City Chicken

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2013

When it’s “city chicken.” These fried pork skewers were once meant to mimic pricier chicken. Today, no make-believe is necessary—they just taste great.

SERVES 6 to 8

TIME 2 hours

City Chicken

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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