Le Plat Véritable ~Delinquent Daughter Style~
Home version — croûte-crusted chicken breast (squid and peanut butter in the crust!) over furikake aspic rice with a scrambled-egg sauce
- Difficulty
- Total time
- 5 h
- Hands-on
- 1 h 15 min
- Cost
- ¥¥¥¥
- Servings
- 2
Equipmentoven, frying pan, food processor, small saucepan, container for setting aspic
Tasterich, umami, crispy, comforting
Ingredients
+ added by Totsuki AI. ≈ amount estimated by Totsuki AI.
Nikogori furikake (make ahead)
- 1 chicken breast, slowly braised (or 4 chicken wings) (amount estimated)
- 400 ml dashi (added by Totsuki AI)
- 2 tbsp soy sauce (added by Totsuki AI)
- 1 tbsp mirin (added by Totsuki AI)
- 1 tbsp sake (added by Totsuki AI)
- 3 g gelatin powder (added by Totsuki AI)
Croûte chicken
- 1 chicken breast, free-range, skin on (amount estimated)
- salt, to taste (added by Totsuki AI)
- 2 slices bread, crusts removed (amount estimated)
- 30 g pie crust, baked and crumbled (amount estimated)
- 20 g squid tentacles, dried, very finely minced (amount estimated)
- 1 tbsp peanut butter (amount estimated)
- 15 g butter, melted (added by Totsuki AI)
Scrambled egg sauce
- 3 eggs (amount estimated)
- 50 ml cream, fresh (amount estimated)
- salt, to taste (amount estimated)
- black pepper, to taste (amount estimated)
- ¼ tsp turmeric (amount estimated)
- 2 senbei, crushed — made from boiled rice, sesame oil, salt and squid (amount estimated)
- 2 bowls cooked rice (amount estimated)
Method
+ step written by Totsuki AI.
Nikogori furikake
1Simmer the chicken in the dashi, soy sauce, mirin and sake over the lowest heat for 20 minutes. Remove and shred it.+
- 2
Dissolve the bloomed gelatin in 200 ml of the hot liquid, pour into a container with the shredded chicken and chill for at least 3 hours. Cut into 1 cm cubes.+
Croûte chicken
3Pulse the bread, crumbled pie crust, squid, peanut butter and melted butter into coarse crumbs.+
- 4
Salt the chicken, sear skin-side down until crisp, then press the croûte on top and roast at 190 °C for 15 minutes until 74 °C inside. Rest and slice.+
Scrambled egg sauce and serve
5Whisk the eggs with the cream, salt, pepper and turmeric and stir over low heat into a loose, saucy scramble. Fold in the crushed senbei.+
- 6
Top hot rice with the nikogori cubes (they melt), the sliced croûte chicken, and spoon the scrambled egg sauce alongside.+
Food safety
- Cook poultry until the thickest part reaches 74 °C / 165 °F (duck breast may be served pink at 57–60 °C if it is whole-muscle and from a trusted source).
