Easy Mushroom Rub

Chicken. Chic-ken. Chic-KEN. CHICKEN!!!

We just love chicken in our house, especially roast chicken. It’s our Sunday favourite, a meal we look forward to. Even so, I like to vary my roast chicken with natural flavours and ethnic combinations such as lime, ginger and chilli for an Asian kick; sun dried tomatoes, herbes de provence or oregano and garlic for a Mediterranean twist; or I’ll stuff the cavity with lemons and rub the skin with olive oil and loads of black pepper for an even different taste sensation. My Thermomix helps me with another fast and easy taste boost that you can use for roast chicken, in gravies and sauces, or as a rub on meats, poultry, or strong-flavoured fish. This Mushroom Butter Rub takes less than 2 minutes and gives the most amazing tastes. I spread it under the skin of the breast of the chicken and it adds moisture as well as flavour. Try it, you’ll like it!

Madame Thermomix’s Easy Mushroom Butter Rub
Make any quantity you wish; these proportions make enough for a small to medium-sized chicken plus some gravy. Or roll it in clingfilm, keep it in the freezer and cut off disks as you need them to top steaks, chops, etc. for instant flavour with no fuss.

Ingredients
30 g dried mushrooms
60 g butter

Method

1. Grind dried mushrooms 1 minute/Speed 10 or until you get a fine powder. Scrape sides of TM bowl and lid; a pastry brush is very helpful to get it all.
2. Add butter and mix 20 seconds/Speed 4; scrape and repeat if necessary.

Spread this gorgeous gooey rub on the skin of your chicken or even better, slide your hands between the skin and the flesh on the breast of the chicken to loosen it and create a space which you then fill with your rub. Leave a bit of rub in your TM bowl and don’t wash it yet. Roast your chicken in your usual way, starting with the breast side up and then turning the chicken breast side down for the last half of cooking. This moistens the bird in the first instance and locks the juices into the breast in the second half of cooking. Then – woo hoo – add the chicken roasting juices to the mushroom rub in your TM bowl, add water to make up 1 litre, and cook up some fabulous gravy 12 to 15 minutes/Varoma setting/Speed 2.

Bon appétit !

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