Kaye's Chicken and Dressing Casserole

 

Boil some Chicken Breasts, Make some stuffing, or use boxed stuffing.

 

Grease glass 13"X9" pan.  Layer stuffing in first. Lay boiled boneless chicken (can break up to make smaller, thinner pieces) on top of stuffing.  

 

Open a can of Cream of Chicken soup; put a little milk in it - let's say 1/3 to 1/2 cup. Mix it up; spread on top of chicken, and sprinkle some shredded American or cheddar cheese on top and bake at 350º about 30 min.

 

 

Donna's Cornbread

 

2 C Cornmeal

½ C Flour

3 tsp Baking Powder

1 tsp salt

1 Egg

¼ C Bacon Drippings

1 C Milk

 

Preheat oven to 475º and put a 10" cast iron skillet inside to heat. You want this skillet HOT.

 

Mix the dry ingredients thoroughly before adding egg and milk. Stir to combine; mix well.

 

When the skillet's hot, take it out, pour in the bacon grease and turn to coat. Pour in cornbread batter and immediately return skillet to hot oven. Bake for approximately 25 minutes or until golden brown and done in the middle - test it with a toothpick, just like a cake.

 

If you're feeling all ambitious, you can use this cornbread to make cornbread dressing for Kaye's Chicken and Dressing Casserole.

 

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"My doctor told me to stop having intimate dinners for four. Unless there are three other people." ~Orson Welles

 

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Jenny's Cornbread Dressing

 

Using 'Mable's Cornbread' as the base, this is the stuffing I make every year for Thanksgiving - and any other time I'm starving for chicken and dressing. You can use Donna's Cornbread recipe, too... to save a step, she'll chop her onions and celery and cook them in the batter.

 

1 pan of somebody's Cornbread, cooled and crumbled

1 medium onion, chopped

2-3 stalks Celery, cut in 1/8" slices

1 Egg

Sage to taste

Salt and pepper to taste

Chicken or Turkey Stock

 

Preheat oven to 375º  Mix all ingredients together and add chicken stock until mixture is quite wet - we like our dressing very moist. I believe I use between 10 and 16 oz... maybe more. Put in prepared 9"X13" baking dish and bake until golden brown and delicious.

 

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FOOD SPOILAGE TABLE

 

THE GAG TEST - Anything that makes you gag is spoiled (except for leftovers from what you cooked for yourself last night).

 

EGGS - When something starts pecking its way out of the shell, the egg is probably past its prime.

 

MEAT - If opening the refrigerator door causes stray animals from a three-block radius to congregate outside your house, the meat is spoiled.

 

CANNED GOODS - Any canned goods that have become the size or shape of a basketball should be disposed of. Carefully.

 

POTATOES - Fresh potatoes do not have roots, branches, or dense, leafy undergrowth.

 

GENERAL RULE OF THUMB - Most food cannot be kept longer than the average life span of a hamster. Keep a hamster in your refrigerator to gauge this.

 

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