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Learn how to make Sin City’s ‘black tie’ chicken, shrimp fries and mini cakes

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updated 12:59 p.m. ET July 24, 2007

Don't have the guts to elope in Las Vegas? Get the best of Sin City with these elegant and tasty recipes — including "black tie" chicken and individual mini wedding cakes — from David Burke, executive chef of David Burke Modern American Cuisine and Tom Moloney, executive chef of AquaKnox:

Black Tie Chicken
David Burke

INGREDIENTS

3 1/2 lb. chicken
6 oz. summer truffles, shaved thin (but not too thin)

For truffle butter

1 lb. butter
2 oz. summer truffles, chopped
4 oz. truffle oil
1/4 cup chives, chopped

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DIRECTIONS

Using a small paring knife and your fingers, massage chicken to separate chicken and skin. Pull open skin as much as possible. Layer truffles on top of breast and then pat skin back down. 

For butter:  Mix together all ingredients.  Once soft, coat entire bird with the truffle butter.

Bake at 375 degrees for 1 ½ hours or until golden brown and cooked through.  Serve with shrimp home fries.

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Shrimp Home Fries
David Burke

INGREDIENTS

Yukon potatoes
Red onion
Red pepper
Yellow pepper
12 shrimp (3 per person)
Parsley chiffonade
1/2 cup scallions

DIRECTIONS

Peel shrimp and reserve shells for sauce.

Clean and devein shrimp and reserve. In a hot sauté pan bring olive oil to smoking point. Add Yukon potatoes, 2 cloves of garlic and season with salt and pepper and roast in 350 degree oven. 

Turn potatoes so as to brown on all sides. When potatoes are golden brown and delicious (DG & B), set aside. In the same pan add 1 tbsp. whole butter and sauté shrimp until half-cooked.

Add red onion, red and yellow pepper and cook until tender.  Season with salt and pepper. Add potatoes to shrimp and vegetable pan.  Adjust seasoning.

Finish with scallions and parsley chiffonade. 

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