Barberton Chicken Recipes
Barberton Chicken Recipes
Barberton chicken or Serbian fried chicken is a regional specialty that comes from Barberton. Whole fresh chicken diced into flour, then egg, and lastly in a mixture of breadcrumbs, salt, and pepper before frying in lard.
It was Belgrade Gardens, a restaurant founded during the Depression-era by Serbian owners Manojlo Mike and Smiljka Topalsky, who first started offering this fried chicken specialty. The style of preparing and frying chicken has its roots in Serbian cuisine and was passed down to Smiljka by his mother.
The traditional way of serving crispy Barberton fried chicken includes three side dishes: french fries, vinegar-based coleslaw, and a kind of spicy concoction made with rice, tomatoes, and chilies commonly called hot sauce. Considered one of the best-fried chicken dishes in the country by USA Today, this chicken specialty is a favorite in and around Barberton. let's cook, Barberton Chicken Recipe, see every step given
Barberton Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 frying chickens cut up
- Flour
- Salt, pepper
- 2 eggs, beaten
- Unseasoned, dry bread crumbs
- Lard (about 4 lbs.)
Directions
- Cut Chicken breasts in half lengthwise:separate thighs from legs. The chicken pieces should be all about the same size, for even cooking.
- Combine flour, salt and pepper. Roll chicken pieces in flour and shake off excess. Dip in beaten eggs. Roll in bread crumbs, pressing crumbs into chicken; gently shake off excess.
- Melt lard in a chicken fryer or heavy, deep kettle. Heat to 250 degrees. Fry chicken pieces a few at a time for 20 minutes. Keep fried chicken warm while frying remaining batches.
Barberton Hot Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 onions, chopped
- 1 fresh hot pepper, sliced
- 2 tbsp. butter
- paprika (to taste...?)
- 2 one-pound cans stewed tomatoes
- 1/2 cup uncooked, long-grain rice
- salt & pepper
Directions
Brown onions and pepper in butter. Add paprika to taste. Process tomatoes briefly in a blender. Add tomatoes, rice, salt and pepper to onion mixture. Cover and cook until rice is tender, about 45 minutes, adding additional water if necessary. Remove pepper slices before serving.
Barberton Cole Slaw Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 small head cabbage, about 1 1/4 lbs.
- 3/4 cup vinegar
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1/3 cup plus 1 tbsp. sugar
- salt to taste
Directions
Shred cabbage. You should have about eight cups. Combine vinegar, oil and sugar and whisk until sugar has dissolved. Pour dressing over cabbage and season with salt. Toss well. Cover and refrigerate for at least two hours, stirring occasionally.
