Saucy Chicken and Amazing Rice

Lets try chicken today, shall we? One of my favorite dishes is just chicken, rice, and peas. Why not have it out buy adding its own tomato soup base sweet and sour sauce with enough nutmeg for flavor. I added the vegetable in with the rice so I don't have to cook a different dish and to add color. 

Saucy Chicken

1/4 cup butter

6 -8 chicken breasts or 6 lbs. of chicken parts

Sauce

1 cup water

20 oz. fl. (2 cans) tomato soup

1/2 cup white vinegar

1 cup brown sugar - lightly packed

1/2 tsp. nutmeg

1/2 tsp. ground cloves

1 cup onion finely chopped

Put butter in frying pan to melt. Set the chicken in side by side let them brown then let the chicken cook all the way through. 

Pour water into pot to simmer. Add soup. Stir and let bubble. Add the rest of the ingredients. Let simmer.

Pour some of the soup mixture into 2.5 liter casserole dish that is 2 inches deep. Once chicken is cooked place in dish and pour the rest of the liquid in the dish.

Cook until ready to eat and is bubbling at 375°F. Serves 6 – 8 people.

Amazing Fried  Rice

2 cups rice

4 cups water

2 vegetable bouillon cube

1 chicken bouillon cube

1 cup peas and carrots

Half of a medium onion finely cut.

Put water and rice into wok or frying pan. Heat until boiling, then let the rice cook and boil dry. Add all the other ingredients. Stir keep on low heat. Rice will be fluffy and sticky. When the bouillon cubes are gone and the vegetables are soft and cooked the dish is done cooking. Serves 5- 7 people and makes 5 – 6 cups.

   



With these dishes there will never be any leftovers - only clean plates. To half the saucy chicken for 4 - 5 people you half the recipe like normal. The amazing rice is always a top seller at our table so I like to make extra. You can also half this recipe by using 1 cup rice to 2 cups water. Instead of using 3 bouillon cubes try using 1 chicken bouillon cube and 1 vegetable bouillon cube. One small onion or 1/2 cup and 1 cup vegetables works well for the same color and nutrients. Whether the rice has been halved or not it has a really nice over all taste and texture. The saucy chicken is a quick dish that you can let sit and cook while you prepare the sauce and the rice to let it finish all in one. 

My next post will be about how we got our farm chickens processed up at the kill floor in St. Paul. Even though I just saw those chickens live this morning, I love the big full out meal with the main attraction - the chicken.With all the side dishes as in the gravy, biscuits or buns and the veggie dish.