Skewered Chicken with Noodles Recipe
Ingredients
2 whole broiler-fryers
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon sugar
2 bunches parsley, washed and trimmed
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 can (3 or 4 ounces) whole mushrooms
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons flour
3/4 cup cream
Hot cooked noodles
Directions
1. Rinse chickens inside and out with cold water; drain, then pat dry. Sprinkle insides with 1/2 teaspoon of the salt and sugar; place parsley in body cavities, packing in lightly. Skewer neck skin to back; twist wing tips flat against skewered neck skin; tie the legs to tails with string.
2. Brown in butter or margarine in a heavy kettle or Dutch oven; turn breast side up.
3. Drain liquid from mushrooms into a 1-cup measure; add water to make 3/4 cup; pour over chickens. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper; cover tightly. (Set mushrooms aside )
4. Simmer, basting several times with liquid in kettle, 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until tender. Remove from kettle and keep hot while making gravy.
5. Pour liquid from kettle into a 2-cup measure; let stand about a minute, or until fat rises to top, then skim off into a cup. Add water to liquid, if needed, to make 1 cup.
6. Measure 2 tablespoons of the fat and return to kettle; blend in flour; stir in the 1 cup liquid. Cook, stirring constantly, until gravy thickens and boils 1 minute. Stir in mushrooms and cream; heat slowly just to boiling. Darken with a few drops bottled gravy coloring, if you wish.
7. Spoon noodles into a heated large serving bowl. Take out skewers and cut string from chickens; arrange chickens on top of noodles; spoon gravy over all. Garnish with parsley, if you wish. Carve chickens into serving-size pieces.
2. Brown in butter or margarine in a heavy kettle or Dutch oven; turn breast side up.
3. Drain liquid from mushrooms into a 1-cup measure; add water to make 3/4 cup; pour over chickens. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper; cover tightly. (Set mushrooms aside )
4. Simmer, basting several times with liquid in kettle, 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until tender. Remove from kettle and keep hot while making gravy.
5. Pour liquid from kettle into a 2-cup measure; let stand about a minute, or until fat rises to top, then skim off into a cup. Add water to liquid, if needed, to make 1 cup.
6. Measure 2 tablespoons of the fat and return to kettle; blend in flour; stir in the 1 cup liquid. Cook, stirring constantly, until gravy thickens and boils 1 minute. Stir in mushrooms and cream; heat slowly just to boiling. Darken with a few drops bottled gravy coloring, if you wish.
7. Spoon noodles into a heated large serving bowl. Take out skewers and cut string from chickens; arrange chickens on top of noodles; spoon gravy over all. Garnish with parsley, if you wish. Carve chickens into serving-size pieces.
