Magic Chicken Recipes

MAGIC CRISPY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place a rack in middle of oven; preheat to 450°F. Whisk egg yolk, 3 Tbsp. mayonnaise, 1 Tbsp. mustard, 1 1/2 tsp. Diamond Crystal or 3/4 tsp. Morton salt, and several cranks of black pepper in a large bowl until smooth. Pat chicken dry with paper towels. With your knife parallel to the cutting board, slice breast into 1/2"-thick cutlets (if you end up with smaller breasts, you may not need to slice them). Place in bowl and turn with tongs to evenly coat. Set aside.
• Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium. Add a pinch of panko. If tiny bubbles appear instantly, you're good to go. Add remaining panko and cook, stirring, until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Let panko cool in pan about 5 minutes.
• Set chicken next to panko and place a wire rack set inside a rimmed baking sheet nearby. Using tongs, place a piece of chicken in panko and pat all over with panko, pressing firmly to adhere. Lightly shake off excess and place chicken on rack. Repeat with remaining chicken, spacing evenly apart on rack. Discard any remaining panko.
• Bake chicken until cooked through and breadcrumbs are deep golden brown, 10-15 minutes. Let cool slightly.
• Stir honey, cayenne, and remaining 1/4 cup mayonnaise and 1/4 cup mustard in a small bowl; season with black pepper. Add chives to sauce.
• Serve chicken with sauce alongside for dipping.

MAGIC FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place the chicken pieces in a pan or shallow bowl; pour the buttermilk over and let marinate 1 hour at room temperature.
• Sprinkle 2 Tablespoons Poultry Magic all over the chicken pieces and pat it in well with your hands.
• Combine the flour and the remaining Poultry Magic in a shallow bowl.
• Heat the oil in a 12 inch skillet over high heat until very hot.
• Dredge the chicken in the seasoned flour, shaking off the excess and add to the oil, skin side down, in a single layer.
• Cover the skillet,reduce heat to medium and fry--checking occasionally to make sure the chicken is not burning, until browned on one side, about 5-6 minutes (if the chicken seems to be browning too quickly, turn down the heat).
• Turn the chicken pieces over, cover and fry-checking occasionally until they are a rich golden brown.
• Remove from the skillet and drain on paper towels.
• Set the skillet with the oil aside until oil is cooled.

MAGIC CHICKEN PIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°. Sauté the leeks and mushrooms in the butter till soft, stir in the flour and gradually add the milk until a thick sauce is formed. Add the potato, thyme and the chicken breast shredded. Season with salt and pepper and allow to cool. Grease a medium muffin pan with cooking spray. Line muffin pans with pastry. I find an empty 800g tomato tin or 400g tuna tin cuts just the right size circles for the muffin pans. Press the pastry in gently (re rolling the pastry until all the pans are lined). Spoon in the chicken filling. Using the pastry trimmings cut strips of pastry - four for each pie, and lattice the pastry strips on the top of each pie. You will need to dab a little cold water onto the ends of the pastry strips and press them down firmly so they don't pop up as the pastry cooks.
• Brush lightly with beaten egg and bake for 20 minutes or until golden.

MAGIC CHICKEN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cut the butter in chunks and place in the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch baking pan. Place in oven to melt butter; remove when butter is melted.
• In a large bowl, mix the milk and baking mix; set aside.
• Dissolve the stock cubes in the liquid chicken stock. Place the soup in a bowl and gradually mix in the stock mixture to keep the mixture smooth. Set aside.
• Assemble casserole as follows and DO NOT MIX OR STIR INGREDIENTS:
• Distribute shredded chicken over melted butter evenly
• Distribute veggies over the chicken evenly
• Distribute the onion over the veggies evenly
• Distribute the cheese over the onion evenly
• Pour baking mix batter over the top evenly
• Pour the soup/stock mixture over the top evenly
• Place in preheated oven and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until top is beginning to brown.
• Remove from oven and let stand 10 minutes before serving.

SLOW COOKER MAGIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Spread carrots, onion, and turnip into the bottom of a slow cooker crock. Arrange chicken pieces atop the vegetables. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
• Stir mushroom soup and yogurt together in a bowl; pour over the chicken. Place the bay leaf atop the mixture.
• Cook on High for 1 hour. Reduce heat to Low and continue cooking another 7 hours.