Chicken Tabaka (Tapaka) Recipe | Georgian Pan Fried Chicken Recipe

Take your chicken, like I mentioned in the recipe it's best to use mini chicken or like a corn fed hen that's smaller in size otherwise it's not going to fit into your pan and then you just want to kind of cut across the rib cage and this knife wasn't the best so you can use just a sharp knife and cut it in half just going around along the rib cage there and then once you've cut it in half you just want to move this size apart and if you've got any sort of things in there that you need to clean out you can this chicken is already all cleaned out for me but if you had things like liver or any other guts then you might want to take them out so you want to just get rid of any excess fat and then we're going to turn the chicken around just remove the wings and kind of press with your palm to squeeze it essentially what we want to do we want to make sure the chicken is nice and even so with a lot of love I'm going to try and sort of beat it a little bit nice and gently just to kind of break the bones and make sure it's nice and flat and so I'm using rolling pin but if you've got a meat beater then that's probably best so cover it in cling film and give it a few good hits to make sure it's nice and flat and even on all the sides then you're going to add all your spices um i've got a mix here of salt pepper paprika and you can add any other spices that you really like these are the ones that i usually use and i love them then you're gonna add oil and butter into your deep pan so you need to use a really really really old sort of fashioned uh kazan which is like a very old heated pan that's why all the food taste is so delicious but if you don't have one make sure you use a really deep sort of um pan like that and we're going to add more seasoning in the back so i'm using more paprika a bit of salt and pepper on top as well so the heat needs to be sort of medium high and because you're going to be cooking it for quite a long time you don't want it to be very very strong heat and to add the weight I'm going to add a whole plate there squash it and then I'm adding my weight with my two liter pot so I've cooked this for about 15 minutes you can leave it even for longer if you wanted to and now we're just going to turn this around I'm just going to show you be really careful because it's really hot so you want to fry this for about 15 to 20 minutes on each side and for a small chicken that should be cooked fully especially if it's pressed as well so when you flip it around very very gently look at that beautiful golden skin it smells amazing already you just want to do the same thing you want to put the plate on top squash it nice and deep and then add the weight as well it's really important to add the weight while this is all cooking we're going to make our sauce so we're going to add some coriander and garlic with water in a pan and i'm just gonna cook this on the stove for five to ten minutes just to get out all the flavor with the garlic and trust me it's so good with this sauce i know it's very simple and basic but it just adds that extra something special in there you can obviously season this with salt and pepper if you wanted to but depends how salty your chicken is when the chicken is done remove your weight and you can flip it around one more time if you want to but look how beautiful and golden it is on this side and now that your chicken is done it's time to eat it and serve it and if you're not sure if it's cooked you can always just use a knife pierce it through and if there is no liquid coming out with redness that means chicken is done and in fact this chicken is so soft it's almost like falling apart and serve it on the big plate or board for a whole family to enjoy and there you go guys just before as well you might want to add a bit of sauce so add your garlic and coriander with your water into your chicken jus so this is the mixture where your chicken with all the spices was cooking with paprika and everything and you just want to cook this for about five minutes and then there's our sauce that you can serve all over the chicken it's so delicious guys it's absolutely amazing I love it the sauce really adds that extra flavor that you know just adds something special to this chicken even more so cover the chicken in sauce and then slice it up serve it and of course add more sauce onto each plate the chicken is so soft literally falls off the bones and super juicy very kind of crispy on top and very delicious definitely one of my favorite meals and if you love chicken you this will be your favorite for sure and yeah I hope you enjoy guys thank you so much and I can't wait to see your chicken dishes again for any requests do leave them down below and let me know what you want me to make again