Merrie Youngbloods Chicken Dressing Food

HAZEL SMITH'S CHICKEN DRESSING CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place whole chicken in deep pot. Add water to cover. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and cook until 'fork tender', about 2 1/2 hours.
• Hold chicken in broth until completely cooled. Remove chicken from broth, reserving broth. Remove meat from bones and chop, discarding skin. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, crumble cornbread and toast (or biscuits). Add chopped hard-boiled eggs to mixture.
• In a large skillet, saute onions and celery in butter until translucent. Add to bread mixture.
• In a separate small bowl, combine beaten eggs, dried sage, salt, pepper, and vinegar. Stir into bread mixture.
• Add enough chicken broth to create a moist consistency.
• Grease a 9 1/2-inch by 13-inch glass baking dish with butter. Evenly spread 1 cup dressing mixture in the bottom of the dish. Add a layer of chicken. Top with remainder of dressing. Bake until browned and bubbly, about 40 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes.
• Place a portion of the chicken dressing casserole on each plate. Ladle the Giblet Gravy over the dressing. Serve with chutney, hot mashed potatoes and green beans.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Heat a cast iron skillet in the oven with 1/3 cup shortening to melt. When shortening is melted, remove skillet from oven.
• Combine cornmeal and buttermilk in a medium bowl. Add melted shortening to batter, stirring quickly. Pour batter into hot pan. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
• Let cool and then crumble.
• Boil liver, gizzards, and heart in a large pot of simmering water for 40 to 50 minutes or until tender. Drain, chop, and reserve giblets.
• Melt shortening in a frying pan over medium heat. Add flour, stirring until light brown, about the color of peanut butter, about 5 minutes. Add chicken broth and stir. Add salt and pepper to taste. Add giblets and boiled eggs and stir to combine. Serve immediately or keep warm.
• Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl. Chill until ready to serve.

FLO'S CHICKEN AND DRESSING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• For the stock: In a large stock pot, combine the chicken, onions, carrots, celery, garlic, salt, pepper, bay leaves, thyme and water. Season heavily with salt. Place the pot over medium heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer for about 2 hours, or until the chicken is tender. Remove the pan from the heat and cool the chicken completely in the cooking liquid. Remove the chicken and strain the liquid, set aside. Remove the skin, fat and bones from the chicken. Medium dice the chicken meat and set aside.
• For the dressing: In a saute pan, over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the onions and celery. Season with salt and pepper. Saute for 3 to 4 minutes, or until wilted. Add the garlic and continue to saute for 1 minute. Remove from heat and pour into a large mixing bowl. Add the bread cubes, sage, parsley, and egg. Mix well. Season with salt and pepper. Add the diced chicken meat. Stir in enough of the stock, so the mixture is very wet, about 3 to 4 cups. Allow the dressing to sit for 30 minutes. **Add more of the stock if needed. The mixture should still be very wet after it has set. Butter a deep casserole baking dish and pour in the mixture. Bake for about 1 hour, or until bubbly and golden brown. Spoon onto serving plates and garnish with parsley.

MERRIE YOUNGBLOOD'S CHICKEN DRESSING

Steps:

• Cook the onion and celery until tender in the oil (6-8 min).
• Add salt, sage and poultry seasonings.
• Combine the breads in a large mixing bowl.
• Stir in the cooked onion, celery, salt, sage and poultry seasonings. Place in crock pot.
• In a small bowl combine the soup, broth, eggs, and vinegar. Pour over other ingredients in Crock-Pot and cook on high for 30 minutes.
• Turn heat down to low and cook 3-4 hours.
• Poach chicken breasts in chicken broth and break into pieces.
• About 1 hour before it's done, fold in chicken.