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Chicken with Mushroom Sauce

From A Book of Cooking and Pastry: A Collection of Original Receipts Gathered ..., 1887

Serve hot with piecrust.

Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

Nutrition per serving

366Calories
32 gProtein
0 gCarbs
26 gFat
Full nutrition (33 nutrients)
Calories366 kcal
Protein32 g
Carbohydrates0 g
Fiber0 g
Sugars0 g
Total Fat26 g
Saturated Fat7.3 g
Monounsaturated Fat11 g
Polyunsaturated Fat5.5 g
Cholesterol128 mg
Sodium133 mg
Potassium326 mg
Calcium33 mg
Iron1.5 mg
Magnesium39 mg
Phosphorus250 mg
Zinc2.2 mg
Copper0.1 mg
Manganese0 mg
Vitamin D0.3 mcg
Vitamin C2.7 mg
Vitamin A70 mcg
Vitamin E0.5 mg
Vitamin K2.6 mcg
Vitamin B60.6 mg
Vitamin B120.5 mcg
Thiamin (B1)0.1 mg
Riboflavin (B2)0.2 mg
Niacin (B3)12 mg
Folate10 mcg
Choline101 mg
Caffeine0 mg
Water585 g

As published

This recipe was extracted from A Book of Cooking and Pastry: A Collection of Original Receipts Gathered ... (1887) by C. F. Pfau, page 15. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

CHICKEN, with Mushroom Sauce. Fry the chicken brown in butter; when done, pour over one pint of water; let it simmer until done, strain [45] the gravy and make brown mushroom sauce, for which brown the flour in the butter, add the gravy, a little water and last the mushrooms; season to taste; strain and finish with the yelk of an egg. Serve hot with pieces of piecrust. CHICKEN PIES. , The foregoing filled in pie crust and baked in the oven will make chicken pie, or keep out the gravy, line your pan with crust, lay in the chicken, cover with crust, and bake quickly; then pour in the gravy through a hole in the top crust. A meat pie made in this way is always flakey. MAYONNAISE OF CHICKEN. Cook the chicken tender in hot water, salt, pepper
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