How do you blacken chicken or fish or other meats?

Answer 1

Paul Prudhomme has a great blackening seasoning on the market, so that you use it on your fish or meat and pan fry.

Answer 2

Blackening refers to the seasoning used not burning/charring the food. Here is a basic recipe for Blackening seasoning it is also very good on steak that has been stuffed with Blue Cheese for a Chicago favorite "Black and Blue Steak".

Recipe for blackened seasoning for fish or chicken.
INGREDIENTS:
2 teaspoons ground paprika
4 teaspoons dried leaf thyme
2 teaspoons onion powder
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons black pepper
1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper, or to your taste
1 teaspoon dried leaf oregano
3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

Place all ingredients in a jar and store in a cool dark place. Shake jar well before each use.
PREPARATION:
Over low heat, melt about 3 tablespoon of butter in a nonstick skillet (enough butter to cover fish and the bottom of the pan). As soon as the butter is melted, place the fish in the pan, flipping it over to cover both sides with butter. Then generously coat the fish with the seasoning, flip over again and coat the other side with seasoning.
Now turn up the heat to medium-high and cook on one side until blackened and somewhat crispy. Flip over and cook the other side. Add a little more butter whenever necessary.

Answer 3

For a cut up chicken, like just the breasts, I use Paul Prudohhme blackening seasoning form the grocery store, I use a cast irons skillet, and it has to be very very hot! It does cause alot of smoke too. Know if you are doig a whole chicken I have no idea, cause it wouldnt fit right in the pan.

Answer 4

You mean brown-up the meat.
Well here's how.
Prefry it ,
or, when you season it add (Browning) any super market will have it.
Take my advice I'm black

Answer 5

sprinkle with suar and shallow fry or sprinkle with salt and roast