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Title: Blue-Ribbon Cranberry Chicken Categories: Main dish, Poultry Yield: 4 Servings 1 cn (16-oz) whole cranberry -sauce 1 Bottle (8-oz) Russian salad -dressing with honey (about -1 cup) 1 Envelope regular onion-soup -mix 1 Broiler-fryer (2-1/2 to -3-lb) chicken, cut up Hot cooked rice (optional) Fresh rosemary (optional) A first-prize entry in the Eagle River Cranberry Fest bake-off is a dinner winner from Eagle River's Catherine Snedden. It's easy, colorful and pleasantly tart. 1. In a bowl, combine cranberry sauce, salad dressing and soup mix. Rinse chicken; pat dry with paper towels. Remove and discard skin, if desired. Arrange pieces in one layer in a 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Pour cranberry mixture over chicken pieces. Cover and chill the chicken mixture in the refrigerator for several hours or overnight. 2. Bake the chicken mixture, uncovered, in a 300F oven about 1 1/2 hours or till the chicken is done, stirring glaze and spooning over chicken once or twice. Serve the chicken and glaze on a platter with hot, coooked rice, if desired. Garnish the chicken with fresh rosemary, if desired. Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by Steve Zielinski 15, 1998 |