Chicken Hash, Victor

Ingredients

• the white meat of a boiled chicken or soup hen
• half as much fresh-boiled potatoes
• six shallots
• four ounces of sweet butter
• cover with clear chicken broth
• season with salt
• pepper
• a little chives

Method

1. 1

   Take the white meat of a boiled chicken or soup hen and cut in half inch squares, and half as much fresh-boiled potatoes cut the same way.

2. 2

   Chop six shallots very fine and simmer in four ounces of sweet butter, but do not let them become colored.

3. 3

   Add the chicken and potatoes, and cover with clear chicken broth.

4. 4

   Season with salt, pepper and a little chives, and let simmer for five minutes.

5. 5

   Serve in a chafing dish with a sprinkle of chopped chervil on top.

6. 6

   Melba toast separate.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Hotel St. Francis cook book (1919) by Hirtzler, Victor., page 269. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chicken hash, Victor Coffee Endive salad Cup custard Coffee DINNER Hors d'oeuvre varies Cream of squash Aiguillettes of bass, a la Russe Squab saute, Tyrollienne Anna potatoes Strawberry ice cream Assorted cakes Coffee Corn Muffins. One-half pound of corn meal, one-half pound of flour, two ounces of melted butter, four eggs, one pint of sour milk, one-half cup of molasses, one teaspoonful of soda and one teaspoonful of salt. Sift together the corn meal, flour and salt. Dissolve the soda in the sour milk, add the eggs, well beaten, the molasses, the butter and the sifted ingredients. Beat well and bake in a well-greased muffin pan. Eggs en Cocotte, Italienne. Put in buttered cocotte dish one raw egg, cover with sauce Italienne, put a little grated cheese and a small piece of butter on top and bake in oven. Italienne sauce. Chop six shallots very fine and simmer in sauce pan with two ounces of butter. Do not let the shallots become brown or they will lose their flavor. Add some chopped fresh or canned mushrooms (about a can full), and one glass of white wine, and boil until reduced almost dry. Then add one and one-half pints of brown gravy, and boil again for a few minutes. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and sprinkle with chopped parsley. This sauce is used for many entree dishes. Endive salad. Endive is a species of chicory salad, originally imported from France. Cut in two lengthwise and lay on platter or individual plates. Serve with a sauce of salt, pepper, and one-fourth tarragon vinegar to three- fourths olive oil. Sprinkle with chopped chervil. Chicken hash, Victor. Take the white meat of a boiled chicken or soup hen and cut in half inch squares, and half as much fresh-boiled potatoes cut the same way. Chop six shallots very fine and simmer in four ounces of sweet butter, but do not let them become colored. Add the chicken and potatoes, and cover with clear chicken broth. Season with salt, pepper and a little chives

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