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In Miyazaki, chicken breast fried in an egg coating is dipped into warm, sweet-sour nanban vinegar and then topped with cold tartar sauce. Unlike ordinary fried chicken, the coating ends up moist rather than crisp. The tartar sauce has chopped boiled egg, cucumber and onion in it, enough to give it some crunch.
Crack the golden crust with a spoon and a thick cream sauce full of chicken, carrot, potato and peas comes up in a puff of steam. It is an everyday American home bake, and the sauce is butter and flour cooked together, then loosened with chicken stock and cream.
Dig in and the melted mozzarella stretches away to reveal chicken breast fried rice turned red with buldak sauce, the fiery Korean chicken sauce. The sauce goes onto the chicken and onion before the rice.
Celery leaves usually end up in the bin, but here they go into the pan with the stalks and give the chicken breast an herby smell. The stalks get only a short time on the heat, so they still crunch.
The chicken breast is cut small, so each piece is mostly crust. After two rounds in the oil it gets a quick roll in a soy and oligosaccharide glaze, just enough for a sweet-salty coat without losing the crunch.
Turmeric, lemongrass, and coconut milk stain the chicken breast yellow, and the edges turn golden brown over a hot grill or pan. The sauce here is a quick one: peanut butter loosened with coconut milk and seasoned with fish sauce and sugar. Satay began in Java and changed as it spread to Malaysia, Thailand, and Singapore.
Rice and chicken breast cook in the stock first, then eggs beaten with lemon juice turn the broth thick and tart. Hot stock is whisked into the eggs a ladle at a time to warm them, and once they are in the pot the soup never comes back to a boil.
Kecap manis, Indonesia's thick sweet soy sauce, caramelizes against the hot wok and wraps the thin rice vermicelli in a dark, sticky coat. Sambal fried in the oil first puts heat underneath that sweetness, and chicken, cabbage and carrot are tossed in quickly so the vegetables keep some crunch. Street stalls and warung across Indonesia and Malaysia cook it from early morning until late at night.
Chicken breast browned deeply in butter, 4-5 minutes a side, carries its roasted flavor into the Parmesan cream sauce that goes on the fettuccine. Two things sour or split that sauce: garlic left to brown, and cheese added over strong heat, so the burner goes low before the Parmesan goes in. Pasta moves into the sauce straight from the water, while its surface starch still helps the sauce cling; reserved pasta water loosens it if it turns stiff. Plenty of black pepper cuts the richness.
Chicken breast rubbed with smoked paprika and seared over medium-high heat brings a smoky, warm counterpoint to cold, crisp romaine. Despite the blackened name, this version skips the usual cayenne and dried herb blend and relies on smoked paprika alone. The Caesar-style dressing is a quick mix of mayonnaise, lemon, Dijon and garlic with no anchovy, while croutons and shaved Parmesan supply crunch and salt.
Cubes of chicken breast, mushrooms and bell pepper finish together in a mild, creamy sauce made from milk and chicken stock. The chicken is seared only until opaque and pulled out early, then completes its cooking in the sauce, which keeps the breast meat moist.
There are no noodles in this high-heat stir-fry of chicken breast, bok choy, carrot, mushrooms, and bean sprouts; it sits beside rice, with a light brown sauce that coats rather than pools. The carrot is cut thinner than the softer vegetables so everything finishes at once while the bok choy stems keep their crunch.
Chicken breast glazed in a soy, sugar and onion sauce is topped with scrambled egg and mayonnaise. The eggs cook in a separate pan and come off the heat before they fully set, and the mayo goes on in thin lines.
Young spring mugwort is mild, with little bitterness, and lean chicken breast leaves its grassy scent clear. The seasoning is kept light with soup soy sauce and cooking wine, and the mugwort, tough stems picked out, goes in last and comes off the heat while still bright green.
The chicken breast is pulled into long shreds, so it hangs off the spoon together with the egg noodles. If you plan on leftovers, lift the noodles out and store them separately; otherwise by the next day they will have soaked up the broth.
Chogye guksu gets its broth from the same pot that poaches the chicken: the stock is chilled, then sharpened with vinegar and Korean hot mustard until it tastes tart, icy, and slightly nose-tingling. The mustard waits until the stock is fully cold, because warm liquid drives off its volatile aroma. The chicken breast is shredded only after it cools completely, since tearing it hot lets the juices run out and leaves dry strands. Thin matchsticks of cucumber and radish add crunch, and cut to the same width they twirl up evenly with the noodles. It is a summer dish for days when appetite runs low.
Blended with walnuts, perilla leaves make a pesto whose scent recalls perilla oil: slightly bitter, quietly nutty and nothing like basil. Bite-size pieces of chicken breast stay lean and plain, letting the pesto carry the flavor, and the hollow penne fill with sauce.
Sweet yuja citron syrup, balanced with soy sauce and a little garlic, turns plain chicken breast into something bright. Gently poached chicken breast, rested off the heat and torn along the grain, soaks up that dressing between its fibers instead of turning dry. Chamnamul, a slightly bitter Korean herb, keeps the citrus sweetness from tipping the salad toward dessert.
A Caesar salad needs no fork once the dressed romaine, Parmesan and pan-cooked chicken breast are rolled inside a warm flour tortilla. The chicken cools for a few minutes before rolling, because hot meat would wilt the romaine and its crunch matters most.
Two separate doughs, a water dough wrapped around a margarine-and-flour dough, are rolled and wound twice so that each cut face shows a tight spiral. The filling for this Malaysian curry puff is a dry curry of chicken, sweet potato, and potato with a piece of hard-boiled egg. Deep-fried, the layers open and flake, and the spiral shows only when that cut face is kept on the outside.
Think of a cream pasta sauce spooned over rice instead of noodles: butter, garlic and onion, then chicken breast seared until browned, all simmered in heavy cream. Scrape up the browned bits from the pan as the cream goes in; much of the sauce's flavor comes from them.
Chicken breast, sliced thin across the grain, is seasoned with soy sauce, garlic and ginger and seared quickly. The fussiest part is the knife work: slices of even thickness cook at the same pace.
The water the chicken was poached in is chilled right through, sharpened with vinegar and hot mustard, and poured over shredded breast meat and julienned cucumber. Lukewarm, the mustard and the vinegar both go flat, so keep it in the fridge until the moment you serve it.
Poaching chicken breast directly in the anchovy stock gives the clear broth of janchi guksu, Korea's party noodle soup, an extra savory layer. A little sesame oil tossed through the shredded chicken makes the lean breast meat taste moist, while separate yellow and white egg-crepe strips, zucchini, and carrot add color. The recipe scales up easily, making it practical for feeding a crowd.