Lisa Goodwin-allen’s Reimagined Chicken Dinner Classics – Recipes

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There is simply a unsocial comfortableness successful nan dishes we telephone classics, recipes that bring a consciousness of familiarity while leaving abstraction for reinvention. British cooking is afloat of specified touchstones, of dishes that consciousness timeless, yet that besides respond beautifully to a caller approach. I emotion exploring that balance, keeping nan bosom of a crockery while introducing flavours, textures and ideas that make it consciousness new, and that’s nan accuracy astatine nan bosom of Rosi, our caller edifice astatine nan Beaumont edifice successful London. Chicken diane and chickenhearted kiev whitethorn beryllium rooted successful nostalgia, yet, pinch a small imagination, they tin go breathtaking again.

Chicken kiev (pictured top)

Sometimes, moreover conscionable a mini tweak to an aged favourite tin make a world of difference. And, yes, truffle paste is simply a small pricey, but everyone deserves a dainty each now and then, positive Christmas is coming up, truthful you tin ever usage up nan remainder for an other touch of luxury complete nan festivities.

Prep 15 min
Chill 30 min
Cook 35 min
Serves 6

For nan truffle butter
250g butter
60g truffle paste (any marque from nan supermarket will do), aliases 50ml truffle oil
1 shallot, peeled and very finely diced (20g net)
1 ail clove, peeled and finely diced
2 tbsp finely chopped chives

For nan chicken
6 chickenhearted breasts
125g plain flour
2-3 ample eggs, beaten
150g panko breadcrumbs
4 tbsp oliva oil

Put each nan ingredients for nan food successful a blender and blitz smooth. Put nan food operation successful a piping container and trim a mini spread astatine nan base.

Put nan chickenhearted breasts connected a chopping board, then, utilizing a small, crisp knife, trim a pouch into each bosom from nan fat extremity down and cutting astir halfway into each breast. Pipe nan truffle food into nan pocket, taking attraction not to overfill, past screen and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, put nan flour, beaten eggs and breadcrumbs into 3 abstracted shallow bowls, and power nan oven to 200C (180C fan)/390F/gas 6.

Take nan chilled, butter-stuffed chickenhearted breasts retired of nan fridge and, moving 1 astatine a time, dip each 1 first successful nan flour to coat, past successful nan ovum and yet successful nan breadcrumbs, making judge they are each good coated.

Put a nonstick frying cookware connected a mean flame, adhd nan oliva oil, past shallow fry nan breaded chickenhearted breasts, successful batches if request beryllium and turning once, until aureate connected some sides.

Transfer nan chickenhearted to an oven tray and popular into nan basking oven for 15 minutes, until cooked through.

Serve astatine erstwhile pinch creamy mashed potato.

Chicken diane pinch mixed mushrooms

Lisa Goodwin-Allen’s chickenhearted diane pinch chaotic mushrooms connected a platter.

The classical steak sauce, but pinch chicken.

Prep 20 min
Brine 1 hr 30 min
Cook 1 hr 30 min
Serves 2

For nan chicken
100g oversea salt
The peel of 1 lemon, shaved disconnected successful wide strips
1 full caput of garlic, unpeeled and smashed conscionable to abstracted and bash unfastened nan cloves a little
2 sprigs caller thyme
5 achromatic peppercorns
1.2kg chickenhearted crown, wishbone removed

For nan herb food stuffing
115g butter
25g mixed soft herbs (ie, tarragon, chives, chervil), astir chopped
10g smoked salt
10g roast garlic (jarred aliases homemade), blended to a paste, aliases roast ail paste
100g brioche breadcrumbs, aliases panko breadcrumbs
Juice and finely grated zest of 1 lemon, to taste

For nan diane sauce
30g oliva oil
120g achromatic onion, peeled and finely diced (100g net)
150g mixed mushrooms (shiitake, oyster, button, chestnut, wild), diced
1 ail clove, peeled and grated
80ml brandy
1 tsp wholegrain mustard
1 tsp dijon mustard
1 tsp English mustard
150ml bully chicken stock, a acheronian one, ideally
30g creme fraiche
2 tsp finely chopped parsley

First make a brine. Put nan salt, citrus strips, garlic, thyme and peppercorns successful a ample saucepan, adhd a litre of h2o and bring to a boil, whisking until each nan brackish dissolves. Take disconnected nan power and time off to cool completely.

Put nan chickenhearted crown successful nan cooled brine, making judge it’s afloat submerged, past group speech to steep for an hr and a half.

Meanwhile, make nan herb butter. Put nan food successful a ample bowl, whisk until achromatic and fluffy, past fold successful each nan different herb food ingredients until good combined. Season to taste, past put successful a piping bag, fresh for stuffing nan chicken.

Lift nan chickenhearted retired of its brine and pat barren each over. Loosen nan tegument complete nan breasts and tube successful each nan herb butter. If you’re not cooking nan crown immediately, screen and put successful nan fridge.

Take nan chickenhearted retired of nan fridge an hr earlier cooking, if request be, truthful it comes backmost up to room temperature, and power nan oven to 120C (100C fan)/260F/gas ½. Put nan chickenhearted connected a rack group wrong a baking tray, past roast for an hr and 10 minutes, until it reaches an soul somesthesia of 58C. Remove, screen loosely pinch foil and time off to remainder for 10-15 minutes. Turn up nan oven to 240C (220C fan)/475F/gas 9. Once nan chickenhearted has rested, return it to nan basking oven for 8 minutes, until nan tegument is aureate each complete and crisp.

While nan chickenhearted is roasting, make nan sauce. Put nan oliva lipid successful a basking cookware complete a mean heat, adhd nan chopped bulb and cook, stirring, for a infinitesimal aliases two, until soft. Add nan diced mushrooms and grated ail to nan pot, and navigator for 2 minutes more. Pour successful nan brandy, move up nan power to precocious and time off to bubble and trim until nan liquid starts to thicken and overgarment nan mushrooms. Stir successful each 3 mustards, past adhd nan banal and bring to a boil. Take disconnected nan heat, operation successful nan creme fraiche and chopped parsley, and support warm.

To serve, carve nan breasts disconnected nan crown, put 1 bosom connected each sheet and spoon nan condiment complete nan top. Again, this is awesome pinch creamy mash.