Ellen Barkin

Chicken Ellen Barkin and Cheese Burger

Burgers, Main, Party Food, Snack

Where do I start with my girl Ellen Barkin? I know I shouldn’t have favourite characters within my favourite movie, but Annette Atkins is an icon and she even inspired my life’s mantra, once a carnie, always a carnie. Sure it doesn’t make sense if you don’t know I have a carnie fetish … but I guess I just told you? Blame The Simpsons.

Anyway, I’m now well off track.

I first met El in the early ‘80s while visiting my boy Steve Guttenberg on the set of Diner. While I was too busy obsessing over the divine Kevin Bacon, to form a lasting relationship with El, we reconnected on the set of Sea of Love – I was visiting Al Pacino – and our friendship was finally able to blossom.

When it came time to cast the role of Annette in Drop Dead Gorgeous, I knew that El was the only person I could trust. While she was a little hesitant to have a beer-can fused to her hand for half a movie, I was quickly able to win her over … and the results truly are beautiful.

She has been super busy with season 2 of Animal Kingdom lately, but jumped at the opportunity to celebrate her crowning cinematic achievement and witness my told-you-so- dance in all its glory.

Given how much I love her and how much I love burgers, my dinner choice was clear – my delightful Chicken Ellen Barkin and Cheese Burger!

 

 

Shamelessly inspired by the greatest thing on the KFC menu – well, outside of the Zinger Bacon and Cheese – this burger fills me with unending joy. Fresh, zingy, crisp fried chicken, bacon, cheese and a shit tonne of mayo and lettuce? You had me at zingy.

Enjoy!

 

 

Chicken Ellen Barkin and Cheese Burger
Serves: 4.

Ingredients
2 chicken breasts, halved into bun sized fillets
½ mix of Farrahed Moan Chicken spice mix
8 rashers streaky bacon
4 slices high melt cheese
1-2 cups iceberg lettuce, roughly chopped
¼ mayonnaise

Method
Prepare the chicken breast fillets as per the Farrahed Moan Chicken Recipe until crispy and glorious.

Fry the bacon in a skillet over medium heat, until crisp.

To make the burgers, half the buns, slather the base with mayo, top with lettuce, bacon, cheese and chicken fillets. Then, obvi, devour.

 

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Fame Hungry’s American Teen Princess Pageant

Fame Hungry's American Teen Princess Pageant, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

You all know that US-A is a-ok, and, well, while Amer-i-can, she tragically couldn’t – Hiz is the OG Shea Couleé – and that is just way too heartbreaking for you, me and Carole Radziwill.

Given that reality is way too depressing and Trinity Taylor’s likeability has softened me to the pageant world, I thought it best to honour Independence Day by celebrating the greatest film of all time, Drop Dead Gorgeous.

So grab your best lutefisk, prep your giant parade swan, melt a beer can to your hand and get ready to cheer on the huskies, are all the things that are great about America – Mount Rose, Adam West, my brother Peter, Days of our Lives, Butterick Pattern 7432, medical science replacing the skin from my belly with skin from my butt, Soylent Green, and my daughter … Rebecca. Ann. LEEEMAAAANNNNNN.

And obvi, Sarah Rose Cosmetics. Now where the hell is my waiter?

Wait, that’s me – check back tomorrow as we kick off Fame Hungry’s American Teen Princess Pageant!

Image source: Still from Drop Dead Gorgeous.

 

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