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  • Chicken parm, one of the most exciting chicken dishes anywhere on the planet.

  • And the secret behind this one is the flour, egg wash, bread crumb,

  • and then that crispy texture to perfect a stunning dish.

  • First thing, trim the chicken breasts.

  • This is a supreme of chicken.

  • We've taken out the filet.

  • Basically, that's the tender.

  • You don't need that on there.

  • Lay it down.

  • Take a knife, put your hand on, and just literally slice into the middle all the way over.

  • Run the point just to the tip, and then open it up.

  • That chicken breast is double the size so it's half as thin.

  • To get it nice and even, parchment paper, one piece underneath.

  • Chicken on top, parchment paper on top,

  • and then all we do is literally roll.

  • Look what's happening to my chicken.

  • Get spreading out.

  • And what we're doing now is turning this into a beautiful escalope.

  • That is now ready for your flour, egg wash, and breadcrumb.

  • Lay that into the flour.

  • Make sure you lightly dust the chicken with flour and just shake off the excess flour.

  • Next, into the most amazing egg wash.

  • Submerge that down, let it disappear under the egg.

  • It's going to hold all those incredible bread crumbs together.

  • For me, bread crumbs are boring.

  • We zest that up with a touch of salt, a touch of pepper, of smoked paprika.

  • Just a touch. And, then Parmesan cheese. The Parmesan cheese gives it this really

  • nice sort of caramelized cheese effect on top of the chicken.

  • Mix that up.

  • Watch that Parmesan almost disappear through.

  • Take your chicken out, give it a little shake, and then straight into your bread crumbs.

  • Roll it around.

  • Get a handful of bread crumbs, sprinkle over the chicken.

  • And the secret here is to make sure

  • that you cover all the little pieces of exposed chicken.

  • Here's where we take the chicken parm to another level.

  • Take your parchment paper, flip it over.

  • Take out, shake any excess off, lay that on top of the paper.

  • Turn the paper the other way around.

  • Lay that on top.

  • Go back to your rolling pin and then just gently roll.

  • Now, what's happening now is all those breadcrumbs are sticking right into the chicken.

  • The secret behind that is to get that done literally 10 minutes before you cook it and those breadcrumbs stay on there.

  • Water boiling for the spaghetti.

  • A touch of olive oil, salt in.

  • Spaghetti into the water.

  • Let's the spaghetti cook for 10 seconds and then from there,

  • twist it around as it just starts to bend and then literally twist that into the pan.

  • That is going to take 9 to 10 minutes of boiling.

  • Lid back on.

  • Now we can start cooking our chicken.

  • Once the chicken is that thin, it doesn't need to be deep fried.

  • Sometimes, chicken parm gets cooked in too deep oil.

  • So rapeseed oil, literally a tablespoon.

  • Get that oil nice and hot.

  • Lift up the chicken parm and you lay that into your pan.

  • That's the northern way here that kissing.

  • Two and a half minutes each side.

  • The secret now is by the time my chicken is cooked my spaghetti is ready.

  • They take literally 9 to 10 minutes from start to finish.

  • Once you've get the color on top,

  • start placing little bits of butter underneath.

  • That makes the bread crumbs golden brown.

  • Flip over.

  • Two and a half minutes each side.

  • Turn it once and once only.

  • From there, take it out onto a platter nice and carefully.

  • Look at that. Wow.

  • We top this with its marina sauce.

  • It's a spoon of this incredible rich tomato sauce right smack bang in the middle.

  • Then we sit our on top of that, season mozzarella with salt and pepper.

  • Into the oven we go.

  • The perfect garnish for this is the most amazing broccoli rabe.

  • These are young broccoli stems.

  • They need sauteing very quickly and finishing with

  • a touch of chili flake and then just a touch of lemon juice for acidity.

  • A teaspoon of olive oil in.

  • Broccoli, lay it in the pan.

  • I want a bit of color on here, really important.

  • Beautiful.

  • Salt and pepper.

  • We're just starting to get some color on the broccoli rabe.

  • You should season it with some chili flakes.

  • Amazing.

  • I'm going to drain off my pasta.

  • As that sits there, lightly season it with olive oil, salt and pepper, and a touch of fresh parsley.

  • A teaspoon of sauce in the pasta. Don't drown it.

  • Get some basil leaves and just literally break up the basil leaves.

  • Now twist it around.

  • The tomato sauce has sort of stained the pasta.

  • It's got really nice, fragrant smell of fresh basil in there-- beautiful, ready to go.

  • Chicken parm, look at that-- beautiful.

  • Now for the exciting part, plating.

  • This broccoli rabe is so healthy.

  • That sits in the center of the plate.

  • Underneath add a nice spoon of sauce on there.

  • And then look, the chicken parm goes on the broccoli.

  • And then you just sort of knit the pasta together.

  • Use the bowl here and you just lift and turn

  • so you've got that really nice exciting barrel of pasta.

  • That sits there.

  • And finally, a little touch of sauce.

  • Finish that with some freshly grated aged Parmesan.

  • That has to be one of the most delicious chicken parms anywhere.

Chicken parm, one of the most exciting chicken dishes anywhere on the planet.

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