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Instant Pot Mock Chicken Legs
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When I was a kid my dad used to make us mock chicken legs (also known as City Chicken). Oh boy! To top it off, the best side to go with Mock Chicken legs is “daddy’s famous fried potatoes”. I kept on the tradition and have made mock chicken legs in a frying pan for years for Kim and the kids. It’s always been a hit!
New life & a new way to cook Instant Pot Mock Chicken
Now that we living that good old trailer life, I am only cooking with the Instant Pot and Air Fryer. (ohhh, and “cooking” with door dash as well, but shhhhhhh). I’ve been perfecting this recipe over the last year or so, and it’s finally ready to be formally written down (and video’ed). I did have to use lamb vs. veal, and to be honest I really did think that it was going to be a bust and I did all this work for nothing. HOW WRONG I WAS. They turned out AMAZING and honestly lamb might be my new go-to for Mock Chicken Legs forever.
I sure you hope you enjoy it as much as we did! PS – my video is up on YouTube, don’t forget to take a look and give it a “like” if you get a chance!
Instant Pot Mock Chicken Legs (City Chicken)
Equipment
- Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 1 cup Water
- 4 Eggs (for wash)
- 1.5 cups Plain Bread Crumbs
- Skewers cut to fit in your instant pot
- 2 tbsp Corn Starch
The Mock Chicken Legs
- 1.5 lbs Ground Pork
- 1 lb Ground Veal or Lamb (we used lamb which worked great)
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Black Pepper
- 2 tsp Brown or Yellow Mustard
- 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
- 1/2 An Onion Diced
- 1 tsp Italian Seasoning
- 1 Egg
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
Instructions
Mix and Make the Mock Chicken Legs
- Dice one yellow onion
- Mix in a medium to large mixing bowl the following: salt, pepper, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, onion, Italian seasoning, 1 egg, ground pork, and ground lamb (or veal)
- Form chicken leg shaped patties
- Push one end of the skewer about halfway into the patty
- Use your hands to form a chicken leg shape around the skewer (repeat to use all of your meat mixture)
- Beat 4 eggs with light salt and pepper on a plate
- Dump (and spread out) 1.5 cups of bread crumbs on a different plate
- Wash your Mock Chicken Legs in the egg wash and then carefully press the legs into the bread crumbs using your fingers to get the crumbs in the bends of the "chicken leg" (complete this step with all meat skewers)
Pressure Cook
- Use a paper towel to rub the inside of your instant pot with ~2 Tbsp of olive oil
- Add 1 cup of water to the instant pot
- Stand all of the formed mock chicken legs up inside the instant pot
- Lid, seal, and pressure cook for 8 minutes
- Allow the Instant Pot to Natural Pressure Release for 10 minutes
- After 10 minutes, release the remaining pressure manually
- Plate all Mock Chicken Legs (cover with a piece of aluminum foil while following the next steps to create the gravy)
Mock Chicken Leg Gravy
- Mix 2 Tbsp of cornstarch with 4 Tbsp of cooking fluid from the instant pot to create a slurry
- Press Sauté and mix in your cornstarch slurry
- Taste the gravy and add a little salt and pepper if needed, stir, and taste to make sure your gravy is perfect
- Stir and simmer until the gravy is velvety, 4 minutes, then cancel your sauté mode on your instant pot
- Pour as much gravy as you want on your plated Mock Chicken Legs and dig in!
Video
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PS – We were not able to make daddy’s famous fried potatoes. However, we did make some air fried potato chips that were a pretty darn good substitute.
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