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This recipe is exactly how it sounds... a delicious "Chicken" Nugget made out of corn.
Ingredients:
4 ears of corn (whole, on cob)
1 pound of tofu (firm)
1 cup of hickory wood chips
1/2 gallon of water
4 eggs
1 tablespoon salt, plus additional for seasoning flour
1 cup flour
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
Vegetable oil
Procedure:
Combine water and wood chips and allow to soak for 10 minutes.
Remove wood chips from water and transfer to smoker.
Cut the base of the corn cobs off to create a flat surface.
Stand corn upright and use a knife to cut off the corn kernels.
Using a juicer, juice the corn kernels, reserving the pulp.
Chop the tofu into small chunks.
Place the corn pulp and the chopped tofu in a small, open container. Place in smoker.
Smoke for approximately 10 minutes.
Transfer to a food processor and ?chop? until crumbly.
Add eggs and salt and blend until thoroughly mixed.
Form this mixture into patties and allow to chill in refrigerator for about 20 minutes.
Heat vegetable oil to 350 degrees F.
Combine flour with salt (about 1 teaspoon) and black pepper
Coat patties on both sides with seasoned flour.
Fry in vegetable oil until golden brown
Editor's Note: A makeshift smoker can be made by putting your wood chips in the bottom of a deep ?hotel pan,? which is a large rectangular pan with tall sides, and a similarly sized hotel pan with perforations placed on top of the wood chip pan. Heat this over a flame until wood starts to smoke, add your items to be smoked, and cover with a lid.
This recipe was featured in the Burger Wars episode of Future Food
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