# Chicken and Chips

A delicious recipe for homemade chicken and chips, featuring crispy fried chicken and perfectly cooked fries.

- Cuisine: British
- Category: Snack
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 whole chicken
- celery
- carrots
- 1 onion
- parsley
- thyme
- shallots
- bay leaves
- peppercorns
- water
- tarragon
- brandy
- double cream
- potatoes
- olive oil
- salt
- butter
- garlic
- chives

## Instructions

1. Break down the whole chicken into pieces.
2. Place some chicken pieces in a roasting pan to brown them.
3. Place the other chicken pieces on a metal rack.
4. Remove the browned chicken pieces from the pan.
5. Chop the celery, carrots, onion, parsley, and shallots.
6. Add the chopped vegetables, thyme, bay leaves, and peppercorns to the pan with the chicken bones.
7. Add water to the pan.
8. Skim off any foam that rises to the surface.
9. Cover the pan and let it simmer to create a chicken stock.
10. Crush peppercorns in a mortar and pestle.
11. Toast the crushed peppercorns in a dry frying pan.
12. Finely chop the shallots.
13. Sauté the chopped shallots in olive oil in a frying pan.
14. Add tarragon to the shallots.
15. Deglaze the pan with brandy and flambé.
16. Strain the chicken stock into a bowl.
17. Add the strained chicken stock to the pan with the shallots and tarragon.
18. Stir in double cream and simmer until the sauce thickens.
19. Slice potatoes into even fries.
20. Rinse the cut fries in water.
21. Drizzle olive oil over the chicken pieces on the metal rack.
22. Add water and salt to the fries in a pan and bring to a boil.
23. Remove the fries from the boiling water.
24. Deep-fry the blanched fries until golden and crispy.
25. Season the hot fries with salt.
26. Remove the roasted chicken from the oven.
27. Cut the chicken pieces.
28. Melt butter in a pan with garlic and thyme.
29. Baste the cooked chicken with the butter, garlic, and thyme mixture.
30. Plate the chicken and fries.
31. Pour the prepared sauce over the chicken.
32. Garnish with fresh chives.

## Equipment

- cutting board
- knife
- roasting pan
- metal rack
- saucepan
- ladle
- jar
- mortar and pestle
- frying pan
- sieve
- bowl
- pot

## Source

- Original video: https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSU46hs6x/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/9ee9463c-081a-4c7b-9f49-9177aa9ddf43
- Extracted: 2025-10-18

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