Flying Jacob

Flying Jacob
Flying Jacob with rice and a salad
Alternative names
  • Flygande Jacob
  • Flygande Jakob
TypeCasserole
CourseMain
Place of originSweden
Created byOve Jacobsson
Invented1976
Serving temperatureHot
Main ingredientsChicken, cream, chili sauce, bananas, roasted peanuts, bacon
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Flying Jacob (Swedish: Flygande Jacob/Jakob, pronounced [flyːˈgandɛ jɑːˈkɔp]) is a Swedish casserole made of chicken, bananas, peanuts, and bacon. The dish is baked in an oven and is usually served with rice and a salad.

The dish was invented by Ove Jacobsson, who worked in the air freight industry, hence the name. Asked to make a main dish for a potluck in summer 1976, Jacobsson combined leftover ingredients into a casserole and served it at the party, where it was a hit. His neighbor, Anders Tunberg, worked for Allt om Mat (All about Food) magazine, and thus the recipe was first published in a Swedish cooking magazine the same year.

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References

  1. ↑ "Flygande Jacob". The Hindu. 25 February 2011. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on April 11, 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 Fater, Luke (26 August 2019). "How a Banana-Chicken Casserole Defined Swedish Cuisine". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Flygande Jacob, Every Swedish Child's Delight". 28 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Fagerberg, Jerard (27 November 2017). "How a banana-chicken casserole became a beloved Swedish comfort food". The Takeout. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Recept: Flygande Jacob med banan, jordnötter och bacon". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 27 August 2019.