Fowl with Rice

Ingredients

• 3 qts. of water
• stalt
• pepper
• a few sprigs of parsley
• 1 or 2 bay leaves
• 1 or 2 cloves of garlic
• 2 small carrots
• 3 onions
• small ^ pt. of rice
• a small saucepan a piece of butter the size of an tgg
• a tablespoon of flour
• ^ pt. of water in which the fowl is cooking
• 2 beaten yolks of eggs
• a few drops of lemon juice

Method

1. 1

   Clean and prepare a fowl.

2. 2

   Put water in a pot, add salt, pepper, parsley, bay leaves, garlic, carrots, and onions.

3. 3

   When it boils, add the fowl.

4. 4

   Cover and boil for about 3 hours.

5. 5

   One hour before done, cook rice with enough cold water to cover it.

6. 6

   When thick, add some water from the fowl.

7. 7

   Keep rice thick and do not stir.

8. 8

   When done, arrange rice around the fowl and serve with sauce made from butter, flour, and water from cooking.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 178. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FOWL WITH RICE.— Clean and prepare a fowl. Put 3 qts. of water in a pot large enough to contain it with the fowl. Add stalt, pepper, a few sprigs of parsley, tied up with 1 or 2 bay leaves, 1 or 2 cloves of garlic, 2 small carrots, left whole, or 1 large one cut in several pieces, and 3 onions. Set on a good fire, and when it boils put in the fowl. Cover and boil about 3 hrs. One hour be- fore it is done, clean and wash a small ^ pt. of rice put it to cook with enough cold water to cover it. When it thickens, as it is needed, a small quantity of the water in w^hich the fowl is cooking. Keep the rice thick and do not stir it while cooking, if you wisih to keep it from burning. Let simmer slowly. When done ar- range it around the fowl on the dish and serve with the following sauce in a sauce-iboat: Ten minutes before serving put in a small saucepan a piece of butter the size of an tgg. When it is melted stir in a tablespoon of flour, ^ pt. of water in which the fowl is cooking. Stir until smooth. Boil and take off the fire. Stir in 2 beaten yolks of eggs, a few drops of lemon juice

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