Chicken Imperial Recipe
Ingredients
| Soft bread crumbs | 2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Cooked ham | 3/4 Cup (16 tbs), finley diced | |
| Parsley | 1/2 Cup (16 tbs), chopped | |
| 8 tablespoons hard butter or margarine, sliced thin | ||
| Chicken breasts | 4 | |
| 4 chicken drumsticks with thighs | ||
| Milk | 1 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| 1 cup fine dry bread crumbs | ||
| 1 can or 1 envelope cream of mushroom soup mix | ||
| Cold water | 2 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Chilli sauce | 1/4 Cup (16 tbs) | |
Directions
Mix soft bread crumbs, ham and parsley in a large bowl; cut in butter or margarine quickly with a pastry blender; chill while fixing chicken so butter doesn't melt.
Pull skin from chicken pieces; halve breasts, then cut out rib bones with scissors.
Separate thighs and drumsticks at joints with a sharp knife.
To make pockets for stuffing, pull each breast piece open on its thick side, and cut an opening along bone in each leg and thigh.
Stuff about 1/4 cup chilled stuffing into each half breast and 2 tablespoonfuls into each leg and thigh.
Place 1/2 cup of the milk in a pie plate and dry bread crumbs on a sheet of waxed paper. (Set remaining 1/2 cup milk aside for making sauce.)
Roll stuffed chicken pieces in milk, then in bread crumbs to coat; chill while making sauce.
Combine mushroom soup mix and water in a small saucepan; cook, following label directions.
Stir in remaining 1/2 cup milk and chili sauce; pour 1 cup into shallow 12 cup baking dish.
Place chicken pieces, standing on edge if needed to fit, in sauce in dish; drizzle remaining sauce between pieces.
Bake in moderate oven (350°) 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until tender and richly golden.
Garnish with parsley, if you wish.
HOSTESS NOTE: If dinner is delayed, simply lower oven heat to very slow (250°) and fit a sheet of foil, tent fashion, over casserole.
It will hold about an hour.
Pull skin from chicken pieces; halve breasts, then cut out rib bones with scissors.
Separate thighs and drumsticks at joints with a sharp knife.
To make pockets for stuffing, pull each breast piece open on its thick side, and cut an opening along bone in each leg and thigh.
Stuff about 1/4 cup chilled stuffing into each half breast and 2 tablespoonfuls into each leg and thigh.
Place 1/2 cup of the milk in a pie plate and dry bread crumbs on a sheet of waxed paper. (Set remaining 1/2 cup milk aside for making sauce.)
Roll stuffed chicken pieces in milk, then in bread crumbs to coat; chill while making sauce.
Combine mushroom soup mix and water in a small saucepan; cook, following label directions.
Stir in remaining 1/2 cup milk and chili sauce; pour 1 cup into shallow 12 cup baking dish.
Place chicken pieces, standing on edge if needed to fit, in sauce in dish; drizzle remaining sauce between pieces.
Bake in moderate oven (350°) 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until tender and richly golden.
Garnish with parsley, if you wish.
HOSTESS NOTE: If dinner is delayed, simply lower oven heat to very slow (250°) and fit a sheet of foil, tent fashion, over casserole.
It will hold about an hour.
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