Chicken Rudini Style
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- young spring chicken
- egg
- flour
- salt and pepper
- breadcrumbs
- g butter
- lemon wedges
Instructions
- Remove neck, wing tips and feet from a young chicken; cut into six pieces (two wing-and-half-breast, two thigh-and-hip, two back), remove hip bones and wishbone, and flatten the back pieces.
- Beat an egg with a half-eggshell of water. Flour the chicken, steep it in the egg, and season well with salt and pepper; leave until ready to cook.
- Bread the pieces one by one. Heat 100 g butter in a sautè pan until sizzling.
- Set pieces skin-side down briefly, turn, cover, and cook with strong heat above and little below about ten minutes.
- Serve with lemon wedges; good hot or cold.