City Chicken

Name: City Chicken
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Ingredients: 1 1/2 teaspoons, salt; 1 1/2 teaspoons, garlic powder; 1 teaspoon, pepper; 3/4 teaspoon, dried thyme; 1/4 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 1 (3-pound), boneless pork butt roast, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces; 1/2 cup, all-purpose flour; 2 , large eggs; 2 tablespoons, water; 1 1/4 cups, panko bread crumbs; 2 cups, vegetable oil; 1 cup, sour cream; 1 tablespoon, minced fresh dill; 1 1/2 teaspoons, lemon juice; 1 , garlic clove, minced; , Salt and pepper

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2013

Main Courses

Pork

SERVES6 to 8

TIME2 hours

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Due to the high price of chicken during the depression, home cooks would transform less expensive pork into “mock” chicken drumsticks by skewering and frying cubes of meat. Most recipes call for breading, frying, and braising all in the sam...

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