No, Pooky, I'm not pregnant. I swear.
No bun-in-the-oven-reasoning, but I've been making all sorts of Spanish/spicy food as of late and thought it'd be fun to share with you just a few of these recipes.
Tonight's dinner was totally not planned--I had a ton of stuff in the house, but nothing really figured out. It was kinda a hodge-podge dinner tonight as well, because the hubbs hasn't figured out that cheese is delicious--so I made several side dishes to go with the Pollo Frito Con Ajo.
So what IS pollo frito? Fried Chicken with Garlic.
The recipe is easy, under 30 minutes to make (sans brine) and turned out amazing.
Pollo Frito Con Ajo
Ingredients:
1 package chicken cutlets (approx 4 cutlets) that have been Easy Brined (See Recipe in sidebar)
3 cups vegetable oil
3-4 cups all purpose flour
1 Tbs paprika
2 tsp. garlic salt
2 tsp season salt
2 cups plain natural yogurt
1-2 tsp hot sauce (to taste)
Directions:
Remove chicken from Easy Brine and pat dry. Set aside on plate.
In a small bowl, combine yogurt and hot sauce, whisk well.
In large plastic zip-lock bag, combine flour, paprika, season salt, garlic salt. Shake well.
In large skillet, bring oil to heat over medium flame.
Dip chicken cutlet into yogurt, cover thoroughly and place in bag, one at a time. Zip, shake well. Remove from bag and place in pan w/ oil. Let cook until golden brown on one side, approximately 3-4 minutes. Flip and let cook until golden brown on second side. Remove from oil, let drain on paper towel. You'll want to cook the chicken in batches, adding each to the oil separately after shaking. I find this takes about 12-15 minutes to cook all 4 pieces.
After drained, serve with favorite side. My favorite is Esquites (recipe on sidebar) and a bit of black bean salsa on top (see sidebar for recipe).
Enjoy!
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