The Captain's Chicken | Saveur

The Captain's Chicken | Saveur

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This classic Russian dish known as captain's chicken turns an ordinary chicken into the very likeness of a captain, with tomato buttons, a hard-cooked egg head, and a carrot nose.

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Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp. butter
  • 3 medium white onions (1 chopped, 2 thinly sliced)
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> cups mayonnaise
  • <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>3</sub> cup golden raisins
  • <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>3</sub> cup raisins
  • <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> tsp. dried marjoram
  • <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> tsp. dried thyme
  • <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> tsp. freshly ground nutmeg
  • <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>4</sub> tsp. ground sage
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 (5-lb.) chicken
  • 1 tbsp. steak seasoning, such as McCormick's Grill Mates Montreal
  • 1 tbsp. canola oil
  • 6 white potatoes (about 3 lbs.), peeled and sliced crosswise into ¼"-thick rounds (or waffle cut)
  • 4 medium carrots, sliced crosswise into ¼"-thick rounds; one small piece cut into a matchstick
  • 1 <sup>1</sup>⁄<sub>2</sub> cups grated jarslberg cheese
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 4 cherry tomatoes
  • 1 head green leaf lettuce
  • 1 hard-cooked egg, peeled
  • 1 (1") round cooked beet

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