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Chicken Kama Sutra with Curried Hollandaise
Chicken Kama Sutra with Curried Hollandaise, Chicken Skin and Flatbread
Lana and Vinny visited an authentic Indian restaurant in Toronto. Their host said "This is called Kama Sutra chicken. It makes you more stamina, you feel more energetic. Yeah, got it. Chicken Kama Sutra. It's a really tasty dish of boneless chicken breast braised in a cashew nut gravy with saffron and fenugreek."
Vinny: "I personally really, really enjoy the texture of hollandaises, especially with cooked chicken thighs. This is kind of a nod to one of my previous restaurants, Nomad. It was part of the heart station. I was responsible for that station for several years and kind of holds a place in my heart. We did something similar, but it was not spiced. Hollandaise is a good way to incorporate a lot of the spice flavors of the chicken Kama Sutra."
Judges
"I love the chicken skin."
"My chicken was cooked well. My first bite was really, really nice. It felt like I was gonna get a little more heat the more I ate. I expect a little more Indian food. I don't think that the curried hollandaise packed as much punch as they wanted."
"And then they put a blanket of everything over this kind of, like, not super flavorful hollandaise. I don't know why you need a rich hollandaise when you have a rich sauce. What's the point of it?"
