Friday 21 October 2011

Left over chicken?

I think everyone looks for things to do with leftover food from the night before that tastes as good if not better than the original product. I just recently made this recipe for exactly that. I had some left over roast chicken this morning and I felt like some eggs, so i somehow decided to put the chicken into my eggs and see how well it went. The picture above really doesn't do this recipe justice as the flavors were really, really good. The chicken really flavored the eggs and tasted stronger than it originally did. Texturally this dish was also really interesting on the palette, crunchy bacon, soft scrambled egg, bite from the chicken meat, and some crunchy chew from the English muffins under it. This recipe is so easy and delicious, I really recommend trying it.

Ingredients
-1 Hand full of leftover Roasted chicken in chunks, or some other type of leftover that would go with eggs
-2 Eggs, beaten
-1 Strip of bacon
-1 English muffin cut in half and toasted
-A knob of butter (your choice on how big this is, i used one the size of about a dollar coin)
-Salt and pepper
-1-3 Tbs water, depends on how much deglazing you need to do

Method
1) Cut bacon into small lardons (strips), place them in a saute pan then put the pan on medium low heat until the bacon is crisped. Remove the lardons and reserve on a paper towel.
2) Place your chicken chunks into the pan, if it sizzles remove it from the heat and throw enough water in to deglaze the bottom of the pan. If the chicken does not sizzle, which it should, leave it on the heat until it begins to sizzle, then deglaze with the water. Remember to scrape the bottom of the pan with a spoon (wooden is the best but if you have stainless steel pans you can use metal) to get all the little caramelized bits off of the bottom.
3) Once all the water is gone from the pan, put in your eggs and butter and stir. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Once your egg is fully cooked, about 2 minutes depending on your stove top (The egg should be fluffy and look like the egg in the picture above, not overcooked and dry) remove from the heat and quickly plate before the egg overcooks. Pour the mixture over top of the two English muffins, garnish with the lardons and... Enjoy.

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