The Latin King is regarded as the premier Italian restaurant in the Iowa. It is a staple of the culture in Des Moines and a testament to the Italian culture that thrives in Des Moines. While moving over the menu, the Chicken Spedini caught my eye. It was a breaded chicken served in a garlic wine sauce. Once I tried it, I immediately knew why The Latin King was known as the best. Once again, I had big shoes to fill in order to come close to recreating this masterpiece. I started by going to the supermarket, in this case it was Dahls. While looking for the proper chicken to complete this meal, I saw that they exclusively sold the same chicken as the Latin King. I decided to buy this since it was the same quality as they used in the restaurant. The hard part was making the sauce, whenever you are trying to recreate a sauce you have to do a lot of guess and testing. When I finally perfected this I only used two ingredients, fresh garlic which costs about .95 cents and olive oil which costs 2.60 cents. You first have to chop the garlic clove, cook it for about 2 minutes in a skillet, then put it 4 cups of of olive oil and it is ready. You need to then bake the chicken at 325 degrees for 20 minutes. When you take the chicken out, put it on a plate, drizzle the mixed olive oil over the chicken and serve. When I tasted my own, I was impressed, the taste is very similar and at a cost of only 5.50 cents compared to 18.95 at Latin King, I have to tell you to do it yourself.
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