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| Chicken Sandwich |
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| The 3 Steps. 1. Prep the chicken. 2. Bake in Oven. 3. Make Hollandaise Sauce. |
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| #1 : Prep the Chicken. A tray of boneless chicken thighs. Yeah, I'm aware the photo is upside down. I have no idea how to turn it right-side up. Let's not stress over the little things. |
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| Now who wouldn't like a spa bath. A true and tested stress-reliever. |
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| Some days, I do give my chicken a salt scrub ... but today is not that day. My seasalt is running low. |
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| Pat dry with kitchen towels. |
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| Butter up an oven dish. |
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| Lay the chicken skin-down. |
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| Add seasalt. Add pepper. Add paprika. Top with butter. |
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| #2 : Bake in Oven. At 200c @ 30 minutes. No pre-heat. |
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| Meanwhile ... Bring out the 4 yolks that we did not use for the Cloud Buns recipe. Remember? We separated the yolks and whites and only used the whites for the Cloud Buns. Here are the yolks. At room temperature. Whisk it with a fork will do. No fancy equipment needed for this activity. |
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| Tick tock, tick tock. The oven bell rings at 30 minutes. The chicken at this point looks cooked and the colour is like Hainanese chicken rice's chicken. Albino pale. No tan at all. That's our preference. Turn over the chicken pieces. |
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| Add seasalt. Add pepper. Add paprika. No need for butter. Instead, spoon the fats and drippings over the chicken generously. The fats and juices will form the base of our Hollandaise sauce which we are gonna make in a minute. |
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| The oven rack is brought one level up. Bake at 230c @ 10 minutes. The idea is to BROWN and CRISP the chicken. More effectively. We are doing the skin now. The skin should be a little tan and crisp. |
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| Bring out the Heroes. Drumroll for dramatic entrance. Enter the Cloud Buns. Applause here. |
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| One side should face down to receive the chicken. Like a burger bun. |
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| Tick tock, tick tock. At 10 minutes later. Remove tray from oven. Let's have a look. Pause. Hmmmm. Not crisp. Not brown. Aiyaa. It happens. Sometimes jadi, sometimes tak jadi. Oh well. This will do. Next time, remind me to put on maximum heat and a longer time. We're not free to do oven extension time today. |
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| Place the chicken pieces over the buns. |
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| Nice. |
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| #3 : The Hollandaise Sauce. Prepare a sieve. |
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| Pour the fats and drippings through the sieve so the resulting Hollandaise sauce will have a cleaner ... |
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| and a smoother texture. |
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| Drizzle the liquid yolk into the hot fats and juices, little by little, stirring quickly at the same time to avoid the yolks getting cooked. Add seasalt. |
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| Serve with the butter. |
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| Drizzle the Hollandaise sauce over the chicken. 3 teaspoons should be more than enough. For flavour and visual appeal. We are not gonna drown the buns with the sauce. The Heroes should not be soggy. |
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| Enjoy the Carnivore sandwich ... knowing with great satisfaction that it contains ALL of the good and NONE of the bad. |
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| The first bite will literally cause you to close your eyes and moan. Mmmmmmm. So so good. Juicy and unbelievable eventhough not brown and not crisp. |
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| This is how I eat my sandwich. I cut it up into bite size. |
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| Bryan adopts a neater way of devouring his sandwich. Munch. Munch. Munch. High fat high protein. So rich and totally satiating. |
The Carnivore Lifestyle.