Miss Marys Famous Chicken With Pastry Recipes

MISS MARY'S FAMOUS CHICKEN WITH PASTRY

Steps:

• Place chicken, onion, celery and salt in a large pot. Add enough water to completely cover the chicken. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until chicken is tender and cooked through, about 1 hour.
• Remove chicken from broth and cool enough to handle. Pick chicken off the bones and discard bones.
• Grease a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.
• Remove celery and onion from broth. Measure broth and return 3 cups to the pot.
• In a small bowl, blend 1/4 cup flour with 1/4 cup water to make a smooth paste. Stir into hot broth. Cook 5 to 10 minutes or until broth is thickened. Season with salt and pepper. Pour over chicken.
• For Pastry:.
• In a large bowl, combine 2 cups flour and 1 teaspoon salt.
• Cut in shortening with a pastry blender or two knives until mixture forms coarse crumbs.
• Sprinkle with cold water and mix until dough hold together and will form a ball.
• Roll out on a floured board or pastry cloth to about 1/4 inch thickness.
• Cut into strips and place over the chicken. Bake at 375 degrees F until the pastry is golden brown.

EASY CHICKEN-N-PASTRY

Steps:

• Rinse chicken and discard giblets.
• In a large pot boil the chicken with bay leaves, salt and pepper.
• Remove the chicken to a platter to cool; once cool enough to handle, remove meat from the bones.
• Skim the fat from the broth and add enough water to get 4 or 5 qts (I use a skimmer cup).
• Bring broth to a rolling boil and drop the frozen pastry strips in a few at a time, stirring to separate and return to a boil before dropping in more.
• When all the strips are in the pot, reduce heat to medium-low and let boil a few minutes.
• Reduce heat to low and stir in chicken meat and cream of chicken soup, stirring until chicken soup is incorporated.
• Season to taste with black pepper- should already be salty enough from the cream of chicken soup, but taste and add salt if necessary.
• Remove from heat, cover and let stand 15 minutes before serving.
• I serve this with cornbread; green peas are a good side dish.

MARY'S CHICKEN

Steps:

• In 9x13 glass baking dish, mix with a whisk: onion soup mix, cranberry sauce, and catalina dressing.
• Place chicken in the mixture; then flip chicken, so that it is coated.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 45-60 minutes.

MISS MARY'S FAMOUS APRICOT CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In greased casserole dish arrange apricot halves cut side up.
• Sprinkle with brown sugar, then cracker crumbs.
• Dot crumbs with butter.
• Bake at 350 for 35 minutes, or until casserole has thickened and is crusty on top.