BK inspired Chicken Fries

Today’s recipe is Chicken fries inspired by Burger King. We love fast food but at times the fried cloying taste in the mouth can be overwhelming. These baked chicken fries are easy on the stomach and you can have a few extra ones too. These also have just the right amount of spices that turns them from simple chicken fries to something exotic.

One important thing to keep in mind while making these fries is to chill, chill and chill the chicken. Room temperature chicken will just fall apart every time you try to handle it. Chill it before shaping. Chill it after shaping and before breading.

I prefer to make my own ground chicken at home. That way I’ll know what goes in it. My family likes white meat so mostly I use chicken breasts. You can use dark meat too or combine both kinds of meat.

You can adjust the spices to suit your personal taste. If you do not have tomato paste use a tablespoon or so of lemon juice. Do not use tomato puree. We want to have a solid mass of the chicken without any liquid in it.

Grind the chicken.

Fry the vegetables and spices.

Add the vegetable mixture to chicken.

Mix the vegetable-spice mixture and chicken thoroughly. Chill it for some time.

Take a tbsp of chicken and shape as shown. Then freeze.

Bread the chicken fries.

Bake the chicken fries.

Ingredients:

Chicken Breast tenderloins 4, chopped

Ginger paste 1/2 tsp

Garlic paste 1/2 tsp

Tomato paste 1/2 tsp, or lemon juice to taste

Turmeric powder a pinch

Chili powder to taste

Onions, minced 1/4 cup

Green pepper, minced 1 tbsp

Green chili 1, minced

Few Cilantro leaves, chopped

Bread crumbs 1 cup

Egg 1, beaten

Salt to taste

Oil 1 tsp

Grind the chicken either in a food processor or blender until fine.

Heat a tsp of oil in a pan. Add the onions and fry for 30 seconds.

Add the green pepper and chili and fry everything until onions are translucent.

Now add the rest of the spices and fry for 10 seconds.

Turn off the heat, add cilantro leaves, mix and allow it to cool.

Add the onion mixture and salt to the chicken and combine everything well.

Cover the chicken and refrigerate it for fifteen to twenty minutes or even more.

Take out the chicken from the fridge.

Wet both your hands and take a tablespoon of the chicken. Shape it into a four- inch long rope. Use any technique that works for you to shape the chicken fry.

Freeze the chicken fries for fifteen minutes to half an hour.

Preheat the oven at 350° F.

Line a baking tray with aluminum foil and grease it.

Keep the bread crumbs and egg ready.

Take the chicken fries from the freezer.

Dip each fry in the egg first. Then in the bread crumbs. Place it on the baking tray. Do not double dip. You don’t want too much of the coating.

Once you have breaded the entire batch bake them for ten minutes. Then flip them around and bake for another ten minutes. Ovens vary so you might want to just bake one fry first to see how long your oven takes to bake it. If you over bake the chicken fry it will turn dry and hard.

Serve with your favorite dipping sauce.

For a video version of this recipe go to:

https://youtu.be/yCA6fNLmbGQ