City chicken

Fried chicken often gets all the credit as the best of the fried foods. However, one bite of this city chicken and you're bound to agree that this Pittsburgh classic is just as good, if not even better. Using tender chunks of pork that are breaded, flash fried, and then baked to perfection- this vintage recipe is another one straight from Nonna's Italian American kitchen.

It's time to make authentic City Chicken Recipe. It’s simple to make and yields a super tender meat that you can cut with a fork. But, despite its name this is not actually a chicken dish. It’s a local dish that is made of pork sirloin chunks or a combo of veal and pork curves that are passed through skewers, browned and then braised slowly. I have fond memories of eating city chicken as a kid and I never questioned why it was named that way as it doesn’t contain any chicken. Where Can You…

Midwestern comfort food at it's best. Pork sirloin cubes are threaded onto skewers, breaded, browned and slow braised until fork tender.

INGREDIENTS2 pounds boneless pork, cut into 1 1/2-inch cubesSalt

My mom's recipe for city chicken was a family favorite growing up. It's an easy to make weeknight meal.

Healthy, tender and delicious recipe for city chicken just like Grandma used to make which ironically contains no chicken at all as was traditionally popular in the Great Lakes region.

Midwestern comfort food at it's best. Pork sirloin cubes are threaded onto skewers, breaded, browned and slow braised until fork tender.

Learn how to prepare city chicken (a.k.a. mock chicken) with just 8 ingredients for an easy version of a classic dinner!

City Chicken bought from the grocery store all ready cut up and has skewers with it. Put 4 pieces of pork loin on each skewer. --- I always rinse the meat first before I do...