Pollo Apanado (Colombian Breaded Chicken)
Chicken pieces dipped in egg and milk and then coated in seasoned flour, fried five minutes a side. There is no breadcrumb in it: the crust is flour with garlic, cumin and onion powder through it.
Servings: 4 pieces of chicken
Calories: 411kcal
Ingredients
- 4 chicken pieces
- 1 cup wheat flour this is the whole coating
- ½ cup milk
- 1 beaten egg
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon cumin
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- Enough oil for frying
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
Instructions
- Mix the egg with the half cup of milk.
- In another bowl, put the wheat flour with the garlic powder, the cumin, the onion powder, salt and pepper to taste.
- Dip each piece of chicken in the milk and egg, then turn it in the seasoned flour, pressing so that every part of it is thickly coated.
- Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat and wait until it is properly hot before the chicken goes in.
- Fry for five minutes on each side, until golden and crisp.
- Lift the pieces out and put them on paper towels to drain.
- Serve.
Notes
There is no breadcrumb in this recipe, which surprises people who know apanado as a breadcrumb coating. What makes the crust here is a cup of wheat flour seasoned with garlic powder, cumin, onion powder, salt and pepper, and the chicken goes into it wet from the egg and milk. The result is closer to fried chicken than to a milanesa: a craggy, seasoned flour crust rather than a smooth breadcrumb one. Press the flour on. The point of the third step is that the coating has to be thick and it only gets that way if you push the chicken down into the flour and turn it, rather than dusting it. The wet egg and milk underneath is what holds it. Hot oil before anything goes in. Chicken lowered into lukewarm oil absorbs it, and a flour crust that has drunk oil is heavy rather than crisp. The recipe's own note says the seasonings are optional and that is true: the method works with plain flour and it tastes of less.
Nutrition
Calories: 411kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 131mg | Sodium: 693mg | Potassium: 326mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 277IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 64mg | Iron: 3mg