Pressed Chicken

By birth - Hungarian; By choice - American; By profession - Attorney By the grace of God - Happy wife, proud mother, & blissfully semi-retired

This recipe was submitted to the cookbook by Margaret B. Rutherford.

The dish is an aspic, much like Hungarian Kocsonya, but much, much easier to make.

Any broth which is left over should be strained clear & frozen in small containers. You can use it as an excellent soup base, or use it in any recipe calling for chicken broth.

2 chickens (disjointed)

black pepper

salt

celery salt

cayenne

1 c. crumbled bread

2 tbsp. unflavored gelatin

water

Boil chicken pieces in salted water till very tender.

Remove chicken pieces from pot, saving broth.

Remove all bones & most of skin from chicken.

Season meat to taste with salt, pepper, & cayenne; then stir in bread.

Dissolve gelatin in a little cold water.

Strain chicken broth to get 1-pt.; then stir it into gelatin.

Pour broth-gelatin mixture into saucepan & boil till gelatin is dissolved.

Add chicken to broth-gelatin mix & cook till broth is thoroughly mixed.

Pour mixture into pan or baking dish (a loaf pan would be ideal), cover with aluminum foil, & put a light weight on top of cover.

Cool & let stand overnight.

(Unmold if desired,) slice, & serve cold.

SOURCE: Donegal Cookbook (1971 ed.) (The cookbook was published on the 250th anniversary of Donegal Presbyterian Church, Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania, in the heart of Pennsylvania's Amish/Pennsylvania Dutch Country. The inscription in my copy indicates that Polly gave it to Hazel in January, 1972. Hazel would have been Hazel Brown, Hubby's maternal step-grandmother. She and her friend Polly [Hubby can't remember Polly's last name] lived in Carlsbad, New Mexico in the 1960s and '70s. There is no family history tying Hazel to Amish Country.) SOURCE: Donegal Cookbook (1971 ed.) (The cookbook was published on the 250th anniversary of Donegal Presbyterian Church, Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania, in the heart of Pennsylvania's Amish/Pennsylvania Dutch Country. The inscription in my copy indicates that Polly gave it to Hazel in January, 1972. Hazel would have been Hazel Brown, Hubby's maternal step-grandmother. She and her friend Polly [Hubby can't remember Polly's last name] lived in Carlsbad, New Mexico in the 1960s and '70s. There is no family history tying Hazel to Amish Country.)

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