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Herbed Chicken & Artichokes

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Ingredients

2 1/2 to 3 pound broiling chicken, cut up
Salt and pepper
1 cup chicken bouillon
1 clove garlic, minced
1 branch celery, cut in half
1/2 cup coarsely chopped carrots
Bouquet Garni: thyme, parsley, bay leaf
1 cup pearl onions, canned or fresh
4 medium fresh or 2 ounce can sliced mushrooms
4 1/4-ounce can artichokes

Directions

Preheat oven to 400°. Season chicken with salt an pepper. Broil in a shallow pan, skin side down, 15 to 20 minutes – until golden brown; turn and broil 15 minutes until brown. Place in a casserole. Pour off fat. Pour bouillon into pan to dissolve pan seasonings. Pour bouillon with pan juices over chicken. Reduce heat 350°. Add garlic, celery, carrots and bouquet garni (thyme, parsley and bay leaf tied in cheese-cloth), cover and bake for 1 hour. Add onions, mushrooms and artichokes during last 20 minutes of cooking.

Serves:4

Preparation time: 1 hour 45 min

Approximate calories per serving:225

Suggested Menu

Green Salad with Buttermilk Dressing
Herbed Chicken and Artichokes
Water-Pack Canned Peaches

Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973

Frankfurter Crown

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Ingredients

3 slices bacon
½ cup chopped onion
1 can Cream of Chicken Soup
¼ cup milk
3 cups sliced cooked potatoes
1 ½ cups cooked cut green beans
1 pound frankfurters

Directions

Heat oven to 350°. Crisply fry bacon slices, crumble and set aside. Drain off excess bacon fat and brown onions in remaining drippings. Stir in soup, milk, potatoes and green beans. Pour into a 1 ½ quart casserole. Cut frankfurters in half, and stand up around the edge of the baking dish. Bake for 30 minutes, top with bacon and serve.

Serves:4

Preparation time: 50 minutes

Approximate calories per serving: 520

Suggested Menu

Frankfurter Crown
Cole Slaw
Rhubarb Pie

Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973

Shortly after this post originally appeared on my blog on Open Salon, I challenged a fellow blogger 1_Irritated_Mother and Salon’s food editor, Francis Lam, to try and recreate one of my vintage recipe cards. Here’s my attempt, and self-styled victory.