Cajun Seared Chicken

Preparation info
  • Serves

    2

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Modern Classics

By Frances Bissell

Published 2000

  • About

Care needs to be taken with this next recipe. This popular style of cooking, originally from Louisiana and now spread far and wide, entails heating a sturdy well-seasoned cast-iron griddle, or frying pan, to as high a heat as possible. A piece of fish or meat, which has been dipped in melted butter and a seasoning mixture, is then cooked by fast searing. More suited to the professional restaurant than the domestic kitchen though it may be, I include this recipe because good results can be o