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Chicken parm, one of the most exciting chicken dishes anywhere on the planet.
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And the secret behind this one is the flour, egg wash, bread crumb,
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and then that crispy texture to perfect a stunning dish.
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First thing, trim the chicken breasts.
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This is a supreme of chicken.
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We've taken out the filet.
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Basically, that's the tender.
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You don't need that on there.
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Lay it down.
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Take a knife, put your hand on, and just literally slice into the middle all the way over.
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Run the point just to the tip, and then open it up.
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That chicken breast is double the size so it's half as thin.
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To get it nice and even, parchment paper, one piece underneath.
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Chicken on top, parchment paper on top,
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and then all we do is literally roll.
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Look what's happening to my chicken.
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Get spreading out.
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And what we're doing now is turning this into a beautiful escalope.
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That is now ready for your flour, egg wash, and breadcrumb.
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Lay that into the flour.
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Make sure you lightly dust the chicken with flour and just shake off the excess flour.
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Next, into the most amazing egg wash.
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Submerge that down, let it disappear under the egg.
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It's going to hold all those incredible bread crumbs together.
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For me, bread crumbs are boring.
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We zest that up with a touch of salt, a touch of pepper, of smoked paprika.
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Just a touch. And, then Parmesan cheese. The Parmesan cheese gives it this really
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nice sort of caramelized cheese effect on top of the chicken.
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Mix that up.
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Watch that Parmesan almost disappear through.
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Take your chicken out, give it a little shake, and then straight into your bread crumbs.
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Roll it around.
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Get a handful of bread crumbs, sprinkle over the chicken.
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And the secret here is to make sure
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that you cover all the little pieces of exposed chicken.
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Here's where we take the chicken parm to another level.
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Take your parchment paper, flip it over.
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Take out, shake any excess off, lay that on top of the paper.
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Turn the paper the other way around.
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Lay that on top.
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Go back to your rolling pin and then just gently roll.
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Now, what's happening now is all those breadcrumbs are sticking right into the chicken.
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The secret behind that is to get that done literally 10 minutes before you cook it and those breadcrumbs stay on there.
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Water boiling for the spaghetti.
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A touch of olive oil, salt in.
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Spaghetti into the water.
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Let's the spaghetti cook for 10 seconds and then from there,
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twist it around as it just starts to bend and then literally twist that into the pan.
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That is going to take 9 to 10 minutes of boiling.
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Lid back on.
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Now we can start cooking our chicken.
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Once the chicken is that thin, it doesn't need to be deep fried.
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Sometimes, chicken parm gets cooked in too deep oil.
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So rapeseed oil, literally a tablespoon.
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Get that oil nice and hot.
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Lift up the chicken parm and you lay that into your pan.
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That's the northern way here that kissing.
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Two and a half minutes each side.
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The secret now is by the time my chicken is cooked my spaghetti is ready.
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They take literally 9 to 10 minutes from start to finish.
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Once you've get the color on top,
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start placing little bits of butter underneath.
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That makes the bread crumbs golden brown.
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Flip over.
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Two and a half minutes each side.
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Turn it once and once only.
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From there, take it out onto a platter nice and carefully.
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Look at that. Wow.
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We top this with its marina sauce.
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It's a spoon of this incredible rich tomato sauce right smack bang in the middle.
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Then we sit our on top of that, season mozzarella with salt and pepper.
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Into the oven we go.
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The perfect garnish for this is the most amazing broccoli rabe.
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These are young broccoli stems.
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They need sauteing very quickly and finishing with
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a touch of chili flake and then just a touch of lemon juice for acidity.
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A teaspoon of olive oil in.
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Broccoli, lay it in the pan.
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I want a bit of color on here, really important.
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Beautiful.
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Salt and pepper.
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We're just starting to get some color on the broccoli rabe.
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You should season it with some chili flakes.
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Amazing.
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I'm going to drain off my pasta.
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As that sits there, lightly season it with olive oil, salt and pepper, and a touch of fresh parsley.
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A teaspoon of sauce in the pasta. Don't drown it.
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Get some basil leaves and just literally break up the basil leaves.
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Now twist it around.
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The tomato sauce has sort of stained the pasta.
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It's got really nice, fragrant smell of fresh basil in there-- beautiful, ready to go.
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Chicken parm, look at that-- beautiful.
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Now for the exciting part, plating.
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This broccoli rabe is so healthy.
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That sits in the center of the plate.
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Underneath add a nice spoon of sauce on there.
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And then look, the chicken parm goes on the broccoli.
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And then you just sort of knit the pasta together.
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Use the bowl here and you just lift and turn
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so you've got that really nice exciting barrel of pasta.
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That sits there.
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And finally, a little touch of sauce.
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Finish that with some freshly grated aged Parmesan.
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That has to be one of the most delicious chicken parms anywhere.