Chicken for an Invalid

Ingredients

• 1 chicken
• 0.5 onion
• 1 thin slice bacon
• Bunch sweet herbs

Method

1. 1

   Cut off the wings, pinions, drumsticks, bacon and part of the back; put on to boil with the onion and herbs for one hour in a pint of water; if you have any stock it will do better than water, strain; put the chicken you have left (cut into very neat pieces) into the gravy and allow to simmer very gently for an hour (allow the gravy to get cold before you put the chicken in or it will be tough); add about a tablespoonful of sherry, and salt to taste.

2. 2

   The gravy can be thickened if preferred.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Maclurcan's cookery book (1899) by H. Maclurcan, page 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHICKEN FOE AN INVALID. 1 chicken J- onion 1 thin slice bacon Bunch sweet herbs

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.