Flaming Hot Chicken Tower

Uniformdating.com conducted a survey to find out which foods the UK's doctors, nurses, police officers, armed forces and fire fighters loved to eat, and found that Indian curries, fish and chips and soup were universally loved. They then teamed up with top chef Michael Caines, who developed 15 simple, inexpensive recipes that uniformed singles (and anyone else who fancies it!) can prepare and cook at home.  The recipes are available exclusively through a new app, Uniform Foodies, being launched by Uniform Dating today (13th June), and you will be able to upload your own recipes to the app (available from the App Store).

 

I have devised my own recipe that could be fit for a firefighter, or anyone else that loves spicy food for that matter, and have called it the Flaming Hot Chicken Tower. The lightly fried chicken breasts are layered up with a home-made chilli sauce, which can be made in advance and stored in the fridge. The tower burger can be eaten hot or cold, so even if you are on a late shift everything can be prepared in advance and assembled when you are ready to eat.

Flaming Hot Chicken Tower - serves 2

Chilli sauce

1 onion

2 garlic cloves

4-5 fresh red chillies

glug of olive oil

• Slice the unpeeled onion in half & place in a roasting tin with unpeeled garlic cloves & chillies
• Pour a large glug of oil into the tin & cover with foil
• Roast in a preheated 180C oven for approx 40 minutes, until the onion is soft
• Remove the skin from the onion & garlic & stalks from the chillies & discard
• Add everything else to a food processor & blend until smooth

Fried Chicken

2 skinless chicken breasts

100g semolina

1 tsp chilli powder

1 tsp smoked paprika

pinch of salt

1 egg, beaten

2 tbsp olive oil

• Flatten the chicken breasts by bashing them with a rolling pin between 2 sheets of baking paper or clingfilm
• Cut each chicken breast in half
• Mix the semolina, spices & salt together in a large shallow bowl 
• Add the egg to another bowl 
• Dip the chicken into the beaten egg and then into the semolina, coating fully
• Heat the oil in a large non stick pan and fry the chicken breasts on each side for approx 3-4 minutes until golden & cooked through

To Serve -  Layer two pieces of chicken in a bun with sliced tomato, onion, lettuce, sour cream and chilli sauce

I received vouchers to cover the cost of ingredients