92 Chicken in the Crust

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy
Recipe to Produce
4
Portions

Appears in

The Graham Kerr Cookbook

By Graham Kerr

Published 1966

About

Recipe to produce 4 portions	U.S.A.	Imperial	Metric
Chicken	2 lb.	2 lb.	1 kilo
Five-Minute Pastry
Mushrooms	4 large	4 large	4 large
Clarified butter	4 tbsp.	2 oz.	60 grams
Lemon juice	1 tbsp.	1 tbsp.	15 milliliters
Oil for deep frying
Egg	1	1	1

Method

Method of Preparation

Prepare chicken as for deep frying—use breasts only.
Prepare pastry.
Peel mushrooms.
Preheat oil in deep fryer to 400°F.
Beat egg for sealing pastry.

Method of Cookery

Lightly fry mushrooms in butter with lemon juice. Drain and pat dry.
Roll out pastry and cut into 2 pieces large enough to enclose breasts. Place each piece of chicken on the pastry pieces with 2 mushrooms on top of each.
Brush edges of pastry with beaten egg and seal tightly.
Deep fry for 10 minutes at 400°F. Drain and serve.

Serving

One pastry case is sufficient for 2 portions unless the diner is extremely robust, in which case make it 1 case per person. Serve with a colorful salad and a bottle of chilled dry white wine.