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City Chicken Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 lbs. boneless pork, cut into 1½-inch cubes
14 skewers
salt and ground pepper to taste
seasoned salt (such as Lawry's) to taste, optional
4 eggs
3 tablespoons milk
2 cups Italian seasoned bread crumbs
2 cups water
2 cups vegetable oil for frying
Directions:
Directions:
Thread 2 or 3 cubes of pork onto each skewer. Sprinkle each skewer on all sides with salt, black pepper, and seasoned salt, and set the skewers aside.
Whisk eggs and milk together in a bowl. Place the seasoned bread crumbs in another bowl. Pour 2 cups of water into a 9x13-inch baking dish with a wire rack set in the dish, and set the dish aside.
Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
Dip each skewer of pork into the egg mixture, then dip in crumbs; dip the skewers a second time into egg mixture and then crumbs. Gently lay the skewers, a few at a time, into the hot oil, and brown until the coating is crisp and golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Set the fried skewers aside while you finish the rest. Once the skewers are all browned, set them on the wire rack in the baking dish. Cover the dish tightly with aluminum foil.
Carefully place the baking dish with the skewers into the preheated oven, and bake until hot and no longer pink in the center, about 20 minutes. Remove the foil, and bake 10 minutes more to dry out the crumb coating. Serve hot.
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
1 hour
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is the only dish I can ever remember Aunt Matty (my mother's sister) making. She was the youngest of seven children and raised mostly by the older siblings when both parents died when she and my mom were still quite young. So they didn't do any of the cooking (even after marriage). Although I never watched her prepare it, I have read that you can brown the skewers in a pan with some cooking oil and place them on a baking sheet in a 375 degree oven for 15 mins. on each side which gives a good result and eliminates the deep frying.

 

 

 

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