Chicken Minced on the Half Shell

Ingredients

• the cold meat of a chicken
• one-fourth as much fine crumbs
• moisten with gravy or sauce
• dot with bits of butter

Method

1. 1

   Cut sweet peppers in half lengthwise, soak in cold salted water for 1 hour.

2. 2

   Mince chicken and mix with fine crumbs and gravy.

3. 3

   Fill peppers, sprinkle with crumbs, dot with butter, bake for 30 minutes, then brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 188. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHICKEN MINCED ON THE HALF SHELL.— Cut fine sweet peppers in half lengthwise; remove core and seeds, taking care not to touch the sides of the peppers, and soak for an hr. in cold water, slightly salted. Mince fine the cold meat of a chicken, ■and add to it one-fourth as much fine crumbs as you have chicken, COOK COUNTY COOK BOOK 277 moisten with gravy or sauce; fill the peppers, sprinkle fine 'crumbs over the top, dot with bits of butter

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