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Chicken-Cucumber Mold

Courses: Salads
Serves: 24 people

Recipe Ingredients

2   Broiler-fryers - quartered
1 teaspoon 5mlSalt
1/4 teaspoon 1.3mlPepper
3   Bay leaves
1   Green onions - cut 1" pieces
2   Carrots - peeled, cut 1"
  
2 sections  Fresh parsley
1   Unflavored gelatin
2   Cucumbers - thinly sliced
  Sauce
1/2 cup 118mlMayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlDried tarragon leaves
1/2   Lemon - juice of

Recipe Instructions

Place chicken in a Dutch oven; cover with water, and bring to a boil.

Add salt, pepper, bay leaves, onion, carrots, and parsley. Cover and simmer 1 hour. Remove chicken; let cool. Bone chicken, and chop meat; place in a lightly oiled 4-cup ring mold. Set aside. Strain broth; refrigerate. Skim and discard fat from cold broth.

Combine 1/4 cup broth and gelatin in a small saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve gelatin.

Add 1 1/2 cups broth , mixing well. Pour gelatin mixture over chicken.

Chill overnight. Unmold on serving plate. Place cucumber slices overlapping on top of mold.

Serve with sauce and crackers.

Sauce: Combine mayonnaise, tarragon, and lemon juice in a small mixing bowl; stir well Yield: 1/2 cup.

Source:
Southern Living 1980 Annual Recipes

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