I’m a big fan of “Long John Silver’s”, a fish / chicken place from back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
It was supremely unhealthy stuff, but that’s probably why it tasted so good – and being so unhealthy (and being picked up by Yum!) was eventually their downfall I think. Either way, I miss the place.
So, the other day I found a copycat recipe for the batter they used on everything, bought all of the listed ingredients, and passed it all off to my roommate who deep-fries 2-3 meals a week and has experience with hot oil and food…
And last night we had a pretty close emulation of Long John Silver’s chicken planks.
All in all it was pretty good chicken, and there were even the trademark ‘crumblies’ which is just batter that dribbled into the hot oil.
It was a good treat, but I’m too old to eat this more than really occasionally. 🙂
Listening to "Panopticom" by Peter Gabriel