Recipe

Chicken Twists With Tarragon-avocado Dipping Sauce-tailgater Recipe

Add Step-by-Step Photos	Cherihannah / All my dishes 2 years, 2 months ago Bite-size strips of chicken. Perfect Tailgater! Can be deep fried or baked in oven.serve them with Tarragon -Avocado Dipping Sauce or your favorite one. From McCall's recipes. Prep:30m Cook:25m Servings:10	Cherihannah
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Ingredients

1 lb. boneless and skinless chicken breasts

1 lb. boneless chicken thighs, skinned

1 cup unsifted all-purpose flour

2 to 2 1/2 cups fine dry unseasoned bread crumbs

2 large eggs, beaten with 2 Tbsp. water

Vegetable oil for deep fat frying

Tarragon- Avocado Dipping Sauce

1 ripe avocado, pitted, pared and cubed

1 cup sour cream

1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice

1 Tbsp. honey

3 Tbsp fresh tarragon leaves or 1 tbsp dried tarragon

1 tsp salt

1/8 tsp pepper

Lime slices& spig of tarragon for presentation(optional)

Directions

P lace one piece of chicken between 2 pieces of plastic wrap.

Using flat side of a meat mallet or a rolling pin, pound chicken lightly until 1/4 in. thick.

Repeat with all chicken pieces.

Discard plastic wrap.

Cut chicken diagonally into strips about 1"x 4".

Place flour and bread crumbs in separate pie plates

Put egg mixture in a medium size bowl.

Coat each chicken strip with flour, shaking off excess; set aside

Dip floured chicken strips one at a time in egg mixture,then coat with bread crumbs

Twist each chicken strip gently and place on tray

Refrigerate 30 min.

Pour enough veg. oil into a Dutch oven or deep-fat fryer to measure 3 in.

Heat over moder. high heat until oil registers 365 degrees on a deep- fat thermometer

Add 5 coated chicken twists to the hot oil; fry until cooked thru and golden brown,approx. 30 seconds

Remove to paper towels to drain

Allow oil to return to 365 F

Fry remaining chicken

Transfer chicken to tray and refrigerate

Tarragon-Avocado Dipping Sauce

In food processor fitted with steel blade, puree avocado,sour cream,lime juice,honey,tarragon,salt and pepper until smooth

transfer to bowl;cover with plastic wrap

refrigerate until serving time.

Place bowl of dip in centerof tray; surround with chicken twists

Garnish dip with lime slices and a sprig of tarragon

Makes 10 servings

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Comments

mystic_river1 2 years, 2 months ago said:
Mmmm game day and avacados...nothing could be finer!Nice twist LOL

gindot 1 year, 2 months ago said:
This looks great. I will make it for Sunday's game. Go Chargers!
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ttaaccoo 4 months, 2 weeks ago said:
These sound fabulous!! can't wait to do them. thank you for posting. 5555555555555 and avocados have monosaturated fat which scarfs up the bad LDL cholesterol.

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