Backhendl

Name: Backhendl
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Austrian
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken, cut into pieces; 1/2 cup flour; 2 eggs, beaten; 1.5 cups breadcrumbs

Backhendl/BAHK-hen-dl/

About this dish

A whole breaded and fried chicken, the Austrian precursor to Southern fried chicken.

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Ingredients

🍗1 whole chicken, cut into pieces

🌾1/2 cup flour

🥚2 eggs, beaten

🍞1.5 cups breadcrumbs

Method

Serves 4

Season the chicken pieces with salt.

Dredge in flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs.

Deep-fry until golden and cooked through.

Drain and serve with a wedge of lemon and potato salad.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Backhendl is a traditional Viennese dish, historically served whole, breaded and deep-fried in the style of Wiener schnitzel.

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