Polish Chicken recipes

    

Chicken Baked with Mushrooms

kurcze pieczone z pieczarkami

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Wash, dry, and generously salt & pepper chicken inside and out. In 3 Tablespoons butter simmer 8-12 oz. washed, sliced, fresh mushrooms until tender. With slotted spoon transfer mushrooms to chicken's cavity but do not sew up.
Place chicken in roasting pan, pour the mushroom pan drippings over it, add 1 cup water to pan, and roast in pre-heated 400 degree fahrenheit oven uncovered for 15-20 minutes. Cover, reduce heat to 375 degrees fahrenheit and bake another 30-45 minutes or until tender.
Serve with mashed potatoes or rice and a fresh salad of choice.
 

Roast Chicken Partridge Style

kurcze na sposob kuropatwy

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Cream 2 Tablespoons butter with 2 raw egg yolks and mix with 1 cup dry bread crumbs and 3 Tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley. Beat 2 egg whites to a froth and fold in. Salt & pepper mixture to taste and fill the cavity of a chicken, well salted inside and out. Sew up.
In a mortar, finely crush 8 juniper berries and sprinkle over chicken. Top chicken's breast and legs with thin slices of salt pork and roast. Your chicken will end up with a hint of the great outdoors, and your guests may believe they are feasting on partridge or pheasant.

Roast Stuffed Chicken Polonaise

kurcze z nadzieniem po polsku

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Wash, dry, and salt 2 1/2-4 pound fryer-broiler chicken inside and out and set aside. Break up 1-2 stale kaiser rolls (or other stale white bread or rolls) into a bowl and cover with 1/2 cup milk. When they become soggy, run them through a meat grinder together with 1 raw chicken liver.
Separately, cream 2-3 Tablespoons soft butter, adding 2-3 raw egg yolks one at a time and mixing constantly until smooth and creamy. Combine bread & liver mixture with yolk & butter mixture and fold in 2-3 egg whites beaten to a froth. Add 3 teaspoons finely chopped fresh dill (or 2 Tablespoons dill and 1 Tablespoon parsley), season to taste with salt, pepper, and a dash or 2 of nutmeg.
You may increase or decrease the amount of stuffing, depending on the size of your chicken. Fill cavity no more than 1/2 to 3/4 full, since the stuffing will expand during roasting. Don't worry if the dressing is much wetter and mushier than the typical American-style bread stuffing, because that's how it's supposed to be.
During roasting it will become light and fluffy. If you like this traditional Polish dressing, make a little extra and also force a thin layer of it with a teaspoon under the skin of the chicken's breast and legs. Sew up chicken.
Place chicken on rack in roasting pan, brush with butter, and roast in pre-heated 375 degree Fahrenheit oven covered about 1 1/2 hours or until tender. Baste frequently with butter and then with the pan drippings that form. 
Serve it with tiny, boiled new potatoes and cucumber & sour cream salad.
 

Chicken in Sour Cream

kurcze w smietanie

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Cut up 1-2 fryers and salt well. Let stand 1 hour at room temperature. Place chicken in Dutch oven or other pot with tight-fitting lid, add 1 portion diced soup greens, 1/2 a bay leaf, 4-6 peppercorns, and 1-2 grains allspice.
Scald with boiling water to cover and simmer under cover 1 hour on low flame. When chicken is fork-tender, fork-blend 1 cup sour cream with 3 Tablespoons flour and add to pot, cover, and simmer another 10 minutes.
Season to taste with salt, pepper, and a little lemon juice. Sprinkle with chopped fresh dill and serve with mashed potatoes or rice and a crispy, non-creamed salad.
 

Chicken Liver Kebabs

szaszlyk z kurzych watrobek

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Drench 20 chicken livers with 2 cups milk and soak 30 minutes. Drain and pat dry. Cut sliced bacon into 20 1 inch squares and slice small onions into 20 thin rounds. 

Mix 1 teaspoon salt with 1/4 teaspoon paprika, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, and (optional) 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder or garlic salt. Slide the ingredients onto 4 skewers, sprinkle with spice mixture, and fry in several Tablespoons hot fat on all sides. They are done when the liver is still faintly pink on the inside.

You can also brush the kebabs with melted butter or a butter & oil mixture and broil on a charcoal grill. Serve with rice and tomato, onion & cucumber salad.
 

Fried Chicken Livers

smazone watrobki kurze

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Soak 1-1 1/2 lbs. chicken livers in 2 cups milk in refrigerator up to 6 hours. Drain and dry livers and dredge in flour. In 4-5 Tablespoons butter simmer 3 chopped onions until just transparent but still unbrowned.
Add the livers and brown lightly on all sides, then cover, reduce heat, and simmer 8-10 minutes. (The chicken livers should still show a trace of pinkness inside.) Salt & pepper to taste. Serve with rice and sliced tomatoes

Fried Chicken

kurczeta smazone

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Salt 2 cut-up fryers or equal amount of your favorite chicken parts (drumsticks, breasts, wings, etc.) 1 hour before cooking.
Sprinkle with poultry seasoning, dredge in flour, dip in beaten eggs, and roll in bread crumbs until thoroughly covered. Press breading in gently by hand.
Fry in about 4-5 Tablespoons hot oil or lard until nicely browned on all sides. Transfer to roasting pan, adding 1-2 Tablespoons water and bake covered in pre-heated 375 degree fahrenheit oven for about 30 minutes.