Chicken Maryland | cheesy, and decadent. Chicken Maryland is a culinary delight.

Chicken Maryland or Maryland chicken is a historic dish associated with the U.S. state of Maryland, but has other meanings from other nations. In its home base, the food dish consists of fried chicken served with a cream gravy.[1] It is traditionally garnished with bananas, which were historically one of Baltimore’s leading imports.

Course Main course
Region or state Maryland
Main ingredients Fried chicken, cream gravy

Chicken

• 1 chicken, quartered
• 1 cup flour
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 cup breadcrumbs
• ½ tablespoon celery seed
• salt and pepper to taste
• ¼ cup clarified butter or oil

Step 1: Place flour in a bowl. Mix egg and water in a separate bowl. Mix bread crumbs, celery seed, salt and pepper in a third bowl. Dredge chicken pieces in flour first, then the egg mixture, then the bread crumbs.

Step 2: Fry chicken in hot oil until internal temperature is 165 degrees (read with a food thermometer) or until juices run clear when pierced with a fork.

Sauce

• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 cup cream
•  1 teaspoon red wine vinegar
• 1 teaspoon mustard powder
• 1-2 tablespoons horseradish
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 banana peeled and sliced in half, then halved lengthwise
• 4 slices of bacon

Step 1: Melt the butter in a sauce pot and add the flour. When heated through, add the cream and bring to a simmer. Cook on low heat for 10 minutes. Add vinegar, mustard powder and horseradish. Simmer for a few minutes more. Season to taste.

Step 2: Cook banana in hot buttered pan until browned. Fry bacon until crisp. Serve the chicken with warm bacon slices and bananas, and ladle sauce around the chicken.