Old Fashion Recipes Perfect for Picnics and Potlucks #4
These delicious old fashion recipes are suitable for picnics, potlucks, your own dinner table, or many other meals you can imagine. Sweet Corn Succotash combines a tasty variety of vegetables with chicken broth, heavy cream and is garnished with bacon. Crispy Country Chicken, an all time favorite and Old Fashion Pumpkin Bars round out our offerings.
SWEET CORN SUCCOTASH
2 slices bacon, diced
1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
1/4 cup chicken broth
2 1/2 cups whole-kernel corn (about 5 ears cut from cob)
1 pkg (10-oz) frozen lima beans
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1/4 cup heavy cream
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp paprika
In a large saucepan, over medium heat, cook the bacon until crisp; drain on paper towels. Add the onion to the drippings in the pan and saute until translucent. Add the chicken broth, corn, and lima beans. Reduce the heat to medium, cover and cook, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes, cream, salt, and paprika; replace cover and cook 10 minutes more, stirring once. Just before serving, sprinkle with bacon.
Yield: 4 servings
CRISPY COUNTRY CHICKEN
1/2 cup mayo type salad dressing
1 tsp dried oregano
1 broiler-fryer (3 to 3 1/2 lbs), cut-up
1 cup crushed corn flakes cereal
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tsp garlic salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
Mix salad dressing and oregano is a small bowl; brush the chicken with the mixture.
Mix the corn flake crumbs, cheese, garlic salt and pepper. Coat the chicken with the cereal mixture. Place chicken in a very lightly greased 9 x 13-inch baking pan or dish.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until the chicken is cooked through.
Modern version: Substitute about 2 pounds of boneless skinless chicken breasts halves for the broiler-fryer. Bake only about 30 to 35 minutes.
Old Fashion Pumpkin Bars
1 cup oil
2 cups sugar
2 cups pumpkin
4 eggs
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat oil, sugar, pumpkin and eggs together until well blended. Combine flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and cinnamon together in a sifter. Sift mixture into the pumpkin mixture. Blend well. Grease a jelly roll pan and pour batter into prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. Frost with a powdered sugar frosting or a cream cheese frosting, if desired. Or dust top with powdered sugar.
Enjoy!
