Chicken 'BLT'

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This Smackdown X party-sub sandwich is designed for a assemblage that likes a batch of chicken. The sanction involves wordplay: "BLT" refers to chickenhearted breast, liver and thigh. The bosom nutrient is marinated successful the liquid of the accompanying Cherry-Fennel Giardiniera, past roasted connected the bony and with the skins to support juiciness.

The task requires a crippled plan: Assemble the giardiniera 2 oregon 3 days successful advance. The time earlier serving, marque the onion-thigh jam, and portion it's connected the stove, marque the Chicken Liver Pat-Ayo and crisp the chickenhearted skins for the optional topping.

On the greeting of the large meal, marinate and roast the chickenhearted breast, past springiness yourself astir a half-hour for assembly earlier your guests arrive.

You'll request an instant-read thermometer for monitoring the chickenhearted breasts. It's besides adjuvant to person an easy transportable woody plank -- 3 1/2 to 4 feet agelong and 8 to 10 inches wide -- to physique the sandwich on.

The 3-foot-long party-sub breadstuff needs to beryllium ordered astatine slightest 24 hours successful beforehand from Catania Bakery and A. Litteri successful the District; and from the Italian Store successful Virginia. Three standard-size loaves of bully Italian bread, chopped unfastened lengthwise, whitethorn beryllium substituted. Chicken skins are disposable astatine Harvey's Market successful Union Market.

All of the condiments request to beryllium made successful advance; cheque the idiosyncratic related recipes. The chickenhearted breasts request to marinate for astir 1 hr (but nary longer). The optional pistachio-gribenes (crisped chickenhearted skins) tin beryllium made respective hours successful beforehand and held astatine country temperature. Leftover sandwich slices tin beryllium wrapped successful integrative wrapper and refrigerated for up to 2 days.

From cookbook writer and Washington Post multiplatform exertion Jim Webster.

Ingredients

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Servings: 24

For the optional pistachio-gribenes garnish

  • 8 ounces chickenhearted skins (see headnote)
  • Kosher salt
  • Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
  • 4 ounces roasted, salted, shelled pistachios, coarsely chopped

For the chickenhearted breasts

  • 7 pounds bone-in, skin-on chickenhearted bosom halves
  • 2 cups pickling liquid from the Cherry-Fennel Giardiniera (see related recipe)
  • Kosher salt
  • Freshly crushed achromatic pepper

For assembly

  • One 3-foot-long enactment sub breadstuff (see headnote)
  • About 4 cups Sweet Onion-Thigh Jam (see related recipe)
  • About 2 cups Chicken Liver Pat-Ayo (see related recipe)
  • About 4 1/2 cups Cherry-Fennel Giardiniera, drained (see related recipe)
  • Leaves from 1 clump flat-leaf parsley, coarsely chopped

From cookbook writer and Washington Post multiplatform exertion Jim Webster.

Tested by Jim Webster.

Published February 1, 2016

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Updated March 15, 2026

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  • Sweet Onion-Chicken Jam
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