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Ballarat Fried Chicken. The Name pretty much says it all.This is no ripoff of of the dirty bird’s secret spices- its a whole new original effort, tangy and spicy, inside and out, with marinaded tenderized chicken, encrusted in a crispy and spicy coating.

Easy as pie to make at home- and takes very little effort or skill thankfully.

Yes, there is salad in this pic, but that’s 100% optional.

The differing point in this recipe is the use of breakfast cereal biscuits for a very coarse and crispy crumb finish, mixed with delicious spices.

Crushed weetbix, becasue of its sharp and angular crumbs achievesa very good, and thick adhesion to the chicken meat- far superior to traditional breadcrumbs as the edges stick into the meat quite nicely.

Key Ingredients:

• 3 Large chicken breasts
• 7+ bricks of Weetbix or budget equivalent
• Cup of corn flour
• 2 Eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 500ml rice bran oil for frying

Suggested Special equipment:

• Steak griddle pan (ridged base)

Spice & marinade ingredients:

• 3 Dried chillies
• 1 large lemon
• 3 colour grinding pepper
• Sea salt
• Sesame Oil
• Sesame Seeds
• Cooking rice wine (sake)
• Centuries ahead Mexican spice mix (Salt, onion, oregano, chilli, garlic, thyme, cumin)
• Centuries ahead Pepper steak spice mix (unknown composition)

Suggested salad:

• handful Leafy green fancy salad mix
• half of a slightly underripe pear
• 8 cherry tomatoes
• Salt + pepper (on tomatoes)
• liberal shaving of Gran padano hard Italian cheese
• small handful of black grapes.
• splash of balsamic vinegar

Method:

Step #1- meat preparation & marination

1. Cut chicken breasts thinly into 3cm wide strips (or larger if so desired) and tenderise lightly with a mallet
2. Place chicken meat in a large bowl with a tightly fitting lid
3. Cut lemon, squeeze juice onto bowl of meat, stir gently.
4. slice skin of 1/2 of the lemon thinly, then dice vigorously, add to bowl
5. dice chillies, add to bowl
6. add spice mixes to desired strength
7. introduce 4 tablespoons of sesame oil to bowl
8. add sesame seeds
9. splash in rice wine / sake
10. stir meat gently, ensuring spices sesame seeds, and lemon pieces are distributed evenly
11. cover, and place in fridge for 30mins +

step #2 Preparation of batter & crumb, frying.

1. Break two eggs into a cup, and whisk with a fork to break and mix white & yolks, add milk to thin.
2. Add in salt, pepper & spice mix to taste.
3. Pour spicy egg batter mix into a large, shallow dinner plate or bowl
4. Crush weetbix biscuits by hand in fists into a shallow dish- mix of fine and course pieces is best.
5. Mix cup of corn flour with wheat biscuit crumbs, and add spices, salt, pepper to taste.
6. Dip marinaded chicken meat into egg mix, then transfer to crumb plate
7. Pat crumbs firmly into the marinaded, battered chicken.
8. Pour rice bran oil into steak griddle pan till 1cm deep over high point of ridges.
   1. Griddle pan is best for shallow frying- the ridges discourage sticking, and ensure good oil coverage on bottom of chicken pieces.
   2. Shallow frying is ideal, as care needs to be taken to ensure crumb does not fall off chicken pieces.
9. Use tongs to carefully hand shallow fry each chicken piece.
10. Place chicken pieces on absorbent paper toweling after cooking to ensure a crisp and less oily finished product- pat dry with paper on the top side also.
11. The finished product shudl be golden, crispy, spicy and delicious
    1. great on it’s own with a dipping sauce, or cut up, in a salad, if you are feeling guilty and bloated after eating most of the chicken straight from the pan once its cool enough to bear