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Flygande Jacob — Flying Jacob

Chicken, banana, cream, bacon, peanuts. Sweden's gloriously unhinged 1976 classic.

🍽️ Swedish ⏱️ 15 min prep · 30 min cook 👥 Serves 4 📊 Beginner
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Ingredients

Method

  1. Yes, this is real: invented by an air-freight worker named Jacob, published in 1976, beloved ever since. Sweden asks for your trust.
  2. Lay the shredded Chicken Thighs in a baking dish with the banana slices over it.
  3. Fold the chili sauce and paprika into the softly whipped cream and blanket everything with it.
  4. Bake at 400°F (205°C) for 20–25 minutes until bubbling and golden-spotted.
  5. Scatter the bacon and peanuts over, serve with rice, and watch skeptics go quiet mid-bite. Sweet-savory-smoky-creamy — the flight plan makes no sense and lands perfectly.

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