: Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the rice and cook, stirring, until well coated, about 1 minute. Add the chicken broth, 1 1/2 cups water, 1/2 teaspoon salt and some pepper. Increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat to low, and cook until the liquid has been absorbed, about 12 minutes.
• Remove from the heat and let stand, covered, for 3 minutes. Stir in the cilantro and season with salt and pepper.
• For the chicken sambal: Whisk together the ponzu, sambal, brown sugar and fish sauce in a small bowl. Set aside.
• Sprinkle the chicken breasts and thighs liberally with salt and pepper on both sides.
• Heat the coconut oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. In two batches, add the chicken, skin-side down, and sear until golden brown, about 6 minutes; flip and sear on the reverse side, another 2 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a plate.
• Reduce the heat to medium and stir in the onions, garlic, lemongrass and galangal. Saute until the onions have softened and the garlic, lemongrass and galangal are lightly toasted, 5 minutes. Add the crushed tomatoes and the sambal mixture; bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to a simmer. Return the chicken to the pot, skin-side up, and simmer for 20 minutes to finish cooking through.
• Serve over the rice, garnished with lime wedges, scallions and cilantro.

ROAST CHICKEN WITH RADISHES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
• Place the chicken, breast side up, in a roasting pan or ceramic baking dish just large enough to hold the chicken and radishes, and sprinkle the cavity liberally with salt and pepper. Put the lemon and thyme in the cavity. Tie the legs together with kitchen string and tuck the wings under the body. Cut any larger radishes in half so they are all about the same size and place around the chicken.
• Pat the chicken dry with paper towels. Brush the chicken and radishes all over with the melted butter and sprinkle them both liberally with salt and pepper.
• Roast for 1 hour and 15 minutes, until the juices run clear when you cut between the leg and thigh. Cover the pan or baking dish with aluminum foil and allow to sit at room temperature for 15 minutes. Carve the chicken and serve with the radishes and pan juices.

SHORTCAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees; grease a 9x9 dish & set aside.
• In a large bowl, cut flour, sugar & butter together until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside 1/2 cup of this mixture.
• To the remaining butter mixture, add the rest of the ingredients & mix well.
• Pour into prepared dish & sprinkle topping over.
• Bake 30-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Note #1: The edges of the cake may turn a light golden brown while baking, but the topping should not brown.
• Note #2: Double the ingredients to make a larger (9x13) cake.

DIXIE CHICKEN SHORTCAKE

Steps:

• Make the cornbread:.
• Preheat oven to 450F and grease an 8" square pan.
• Sift dry ingredients together.
• Mix egg and buttermilk together and add to dry ingredients.
• Add melted butter and pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for approximately 18 minutes.
• Remove skin and bones from cooked chicken.
• Cut meat into small pieces.
• Make a sauce using chicken stock and flour; add chicken.
• Saute mushrooms in butter, season and add to chicken and sauce mixture; heat thoroughly.
• Cut cornbread into 8 squares; split squares.
• Place lower half of cornbread on a plate; cover with some of the chicken mixture.
• Replace the top half and cover with more of the chicken mixture.
• Serve immediately.

DIXIE CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a bowl, mix together the cornmeal, flour, salt, poultry seasoning & black pepper~set aside.
• Dip the chicken pieces into the buttermilk.
• Then Roll the buttermilk dipped chicken pieces into the cornmeal mixture.
• Arrange chicken pieces in a single layer in a well buttered baking dish.
• Pour the melted butter over the chicken.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour or until tender and no longer pink.

DIXIELAND SHORTCAKE

Steps:

• In a large skillet melt the butter over medium heat. Add the peppers, mushrooms and onions. Saute until crisp tender.
• Remove veggies from the pan.
• Stir flour into the pan and cook until bubbly. Whisk in the stock and bring to a boil.
• Lower the heat, simmer and stir for 5 minutes. Stir in the chicken, veggies and black pepper. Heat through.
• Cut corn bread into squares, split them in half and fill with the chicken.

DIXIE FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Pour canned Chicken Stock into wide shallow pan.
• Marinate chicken in the chicken stock overnight in the refrigerator, or for two to three hours in fridge.
• If using unsalted chicken stock, salt and pepper chicken on both sides, go easy on the salt, though.
• Pour enough corn oil into electric skillet to come only 1/4 up the sides of skillet.
• Set heat at 375-400.
• Have electric skillet pre-heated before you begin to coat chicken.
• Pour out 1 packet of Dixie Fry onto flat dish or pan.
• Have another large flat pan ready to hold the just-coated chicken in.
• Dredge the wet/marinated chicken in Dixie Fry, making sure the chicken is fully covered with coating, place in empty pan.
• Shake off excess.
• Once all chicken is coated, place all pieces of chicken in 400-420 electric skillet.
• Make sure to keep the lid on while chicken fries, as this will seal in the flavors and juices.
• Cook approximately 15-20 minutes on each side.
• I like to use tongs to turn chicken.
• Chicken should be golden brown when done.
• Drain/cool on paper towels for at least 5 minutes.
• Enjoy.