Chickens

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791

Source: The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (15)

chickens ↝ Chicken, ground, raw [Poultry Products]
the yolk of an egg ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
crumbs of bread ↝ Bread, crumbs, dry, grated, seasoned [Baked Products]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
grated nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
lemon-peel ↝ Lemon peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
chopped parsley ↝ Parsley, raw [Not included in a food category]
butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
gravy ↝ Gravy, NFS [Dips, gravies, other sauces]
flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
chyan pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, red or cayenne [Spices and Herbs]
mushroom powder, or catchup ↝ Gravy, mushroom, dry, powder [Soups, Sauces, and Gravies]
catchup
lemon-juice ↝ Lemon juice, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Instructions (9)

Cut your chickens into quarters.
Rub them with the yolk of an egg.
Strew on some crumbs of bread, with pepper, salt, grated nutmeg and lemon-peel, and chopped parsley.
Fry them in butter.
When done put them into your dish before the fire.
For sauce, thicken some gravy with a little flour.
Put into the gravy a small quantity of chyan pepper, some mushroom powder, or catchup, and a little lemon-juice.
When the sauce is properly heated, pour it over the chickens.
Serve it up.

Original Text

Chickens.
CUT your chickens into quarters, and rub them with the yolk of an egg; then strew on some crumbs of bread, with pepper, salt, grated nutmeg and lemon-peel, and chopped parsley. Fry them in butter, and when done put them into your dish before the fire. For sauce thicken some gravy with a little flour, and put into it a small quantity of chyan pepper, some mushroom powder, or catchup, and a little lemon-juice. When it is properly heated, pour it over the chickens, and serve it up.

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