I found this recipe when going through my file of vintage chicken recipe clippings. It sure doesn't strike me as an average sweet-sour recipe. However I suppose it makes some sense because sweet pickles are obviously sweet and sour from the sugar and vinegar they are made with. If you get past the idea of sweet-sour in terms of a Asian dish, this might be good. However if you told people you were serving chicken with a barbecue and pickle sauce I am sure they would think it was weird.
Sweet-Sour Baked Chicken
1 broiler-fryer (2 1/2 to 3 lb.), cut in serving pieces
1/2 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/3 cup salad oil
Sauce
1/2 cup cider vinegar
3 tablespoons light-brown sugar
1/3 cup chopped sweet gherkins
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon catsup
1. Wipe chicken well with damp paper towels.
2. In clean paper bag, combine four, salt, and pepper. Shake chicken pieces in bag until well coated.
3. Heat oil slowly in large skillet. Brown chicken, a few pieces at a time, turning often. Place, skin up, in 13x9x2-inch baking dish.
4. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make Sauce: In small bowl, combine vinegar and sugar, stirring to dissolve sugar. Blend in remaining ingredients.
5. Brush chicken pieces carefully with sauce. Pour rest over chicken.
6. Bake, covered, 30 minutes.
7. Baste with sauce; bake, uncovered, 15 minutes.
8. Serve with sauce spooned over
Makes 4 servings.
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Crunchy Chicken-Cheesies- not fabulous
This recipe is from The 1,000 Fabulous Sandwiches Cookbook by Doris McFerran Townsend. This book was published in 1965 but I can not imagine this recipe being popular in any era. It is the second recipe in the book, so if a prospective buyer picked up the book and opened it to the front to check it out it would have been right there in their face. The book would have been quickly slammed back on the counter I think. My husband would often buy cookbooks without even looking at them so that is how I got it. No way would I have bought a cookbook with this mess right up front.
Crunchy Chicken-Cheesies
12 slices Russian rye bread
3/8 cup soft butter
2 5-oz. cans cooked chicken, drained
1 cup applesauce
1-1/2 cups chopped raw cauliflower
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons prepared mustard
1/2 cup chopped parsley
6 thin slices Swiss cheese
Butter each slice of bread. Combine chicken, applesauce, chopped cauliflower, salt, and mustard. Divide chicken mixture over 6 slices of the buttered bread, spreading to corners of each slice. Top with parsley and a slice of Swiss cheese. Cover cheese with remaining bread slices.
There are two things in this that are just wrong. Why would anyone put raw cauliflower in a sandwich? Wouldn't it fall out of the sandwich and make a mess? They needed something to bind the chicken and cauliflower into a spread so why didn't they use mayonnaise instead of applesauce. The combination of chicken, applesauce and cauliflower is totally weird.
Crunchy Chicken-Cheesies
12 slices Russian rye bread
3/8 cup soft butter
2 5-oz. cans cooked chicken, drained
1 cup applesauce
1-1/2 cups chopped raw cauliflower
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons prepared mustard
1/2 cup chopped parsley
6 thin slices Swiss cheese
Butter each slice of bread. Combine chicken, applesauce, chopped cauliflower, salt, and mustard. Divide chicken mixture over 6 slices of the buttered bread, spreading to corners of each slice. Top with parsley and a slice of Swiss cheese. Cover cheese with remaining bread slices.
There are two things in this that are just wrong. Why would anyone put raw cauliflower in a sandwich? Wouldn't it fall out of the sandwich and make a mess? They needed something to bind the chicken and cauliflower into a spread so why didn't they use mayonnaise instead of applesauce. The combination of chicken, applesauce and cauliflower is totally weird.
Chicken-Cheese Ravioli Casserole
There are so many things just plain wrong about this recipe I hardly know where to start. 1. Any casserole that starts with canned ravioli is suspect. I will admit eating it occasionally when I need a very quick meal at work, but it doesn't belong in a casserole. 2. Chicken- how in the world does that go with cheese ravioli? 3. Chinese pea pods, this is where the recipe truly goes astray. How they decided to add these is beyond me. 4. Pimientos, cream and slivered almonds, enough said!
Chicken-Cheese Ravioli Casserole
3 tablespoon cooking oil
1 tablespoon butter
1 broiler-fryer chicken, cut into serving pieces
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1 can (6 0z) sliced mushrooms, drained
2 cans (15 oz. each) Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Cheese Ravioli in Beef and Tomato Sauce
1/4 cup chopped pimiento
1 cup light cream
Hot pepper sauce
1 package (10 oz.) Chinese pea pods
3 tablespoon toasted slivered almonds
Combine cooking oil and butter. Heat in medium sized skillet. Fry chicken parts until lightly browned. Remove browned parts to warm platter. Saute onion and pepper in remaining butter. Add drained sliced mushrooms and ravioli. Cover; simmer for 5 minutes. Add pimiento, light cream and pepper sauce. Stir gently. Cook pea pods according to package direction. Add to ravioli mixture. Arrange chicken on top; cover. Bake for 45 minutes in 350 degree oven. Garnish with toasted almonds. Serves 4 generously.
From: Favorite Casseroles & Other Exciting Recipes, 1986. All the recipes feature name brand ingredients.
Chicken-Cheese Ravioli Casserole
3 tablespoon cooking oil
1 tablespoon butter
1 broiler-fryer chicken, cut into serving pieces
1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
1 can (6 0z) sliced mushrooms, drained
2 cans (15 oz. each) Chef Boy-Ar-Dee Cheese Ravioli in Beef and Tomato Sauce
1/4 cup chopped pimiento
1 cup light cream
Hot pepper sauce
1 package (10 oz.) Chinese pea pods
3 tablespoon toasted slivered almonds
Combine cooking oil and butter. Heat in medium sized skillet. Fry chicken parts until lightly browned. Remove browned parts to warm platter. Saute onion and pepper in remaining butter. Add drained sliced mushrooms and ravioli. Cover; simmer for 5 minutes. Add pimiento, light cream and pepper sauce. Stir gently. Cook pea pods according to package direction. Add to ravioli mixture. Arrange chicken on top; cover. Bake for 45 minutes in 350 degree oven. Garnish with toasted almonds. Serves 4 generously.
From: Favorite Casseroles & Other Exciting Recipes, 1986. All the recipes feature name brand ingredients.
Chicken Pickletelli
This is a real doozy of a recipe. It seems like it is a simple Asian inspired chicken dish and then when you are not expecting it they throw in dill pickles! Yes you read that right- dill pickles. I can't think of why anyone would think of doing that. I know vinegar and soy sauce is used in Adobo but there is no dill in that. I found this in a Woman's Day Special Issue- Simply Delicious Meals In Minutes from 1981.
Chicken Pickletelli
2-1/2 to 3 pounds broiler-fryer pieces
1 chicken bouillon cube
2/3 cups hot water
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 small onion, cut into rings
1/4 cup sliced celery
1 can (16 oz.) bean sprouts, drained
1/2 green pepper, cut into strips
6 tablespoons dill pickle liquid (drained from dill pickles)
1/2 cup sliced dill pickles
Place chicken on broiler rack about 3 to 4 inches from source of heat. Brush chicken with 1 tablespoon dill pickle liquid and broil until chicken is brown. Turn chicken over, brush again with 1 tablespoon of pickle liquid and broil until chicken is brown. Transfer chicken to a baking dish. Dissolve bouillon cube in water and combine with 1/4 cup pickle liquid, soy sauce and seasonings; pour over chicken. Add dill pickles to baking dish and bake in 325 degree oven 25 minutes. Add the remaining vegetables to baking dish and continue baking for about 15 minutes or until chicken is tender. Makes 4 servings.
Chicken Pickletelli
2-1/2 to 3 pounds broiler-fryer pieces
1 chicken bouillon cube
2/3 cups hot water
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 small onion, cut into rings
1/4 cup sliced celery
1 can (16 oz.) bean sprouts, drained
1/2 green pepper, cut into strips
6 tablespoons dill pickle liquid (drained from dill pickles)
1/2 cup sliced dill pickles
Place chicken on broiler rack about 3 to 4 inches from source of heat. Brush chicken with 1 tablespoon dill pickle liquid and broil until chicken is brown. Turn chicken over, brush again with 1 tablespoon of pickle liquid and broil until chicken is brown. Transfer chicken to a baking dish. Dissolve bouillon cube in water and combine with 1/4 cup pickle liquid, soy sauce and seasonings; pour over chicken. Add dill pickles to baking dish and bake in 325 degree oven 25 minutes. Add the remaining vegetables to baking dish and continue baking for about 15 minutes or until chicken is tender. Makes 4 servings.
Rumanian Chicken Pancakes- hold the pears please.
The Super Chicken Cookbook has this odd recipe in the international chapter. I have seen quite a few chicken baked with fruit recipes,but this sounds similar to a bizarre chicken/fruit egg foo young. I know nothing of Rumanian cooking so I hope I am not insulting someone's grandmas' cooking but this is just weird. If I had some nice chicken breasts to use this would be about the last recipe I would try.
Rumanian Chicken Pancake
2 chicken breasts, cut in half
1 1/2 cup water
1 cup coarsely chopped onion
1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 green skinned pears, about 3 inches in diameter at largest end- not too ripe
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
5 eggs, beaten until lemon yellow
Place the chicken breasts, water, onion, salt and pepper in a saucepan with a tight-fitting cover. Bring to a rolling boil and skim off any froth that may gather. Cover, turn heat to simmer and cook for 35 minutes, or until the thickest portion of the chicken can be pierced with a fork.
Peel and core the pears, cut them into 1/2-inch cubes and add them to the boiling chicken. Cook 8 minutes, or until the edges of the pears begin to get transparent. Remove the pears and chicken from the heat. Allow to cool.
Separate the meat from the skin and bones. Drain the pears and onion and add them to the chicken meat. Chop all very fine. Sprinkle the flour over the top, then add the beaten eggs. Mix all very well. Pour by spoonful onto a hot griddle and fry as you would pancakes. Serve at once, piping hot. Serves 4. Serve with applesauce, horseradish or orange marmalade.
Rumanian Chicken Pancake
2 chicken breasts, cut in half
1 1/2 cup water
1 cup coarsely chopped onion
1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 green skinned pears, about 3 inches in diameter at largest end- not too ripe
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
5 eggs, beaten until lemon yellow
Place the chicken breasts, water, onion, salt and pepper in a saucepan with a tight-fitting cover. Bring to a rolling boil and skim off any froth that may gather. Cover, turn heat to simmer and cook for 35 minutes, or until the thickest portion of the chicken can be pierced with a fork.
Peel and core the pears, cut them into 1/2-inch cubes and add them to the boiling chicken. Cook 8 minutes, or until the edges of the pears begin to get transparent. Remove the pears and chicken from the heat. Allow to cool.
Separate the meat from the skin and bones. Drain the pears and onion and add them to the chicken meat. Chop all very fine. Sprinkle the flour over the top, then add the beaten eggs. Mix all very well. Pour by spoonful onto a hot griddle and fry as you would pancakes. Serve at once, piping hot. Serves 4. Serve with applesauce, horseradish or orange marmalade.
Hoppin Johns' cousin Limping Susan
Hoppin John has a cousin and her name is Limping Susan. Apparently John likes black eyed peas and Susan doesn't. This version of the recipe is from a Helen Corbitt book:
Limping Susan
1/4 cup finely diced salt pork
1 cup rice
1 onion, chopped fine
3 cups chicken broth or consomme
2 cups mashed canned tomatoes
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Salt and pepper
Cooked okra
Slivers of cooked chicken, optional
Fry pork until crisp. Add rice and stir until rice is golden. Add onion and cook until soft. Add broth. Cover and cook until rice is done, about 1 hour. Add tomatoes and parsley and seasonings, fork-stir and bake uncovered for 30 minutes. Just before serving add cooked okra and slivers of leftover chicken.
Limping Susan
1/4 cup finely diced salt pork
1 cup rice
1 onion, chopped fine
3 cups chicken broth or consomme
2 cups mashed canned tomatoes
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Salt and pepper
Cooked okra
Slivers of cooked chicken, optional
Fry pork until crisp. Add rice and stir until rice is golden. Add onion and cook until soft. Add broth. Cover and cook until rice is done, about 1 hour. Add tomatoes and parsley and seasonings, fork-stir and bake uncovered for 30 minutes. Just before serving add cooked okra and slivers of leftover chicken.
Roast Chicken with Smoked Oysters- No Thanks
This recipe is from New Casserole Cookery the 1968 edition. I like casseroles, they are the frugal cooks friend and I make them frequently. But this recipe is just wrong for many reasons. 1. I like smoked oysters and have them occasionally as a snack with crackers, but they do not belong in a casserole. 2. If I have a nice succulent roast chicken why oh why would I cut it up in a cream soup casserole?3. Why the Italian green beans? I like them also but they are much chewier than a regular green bean and I think the texture would be wrong for this casserole. This casserole is just a disaster!
Chicken Baked With Smoked Oysters And Italian Green Beans
1 9 0z. package frozen Italian green beans
1 roast or barbecued chicken
1 3 2/3-oz. can smoked oysters
1 can condensed cream of celery soup
3 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
For a quick assembly job, the barbecued or roast chicken warm from the supermarket is best for last-minute cooking, juicier and more flavorful than that in cans. Cook the green beans according to direction until barely tender. Drain and arrange in casserole, Cut the warm chicken from the bone in bite-sized pieces. Arrange on green beans. Drain and sprinkle smoked oysters on top. Pour in undiluted cream of celery soup. Sprinkle crumbled bacon on top. Bake in 350 degree oven until brown and bubbly, about 35 to 45 minutes.
Chicken Baked With Smoked Oysters And Italian Green Beans
1 9 0z. package frozen Italian green beans
1 roast or barbecued chicken
1 3 2/3-oz. can smoked oysters
1 can condensed cream of celery soup
3 slices cooked bacon, crumbled
For a quick assembly job, the barbecued or roast chicken warm from the supermarket is best for last-minute cooking, juicier and more flavorful than that in cans. Cook the green beans according to direction until barely tender. Drain and arrange in casserole, Cut the warm chicken from the bone in bite-sized pieces. Arrange on green beans. Drain and sprinkle smoked oysters on top. Pour in undiluted cream of celery soup. Sprinkle crumbled bacon on top. Bake in 350 degree oven until brown and bubbly, about 35 to 45 minutes.
Coca Cola plus Chicken= Wrong
I have a Coca Cola cookbook. Inventive folks have tried using Coke in all sorts of recipes where it really doesn't belong. Coke in a barbecue sauce is a fairly common recipe and I can understand that. Sweet ingredients are often in barbecue sauces. But these recipes are not barbecue and are just weird!
This one seems rather bizarre: Chicken with Artichoke Hearts
4 whole chicken breasts, boneless, with skin
1/4 cup clarified butter
16 small canned artichoke hearts
2 cups sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup chopped shallots
few slivers of fresh garlic
1 cup Coca-Cola
1 tablespoon arrowroot or flour
Cut chicken breast into bite-sized pieces. Saute the pieces in the butter, skin side down, turning carefully until they are browned on all sides. Set them aside on a heated platter. In the same pan, saute the artichoke hearts until browned. Remove them to the same heated platter. In the same pan saute the sliced mushrooms, chopped shallots and garlic. When mushrooms are tender and the shallots are transparent, transfer the chicken and artichoke hearts back to the pan. Add the cup of Coca-Cola and simmer until the chicken is tender. Remove everything from the juices and thicken with arrowroot or flour and pour over chicken mixture.
I can't imagine what this would taste like: Baked Chicken Breast
4 whole chicken breasts, split
4 tablespoons minced parsley
2 cloves garlic, pressed
1 1/2 cups Coca-Cola
4 tablespoons slivered blanched almonds
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
Mix the soups together and add the Coca-Cola and garlic. Place the chicken in a casserole dish and pour the soup mixture over it. Sprinkle the parsley and almonds on top. Cover and cook at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
This one states Coca-Cola "deliciously replaces wine in many recipes". I don't think so.
Chicken In Coca-Cola Sauce
3 1/2 to 4 pound chicken, cut up
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons butter
1 pound fresh mushrooms, cut up if large
1/4 cup chopped spring onions
2-3 cloves garlic, diced very fine
4-5 tablespoons flour
2 cups Coca-Cola
3/4 cup chicken broth
4 sprigs fresh parsley
1 bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon rosemary
Dry chicken with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper. Heat the oil and butter in very large cast iron skillet. Add the chicken pieces and cook until golden on one side. Turn and brown on other side. Chicken will have to be cooked in batches. Place on separate plate and set aside. In the same pan, add mushrooms and cook until golden. Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring , until softened. Sprinkle flour in pan and cook while stirring until a light color (1 -2 minutes). Add Coca-Cola, broth, and herbs. Stir to blend and cook 4 to 5 minutes more. Return chicken to pan. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer gently for 25 to 30 minutes or until tender.
This one seems rather bizarre: Chicken with Artichoke Hearts
4 whole chicken breasts, boneless, with skin
1/4 cup clarified butter
16 small canned artichoke hearts
2 cups sliced mushrooms
1/2 cup chopped shallots
few slivers of fresh garlic
1 cup Coca-Cola
1 tablespoon arrowroot or flour
Cut chicken breast into bite-sized pieces. Saute the pieces in the butter, skin side down, turning carefully until they are browned on all sides. Set them aside on a heated platter. In the same pan, saute the artichoke hearts until browned. Remove them to the same heated platter. In the same pan saute the sliced mushrooms, chopped shallots and garlic. When mushrooms are tender and the shallots are transparent, transfer the chicken and artichoke hearts back to the pan. Add the cup of Coca-Cola and simmer until the chicken is tender. Remove everything from the juices and thicken with arrowroot or flour and pour over chicken mixture.
I can't imagine what this would taste like: Baked Chicken Breast
4 whole chicken breasts, split
4 tablespoons minced parsley
2 cloves garlic, pressed
1 1/2 cups Coca-Cola
4 tablespoons slivered blanched almonds
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can cream of mushroom soup
Mix the soups together and add the Coca-Cola and garlic. Place the chicken in a casserole dish and pour the soup mixture over it. Sprinkle the parsley and almonds on top. Cover and cook at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
This one states Coca-Cola "deliciously replaces wine in many recipes". I don't think so.
Chicken In Coca-Cola Sauce
3 1/2 to 4 pound chicken, cut up
salt and pepper to taste
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons butter
1 pound fresh mushrooms, cut up if large
1/4 cup chopped spring onions
2-3 cloves garlic, diced very fine
4-5 tablespoons flour
2 cups Coca-Cola
3/4 cup chicken broth
4 sprigs fresh parsley
1 bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon rosemary
Dry chicken with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper. Heat the oil and butter in very large cast iron skillet. Add the chicken pieces and cook until golden on one side. Turn and brown on other side. Chicken will have to be cooked in batches. Place on separate plate and set aside. In the same pan, add mushrooms and cook until golden. Add onion and garlic and cook, stirring , until softened. Sprinkle flour in pan and cook while stirring until a light color (1 -2 minutes). Add Coca-Cola, broth, and herbs. Stir to blend and cook 4 to 5 minutes more. Return chicken to pan. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer gently for 25 to 30 minutes or until tender.
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