Nothing fancy ! I marinated chicken with honey, mango vinegar and a lot of different spices (cumin, coriander, cinnamon, turmeric, cloves, cardamom). Adding honey in the marinade wasn’t super smart as it almost burnt when I cooked it, but no burnt flavor so we’re good.
The purée is mainly sweet potato with a little bit of carrot and yellow onion, and obviously a shit ton of garlic. Cooked everything in homemade chicken stock, added cream and mixed with a few cubes of cold butter for emulsion.
For the sauce I used some honey, spices (same ones as the marinade) and homemade chicken jus, monté with just a tiny bit of butter to mellow the strong flavor of the sauce while keeping it nice and glossy.
Sesame seeds on top and scallions.
by samgraa
11 Comments
It looks and sounds delicious, but in terms of plating, it isn’t tremendously attractive. Does it necessarily need so much puree?
Not an expert but can’t you place pure in a line on the side of the chicken and then lean just the tip of the chicken over the pure? Both elements like this together seems confusing, I would pull them apart
Way way too much. What is the focus of the dish? Chicken or sweet potato?
You can put the puree in a piping bag, make 3 or 5 size appropriate dots, use it to create some height. You could also display the breast to be sliced over the length, in 2-3 slices, also to create more height.
I get where everyone is coming from, This is a sub for plating and this is…lack luster. Buuuut if we were talking about flavors and components.
Unpopular opinion….
*I would shamelessly smash this*
This is a Lot of puree and it’s quite thick. Honestly I would recommend some vegetables to go with it
Looks delicious, absolutely love it chef
I can already imagine what this tastes like. This plating is god awful aswell
This looks delicious and the flavors makes sense and it keeps everything together
Honestly it looks great and functional I love it
That chicken looks like it has a great sear so I don’t want it lying in a pool of (delicious soundin) jus.
I really hate to say it but looks like a piece of dog turd. What state do you live in ? Not trying to be mean but in California, Bay Area that will not fly.