Smothered Chicken

Ingredients

• a chicken, too old for broiling
• one cup of boiling water
• salt
• pepper
• softened butter
• chopped parsley

Method

1. 1

   Clean and split the chicken, placing it breast upwards in a shallow pan.

2. 2

   Pour boiling water over it and cover tightly.

3. 3

   Cook for half an hour, baste with hot water, rub with softened butter, and dredge with salt and pepper.

4. 4

   Baste often and cook until tender, ensuring it remains yellow, not dark brown.

5. 5

   Thicken the gravy, add chopped parsley, salt, and pepper, and pour over the chicken.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Lincoln's Boston cook book (1884) by Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", page 171. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Smothered Chicken. (A daline Miller.) Clean a chicken, too old for broiling ; split down the back, and put it breast upwards in a shallow pan ; pour over it one cup of boiling, water, and cover tightly to keep in the steam. Cook half an hour ; then baste with the hot water, rub all over with softened butter, and dredge with salt and pepper. Baste often, keep closel}^ covered, and cook till tender. It should be yellow, not dark brown. Thicken the gravy ; add chopped parsley

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