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Vintage Chicken Pot Pie Recipe

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Vintage Chicken Pot Pie

Course: Dinner, Lunch
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Chicken, I like pie, pie

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups cooked chicken diced
  • 1 cup frozen peas and carrots
  • ½ cup diced potatoes
  • ¼ cup chopped onions
  • ¼ cup diced celery
  • ¼ cup butter
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ cups chicken broth
  • ½ cup milk
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon dried thyme
  • 1 package refrigerated pie crusts

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C).
  • In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the onions and celery, and sauté until they are tender.
  • Stir in the flour, salt, black pepper, and dried thyme. Cook for 1-2 minutes, stirring constantly.
  • Gradually add the chicken broth and milk, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens.
  • Add the cooked chicken, frozen peas and carrots, and diced potatoes to the skillet. Stir to combine everything well. Remove from heat.
  • Roll out one pie crust and press it into a 9-inch pie plate. Pour the chicken mixture into the pie crust.
  • Roll out the second pie crust and place it over the filling. Seal the edges and cut slits in the top crust to allow steam to escape.
  • Bake for 35-40 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown and the filling is bubbly.
  • Allow the pie to cool for a few minutes before serving. Enjoy

sweet and sour chicken

 

sweet and sour chicken

Course: Dinner
Keyword: Chicken
Author: Marcia Selover

Ingredients

  • pound boneless chicken breast cubed
  • 1 16 oz can pineapple chunks

Sweet and Sour Mixture

  • 1 cucumber remove seeds
  • 2 sticks celery
  • 1 green pepper
  • 1 carrot stick
  • 1 cup cider vinegar
  • cup water
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup catsup
  • 4 tablespoons corn starch
  • 1 tablespoon dark soy sauce

Chicken Marinade

  • 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
  • 1 teaspoon dry sherry
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon sugar
  • Dash of pepper

Batter

  • 1 cup self-rising flour
  • 2 tablespoons corn starch
  • cups water

Dry Mixture

  • 1 cup self-rising flour
  • 2 tablespoons corn starch

Instructions

  • Cut cucumber, celery, green pepper, and carrot into chunks.
  • Soak vegetables in cider vinegar, water, and sugar for at least two hours.
  • Drain pineapple chunks and use the juice and above mixture to make gravy.
  • Add catsup, corn starch (mixed with a little water), and soy sauce to gravy.
  • Marinate the chicken for 20 minutes in soy sauce, sherry, salt, sugar, and pepper.
  • Dip cubed chicken first into the batter, then into the dry mixture.
  • Using 1/2 inch of oil in pan or wok, deep fry chicken for about 10 minutes.
  • Drain on paper towels.
  • Heat pineapple chunks and vegetables in pan or wok.
  • Serve with rice.

LEMON PINEAPPLE CHICKEN

 

LEMON PINEAPPLE CHICKEN

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course, Main Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Chicken, pineapple
Servings: 2

Ingredients

  • 1 fresh pineapple
  • 1 tablespoon safflower oil
  • 2 half chicken breasts skinned and boned
  • Pepper to taste
  • 1/4 teaspoon thyme crumbled
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 1/2 cup water or pineapple juice
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 3/4 teaspoon chicken bouillon crystals

Instructions

  • Twist crown from pineapple.
  • Cut pineapple lengthwise in half.
  • Remove fruit from shells with a curved knife. (This recipe uses half the fruit; refrigerate half and use it later.)
  • Cut the half pineapple crosswise into 6 slices; lightly sauté oil.
  • Remove from skillet.
  • Pound chicken to half-inch thickness.
  • Cut each breast in half and sprinkle with pepper and thyme.
  • Coat with flour.
  • Brown on both sides in pan juices.
  • Cover pan; simmer 1 or 2 minutes until done.
  • Arrange chicken on two serving plates with the sautéed pineapple. Add water, lemon juice and chicken bouillon to skillet.
  • Boil until reduced by one-half.
  • Spoon sauce over chicken and pineapple.

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Chicken Pate “Meet the Millers” December 27, 1960

 

Chicken Pate

Chicken Pate recipe from "Meet the Millers" & Iroquois Gas Corporation, December 27, 1960
Course: Appetizer
Author: Meet the Millers

Ingredients

  • 1 lb chicken livers
  • Boiling Water
  • 1 cube chicken bouillon
  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 tbsp grated onion
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp mace
  • 1/8 tsp cloves
  • 1 1/2 tsp dry mustard
  • 1/8 tsp anchovy paste
  • 1 tbsp brandy

Instructions

  • Cover chicken livers with boiling water, add 1 chicken bullion cube and simmer 20 minutes.
  • Drain and grind very fine.
  • If using a blender, blend with all other ingredients, using butter to moisten.
  • If using a grinder, blend all ingredients thoroughly.
  • Pack in mold and chill.

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