Cook’s notes
My daughter, Alex, cooked this dish based on a short video she saw on Instagram. Because the chicken, noodles and sauce all have to be cooked separately, you will have to time everything so that both the pasta and chicken are at their prime when served.
If it looks like too much work for one dish, I suggest making the sauce ahead of time.
Fried chicken and spaghetti
Ingredients
Fried chicken
- 2 chicken leg quarter fillets or four chicken thigh fillets
- salt
- pepper
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 egg beaten
- ¾ cup panko
- cooking oil for frying
Pasta in tomato cream sauce
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion peeled and grated
- 4 cloves garlic peeled and grated
- ¼ teaspoon oregano
- 2 cups tomato sauce
- ¼ cup finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes
- ¼ cup finely chopped bell pepper
- salt
- pepper
- sugar
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 150 grams spaghetti (5.2 oz) cooked and drained well
To complete the dish
- shredded mozzarella as much as you like
- chopped parsley
Instructions
Fry the chicken
- Pound the chicken between sheets of cling wrap until the meat is half an inch in thickness then press between stacks of paper towels.
- Sprinkle the chicken on both sides with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Place the flour, beaten egg and panko in three shallow bowls.
- Dredge each chicken in flour; shake off the excess.
- Dip each floured chicken cutlet in the beaten egg, making sure that every inch of the surface is coated with egg.
- Roll each chicken cutlet in panko. Make sure that the panko coating is even.
- Heat enough cooking oil so that it is at least an inch and a half deep.
- Over medium heat, fry the breaded chicken cutlets for two to three minutes per side.
- Rest the chicken on a rack.
Cook the pasta in tomato cream sauce
- In another pan, heat the olive oil.
- Saute the onion, garlic and oregano for a minute.
- Pour in the tomato sauce.
- Stir in the sun-dried tomatoes and bell pepper.
- Sprinkle in a little salt, pepper and sugar.
- Simmer the sauce for 10 minutes.
- Stir in the sour cream.
- Taste and adjust the seasonings.
- Toss in the pasta.
- Set aside and keep warm.
Fry the chicken a second time
- Pour more oil into the frying pan so that the depth is at least three inches.
- Turn up the heat to high and fry the chicken cutlets a second time until nicely browned and crisp.
- Drain the chicken on paper towels then transfer to a chopping board and cut into half-inch slices.
Assemble the dish
- Divide the pasta among flour plates or bowls, piling on one side only, and sprinkle generously with mozzarella.
- Melt the mozzarella with a kitchen torch.
- Arrange the sliced fried chicken on the other side of the plates or bowls.
- Sprinkle in chopped parsley before serving.
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