CHICKEN AND MUSHROOM BAKE – Two Versions

Version One has the grand title Chicken Saute Au Gratin – a bit fancy really for chicken and mushroom topped with chips and cheese.  Still as the tag at the bottom says it’s a great one for kids.

chicken-saute-augratin

Version Two is not that much more sophisticated and should also be one kids love.  Having just made a ‘pasta bake’ ie macaroni cheese for my grand-daughters, I really think this could also be called a pasta bake.  Although I think I’d substitute whole milk for the evaporated milk for a better flavour.

chicken-mushroom-bake

CHICKEN MARSALA

These no real need to put the ingredients in an Oven Bag to cook this dish, you can easily put it all in a casserole dish.  Although an Oven Bag does save on the washing up…………

chicken-marsala

Ingredients: ½ oz flour = 15g, 1oz butter = 30g, 4-6oz sultanas = 125-185g, ½ pint = 300ml wine/stock & marsala/sweet sherry

 

CHICKEN, CAULIFLOWER & BACON GRATIN

I know why Mum cut this recipe out and saved it, she really liked cauliflower.  Some people might think cauliflower is a bit bland, but it’s really very versatile.  It’s great topped with a white sauce and cheese, soaks up curry sauces deliciously, you can roast it with a little oil and of course just boil it.  This is the first time I’ve seen it used in a recipe like this, but I think it should taste quite good this way.

Chicken cauliflower & bacon gratin

CRISP-TOPPED CHICKEN & CORN

Being able to assemble this recipe the day before and then put it in the oven when you need it can be a great advantage.  When Mum made it she would just use tinned corn, but she did add fresh capsicum, which she fried up with the onion and garlic.

Crisp-Topped Chicken & Corn

CHICKEN AND HAM BAKE

I’ve already posted a few recipes that use chicken and ham, but they go together so well and the combination is so well liked by everyone I just can resist adding this one to the collection.  I think using a bought cooked chook (such a great Aussie word for chicken)  would add lots of flavour and make this bake really easy.

Chicken & Ham Bake

CHICKEN & MUSHROOM SAUTE

I think this was one of the first dinner party dishes I made after I got married.   It was quite modern then with the wine, garlic, oregano and peppers and tasted great.  I’m not sure where I got the recipe from, but I can see from the typing  that I typed it up on a manual typewriter, probably at work, and here I am posting it on the internet – how the world has changed!!!!  It served me well all those years ago, but I haven’t made it for awhile.  Perhaps it’s time to give it another go.

Chicken & Mushroom Saute

HAM & CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Looking through Mum’s recipes I found a few versions of a Chicken & Ham Casserole/Bake.   I was going to use one of them here, but really the one I make is so good and very much loved by my family, especially my son, I thought I should use it instead.  I’m not sure where I got the recipe from and I have adapted it slightly over the years.  I don’t joint the chicken I pull the cooked chicken off the bone as you can see I make it without the paprika and I leave the parsley off.  I hope you enjoy it as much as we do.  (for the measurements ½ lb = 250g)

Ham & Chicken Casserole

FRENCH PARCELS

I’ve been making these for years, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a recipe for them before.  I think Mum just told me what to do and they are so quick and easy no recipe was needed.  You can use chicken instead of steak if you like, but the juice from the meat makes the French Onion Soup taste better.  Be warned it’s very hard to resist licking the foil when you’ve unwrapped them…………..

French Parcels