Anitas Wonderfully Easy Chicken Food

ANITA'S CHICKEN AND DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• In large Dutch oven or kettle, combine chicken, bouillon cubes, butter, celery, onion, carrots, parsley, poultry season, rosemary, salt, pepper; cover with water and bring to a boil. Turn down temperature and cook on low until chicken and vegetables are tender. (approximately 1 hour) Remove chicken breasts, cool, and cut up in bite size pieces and return to vegetable broth mixture in kettle.
• --- BISQUICK DUMPLINGS ---
• 2 cups Bisquick baking mix
• 1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/8 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1 dash ground nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon dried or fresh parsley -- minced
• 2/3 cup milk
• For dumplings, combine bisquick mix, thyme, black pepper, nutmeg, poultry seasoning, parsley; stir in milk just until moistened.
• I usually double the dumpling recipe because we like lots of dumplings and a thicker gravy.
• Drop by tablespoonfuls onto the boiling broth. Cook uncovered, for 10 minutes; cover and cook 10-15 minutes longer.

ANITA'S FAMOUS INTERNATIONAL CHICKEN AND RICE DISH

Steps:

• In a 10 inch skilled saute chicken which has been skinned, deboned, and cut-up; with garlic salt and 1/2 cup oil until lightly browned. Set aside.
• In a 4 quart kettle saute chopped yellow onions, ginger and green pepper in 1/4 cup oil until onions are soft.
• Add tomatoes and simmer 5 minutes. Add salt, black pepper thyme, tomato paste and simmer 10 minutes.
• Add the cooked meat and crushed red pepper. Simmer 20 minutes.
• In a 2 quart saucepan cook rice, chicken stock and onions until tender.
• Serve the rice on a platter arranging the meat/sauce in the center.
• I have made this and mixed all ingredients together with rice for my daughter to take to school for a sharing of African ethnic cooking. It was a big hit. Nearly everyone asked for the recipe.
• This takes a little while to make but its delicious and well worth the effort.".

ANITAS LEMON CHICKEN

Steps:

• Put all in crock pot and cook on low all day long (8-10 hours) or high (5-6 hours).
• You can also cook this in the oven on 350° for about and hour or maybe a little more--just check for doneness.
• The lemon sauce is good on mashed potatoes and rice!

ANITA'S WONDERFULLY EASY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Roll the chicken breasts in the bread crumbs and place in a pyrex baking pan, being sure they fit without overlapping. Cover each breast with a slice of Swiss cheese. Sprinkle mushrooms over, if used.
• Mix together the wine and cream of mushroom soup and pour over all.
• Bake 50 minutes in a preheated 350 degree F. oven.