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Chicken Orly with Tartar Sauce

This is probably one of the least demanding recipes we have: you surely already have everything you need, so with just a little time you will get tasty bites that literally melt in your mouth…

Time
45 min
Servings
4
Difficulty
Medium

5.0 · 4 ratings

By Bojan Nikolić ·

Chicken Orly with Tartar Sauce

The chicken

  1. 1

    Cut the chicken into sticks about 1 cm thick.

    Tip: Chicken fillets are recommended, but you can use breast meat too.

    Step 1 (1/2)
    Step 1 (2/2)
  2. 2

    Take two round-bottomed bowls and separate the whites from the yolks.

    Step 2
  3. 3

    Pour the beer into the bowl with the yolks and set it aside; beat the whites until stiff.

    beer

    Tip: The whites are stiff enough if they don't fall out when you turn the bowl upside down.

    Step 3 (1/2)
    Step 3 (2/2)
  4. 4

    Salt the yolk and beer mixture and beat it, gradually adding the flour.

    beer flour
    Step 4 (1/3)
    Step 4 (2/3)
    Step 4 (3/3)
  5. 5

    When the batter is well beaten, add the stiff whites and mix gently at the mixer's lowest speed for no more than about 20 seconds.

    Step 5 (1/3)
    Step 5 (2/3)
    Step 5 (3/3)
  6. 6

    Heat the oil in a deep pan.

    sunflower oil

    Tip: How much oil you need depends on the size of the pan, but there must be enough for the pieces of meat to float in it. The easiest solution is to use a deep fryer.

    Step 6
  7. 7

    Roll each chicken stick in flour first, then dip it in the batter.

    flour

    Tip: The simplest way is to hold it by one end with your fingertips.

    Step 7 (1/2)
    Step 7 (2/2)
  8. 8

    Fry the chicken on both sides for about 5 minutes, until golden.

    Step 8 (1/2)
    Step 8 (2/2)

Tartar sauce

  1. 9

    Grate the gherkins finely.

    pickled gherkin
    Step 9
  2. 10

    Add the mayonnaise and mix well.

    mayonnaise
    Step 10 (1/2)
    Step 10 (2/2)
  3. 11

    Add a little of the pickle brine and stir once more.

    pickled gherkin
    Step 11

Serving

  1. 12

    Serve the hot chicken with French fries, boiled potatoes or boiled vegetables and, of course, the tartar sauce.

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