Old-fashioned English Chicken Pie

Ingredients

• Cover chicken, cut in pieces for serving
• two sprigs of thyme
• one sprig of marjoram
• bit of bay leaf
• two sprigs parsley
• one half pound bacon
• three cups of sauce
• two tablespoons butter
• four tablespoons flour

Method

1. 1

   Cover chicken with boiling water, add thyme, marjoram, bay leaf, and parsley tied in a bag.

2. 2

   Simmer gently until tender.

3. 3

   One half hour before chicken is done, add bacon.

4. 4

   Arrange hard-cooked eggs, sautéed mushrooms, and chicken in a baking dish.

5. 5

   Add sauce made from the liquor in the pan thickened with butter and flour.

6. 6

   Reheat in oven, garnish with pastry points and parsley, and serve.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 3 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Lowney's cook book (1907) by Maria Willett Howard, page 37. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

four tablespoons flour, two and one half cups water in which chicken was cooked. Cook ten minutes ; add one cup cream or two egg yolks. 92 LOWNEY'S COOK BOOK Arrange chicken on platter, pour sauce around, and gar- nish with toast and parsley. If a brown sauce is preferred, brown the butter and brown the flour, adding one more tablespoon. Chicken Pie Cut a chicken in pieces for serving. Melt four table- spoons butter or use the same quantity of pork fat. Add one fourth cup onion, a sprig of parsley, bit of bay leaf, four cloves, and one tablespoon salt. Put in chicken and cover with boiling water ; cook until tender. Arrange chicken in baking dish ; cover with strained and thickened stock. Cover whole dish with mashed potato or pastry crust. Bake until potato is brown or crust is done. Old-fashioned English Chicken Pie Cover chicken, cut in pieces for serving, with boiling water, add two sprigs of thyme, one sprig of marjoram, bit of .bay leaf, two sprigs parsley, tied in a bag. Simmer gently until tender. One half hour before chicken is done, add one half pound bacon cut in small pieces. Arrange on the bottom of baking dish, slices of hard- . cooked eggs, cover with sauted mushrooms, then a layer of chicken meat, and continue until dish is filled. Add three cups of sauce made from the liquor in the pan and thickened with two tablespoons butter

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