Air-Fryer Ukrainian Deruny Chicken Mushroom Potato Stacks

Grand Tour Recipe

Air-Fryer Ukrainian Deruny Chicken Mushroom Potato Stacks

Make Air-Fryer Ukrainian Deruny Chicken Mushroom Potato Stacks with measured UK ingredients, practical air-fryer timings and bold Grand Tour flavour.

Deruny are Ukrainian potato pancakes with crisp lacy edges and a soft onion-scented middle. They are usually served with soured cream, which is exactly the sort of straightforward decision worth preserving.

These air-fryer cakes become proper dinner stacks with garlic chicken and mushrooms between them. The potatoes still lead, but the creamy savoury filling gives each plate enough weight to stand on its own.

Air-Fryer Ukrainian Deruny Chicken Mushroom Potato Stacks
Air-Fryer Ukrainian Deruny Chicken Mushroom Potato Stacks preparation stage

You’ll Need

For the Deruny
700g floury potatoes, peeled
1 small onion
1 egg
2 tbsp plain flour
½ tsp sea salt
½ tsp black pepper
Olive oil spray

For the Filling
400g chicken thigh fillets, thinly sliced
200g chestnut mushrooms, sliced
1 garlic clove, finely grated
1 tsp dried dill
100ml soured cream
Chopped chives

Optional but Dangerous
Extra soured cream
Pickled mushrooms
A cold Ukrainian lager

Method

Coarsely grate the potatoes and onion, then squeeze them brutally dry in a clean tea towel.

Mix with the egg, flour, salt and black pepper.

Preheat your air fryer to 200°C and line the basket with perforated baking paper.

Shape eight thin potato cakes, spray generously with oil and air fry in batches for 10-12 minutes, turning once.

Toss the chicken with a little oil, the garlic, dill and a pinch of salt.

Air fry for 7 minutes, add the mushrooms and cook for a further 6-7 minutes.

Check the chicken has reached 75°C.

Stir the soured cream through the hot chicken and mushrooms.

Layer two deruny per serving with the creamy filling between them.

Finish with chives and serve immediately.

Lad Tip: The tea-towel squeeze is the whole game. Dry potato crisps, wet potato steams. If your knuckles are not slightly annoyed, you probably stopped too early.

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