Recipe for city chicken

Recipe for city chicken

HomeCooking Tips, RecipesRecipe for city chicken

This dish of crispy breaded pork skewers topped with an onion sauce—a Rust Belt specialty from the Depression—takes me back to my childhood in Pittsburgh.

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Serious Mealtimes / Casey Barber

“Wait…there's no chicken in this?”

My husband’s confusion when he was served a dish of city chicken was understandable. After all the dish has always been deliberately misleading intended as a way for budget-conscious home cooks to mimic the flavor and texture of chicken thighs.