{"id":216893381,"date":"2011-02-13T20:56:43","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T07:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/?p=216893381"},"modified":"2011-02-13T20:56:43","modified_gmt":"2011-02-13T07:56:43","slug":"escalope-a-la-diable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/?p=216893381","title":{"rendered":"Escalope \u00e0 la diable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After an afternoon at the beach, we wanted a quick and easy supper. \u00a0While the rest of the family opted for chicken fajitas from a packet mix, I converted a great recipe for Blackened Redfish, from my\u00a0twenty year old copy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Cajun-Cooking-Marjie-Lambert\/dp\/1850764727\" target=\"_blank\">Cajun Cooking by Marjie Lambert<\/a>, to come up with &#8216;Escalope \u00e0 la Diable&#8217;. \u00a0It turned out great and my mouth is still zinging from the flavours and the heat. \u00a0Here&#8217;s how easy it is.<\/p>\n<p>After beating chicken breasts into escalopes, coat them with the following mix of herbs and spices, freshly ground to a medium consistency in a mortar and pestle.<\/p>\n<p>2 tbsp paprika<br \/>\n1 1\/2 tsp sea salt to taste<br \/>\n2 tsp onion granules<br \/>\n2 tsp garlic granules<br \/>\n2 tsp ground cayenne pepper<br \/>\n1 1\/2 tsp ground pepper<br \/>\n2 tsp dried oregano leaves<br \/>\n2 tsp dried thyme leaves<\/p>\n<p>Pre-heat your barbecue plate or cast iron pan to the highest temperature. \u00a0<em>You&#8217;ll need a raging hot barbecue plate or cast iron pan to cook this dish and, if you cook it indoors, make sure the kitchen is very well ventilated. \u00a0The first time I cooked this in our tiny apartment kitchen in London, the smoke hit me like riot gas and left me with streaming eyes and nose!<\/em> Once fiercely hot, cook the escalope on one side until the coating is blackened and the flesh whitened, probably no more than 2 minutes. \u00a0Gently turn over and repeat for the other side. \u00a0Serve plain with steamed fresh vegetables, flavoured rice or a mixed salad &#8211; or serve as a burger with your favourite toppings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After an afternoon at the beach, we wanted a quick and easy supper. \u00a0While the rest of the family opted for chicken fajitas from a packet mix, I converted a great recipe for Blackened Redfish, from my\u00a0twenty year old copy of\u00a0Cajun Cooking by Marjie Lambert, to come up with &#8216;Escalope \u00e0 la Diable&#8217;. \u00a0It turned [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,3,1],"tags":[501,500,502,503],"class_list":["post-216893381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-food","category-uncategorized","tag-cajun","tag-chicken-escalope","tag-cooking","tag-escalope-a-la-diable"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216893381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=216893381"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216893381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":216893384,"href":"https:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216893381\/revisions\/216893384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=216893381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=216893381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bignoseduglyguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=216893381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}