Chicken in an old fashioned brown paper bag was also called a poke.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Wash chicken well, inside and out. Dry off inside and out with a paper towel. Sprinkle generously inside and out with the 4 spices listed above.
Place the spiced chicken in the brown paper bag and roll up the end of the bag. Place the bagged chicken in a roasting pan with a slotted grill rack; place the pan in the preheated oven and bake for about 20 minutes per pound. The smell is heavenly as it cooks.
When through baking, take the chicken and bag out of the oven and let it cool off a few minutes. Tear the bag open and place the chicken on a large platter, and pour the juices from the bag all over the chicken. Its a great, fast way to have a delicious meat for the table. Try this one time and you will love it. It's very easy and you don't have to stand at the stove and keep checking it.
| Servings: | 4 |
| Time: | 15 Minutes Preparation Time 20 minutes per pound Minutes Cooking Time |
Source: From a friend I worked with back in the early seventies.
By Beverly from Statesville, NC
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Combine first 5 ingredients in saucepan. Heat to boiling point; set aside. Spread half the corn chips in greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Layer half the chicken and soup mixture over chips.
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Cooking Up Chickens for Meat and Broth. I get whole chickens on sale and bake them in the oven, usually three. Then, I separate the meat into freezer bags.
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Any ideas on cooking a whole frozen chicken, about 4-5 lbs.? I thought about starting a soup with it and a bunch of veggies. I was wondering if there were any other ideas out there.
By PAshell from Bradford, PA
You can bake the chicken with veggies instead of making soup, good luck.
I love doing a whole chicken on a vertical roaster, as it comes out looking and tasting like a rotisserie chicken. I can get really good deals where I live, like whole Perdues for .99 lb, so I stock up when I see a sale. Mix some garlic, balsamic vinegar, worcestershire sauce, grated ginger and a splash of soy sauce, and run it under the skin of the breast and all over the outside of the bird.
If you want to cook your whole chicken frozen without thawing then soup would probably be the only way to go and I don't recommend it. Thaw out the bird and you have lots of options.
Don't cook it without thawing it. You want to remove thw gizzards and liver which is usually in paper wrapping and wash the inside of the bird of any blood that might be in it. Then you can boil it for soup or bake it with stuffing or cook it on a roasting spit on the grill.
Definitely thaw in refrigerator first for health reasons! For that size chicken it will take a day and a half to two days.
I can't for the life of me find my recipe for mashed potato and bacon stuffed chicken but I do remember the mashed potato stuffing had crumbled bacon and chopped celery added to it and it was really good :-) The times I prepared too much stuffing to stuff the bird I just baked it, covered, in a separate baking dish at the same time ;-)
My husband just roasted an unstuffed chicken yesterday. After a dinner of chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy and vegetables, I took all of the rest of the meat off the bones to use in soup or a casserole. It may also get used for chicken salad. I will probably make chicken rice or chicken noodle soup. Another thing you could do is chicken pot pie or chicken stew with dumplings.
I have a recipe from "The Tightwad Gazette" to create a casserole:
1 cup main ingredient (tuna, cubed chicken, turkey, ham or seafood)
1 cup second ingredient (thinly sliced celery, mushrooms, peas, chopped hard cooked eggs)
1 to 2 cups starchy ingredient (thinly sliced potatoes, cooked noodles, cooked rice)
1 1/2 cup binder (cream sauce, sour cream, can of soup)
1/4 cup goodie (pimento, olives, almonds, water chestnuts)
seasoning
topping (potato chips, cheese, bread crumbs)
Thoroughly mix all ingredients. If it seems dry, add 1/2 cup milk or stock. Place in a buttered casserole dish and bake at 350 degrees F. for 30 to 45 minutes.
This is a very good way to use up leftovers. By the way, I'm in Port Allegany.
There are lots of great things you can do with a whole chicken. The leftovers have wonderful potential as well. I just got done making a whole series of chicken meals that I found on this website: cheaphealthygood.blogspot.com/
Some ideas for the leftover chicken: 1. simmer in salsa (we prefer Pace) and it's wonderful in wraps or with rice; 2. stirfry some vegetables with some ginger and a few dashes of soy sauce and add the cooked chicken when almost ready to serve; 3. dice the chicken, add diced celery, some mayonnaise and whatever you like (sliced grapes or dried fruit?)to make chicken salad.
Thaw
Bake with salt and pepper inside and out.
Serve with mashed potatoes gravy, biscuits and veggie
When cool - pick remaining meat off of the bird.
Place this meat in tupperware for future meals.
Save carcass in a gallon ziplock for soup.
Second day - make a casserole with some of the chicken meat, and the leftover gravy and veggies, top with leftover mashed potatoes as for shepherds pie style.
Third day - Saute' the rest of the chicken meat with some onions and garlic, celery, carrots, whatever you have and add to it 3/4 cup rice, 1 1/2 cups chicken broth or water and 1-2 tbsp soy sauce, asian spices optional such as ginger or five spice. Simmer until rice is fluffy -- fluff up with a fork or whatever and serve with a salad.
Fourth day - Boil the carcass for two hours and remove.
Add whatever you like to the soup.
Suggestions:
Salt, pepper, more chicken bouillon, parsley, onions, celery, carrots, peas, noodles.
Serve with cornbread or biscuits, or homemade bread with butter.
Carly's ideas are excellent. if you DO happen to have any more chicken meat left over, you can always shred it and put it on top of homemade pizza dough mixed in with the sauce. add some frozen corn and peas, top with grated cheese, and you have another meal.
Season your chicken, place it in the Instant Pot and come back when it is done. Then it can be divided up and used in other dishes including salads, sandwiches, and more.
A unique way to cook a chicken is in a watermelon. It will be the moistest chicken ever, without a watermelon flavor.
