Roast Chicken

Ingredients

• Clean and stuff a chicken
• Rub all over with salt
• dredge with flour
• Lay strips of salt pork over chicken

Method

1. 1

   Rub the chicken with salt, tie it into a compact shape, dredge with flour, and lay strips of salt pork over it.

2. 2

   Place in a hot oven, and when the flour browns, baste with boiling water every 10 minutes.

3. 3

   Turn the chicken to brown evenly.

4. 4

   When the breast meat is tender, the chicken is sufficiently cooked.

As published

This recipe was extracted from A textbook of domestic science for high schools (1913) by Matilda G. Campbell, page 43. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Roast Chicken Clean and stuff a chicken. Sew up the incisions. Rub all over with salt. Tie it into a compact shape, fastening the legs and wings close to the body ; dredge with flour. Lay strips of salt pork over chicken

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