CHICKEN WITH PORT

Serve with an elegant dry red wine, such as Cabernet Sauvignon Sequoia Grove Vineyards 1986. Napa Valley. 2 tbsp. vegetable oil
2 tbsp. butter, room temperature
1 c. thinly sliced onions
6 lg. boneless chicken breast halves
Salt, freshly ground pepper to taste
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 c. tawny port (such as Fonseca Bin
#27)
1/2 c. heavy cream
1/4 c. chopped parsley, to garnish

In a large skillet heat oil and butter over medium heat. Add onions and cook, stirring frequently, until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Add chicken and cook 4 minutes on each side, or until golden brown on outside and cooked through on inside. Season with salt and pepper. Remove chicken with a slotted spatula to a platter; cover to keep warm. Add garlic to skillet and cook over low heat 2 minutes until garlic just releases its fragrance. Add port and boil 1 minute, or until reduced to 1/2 cup. Add chicken and boil 30 seconds, or until lightly thickened. To serve chicken, cut each breast on the diagonal into 1 inch slices. Serve with sauce; garnish with parsley.

CHICKEN SPECTACULAR

3 c. cooked chicken
1 pkg. Uncle Ben's Wild White Rice,
cooked
1 can cream of celery soup
1 med. onion, chopped
2 c. French style green beans, drained
1 c. Hellmann's mayonnaise
1 c. water chestnuts, diced
1 med. jar sliced pimientos (for
color, if desired)

Mix all ingredients. Pour into 2 1/2 or 3 quart casserole. Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes. (To freeze, do not cook before freezing.)

GOURMET CHICKEN

1 c. uncooked rice
1 can mushroom soup
1 can onion soup
1 can water
1 frying size chicken or breasts (can
cut boned breasts into sm. pieces)
Salt & pepper to taste

Place uncooked rice in bottom of 9"x12" pan. Pour soups and water over rice. Mix slightly. Place chicken on top. Cut chicken (smaller pieces) can be stirred into mix. Bake at 325 degrees 1 hour and 15 minutes. When using big chicken pieces, turn when browned on one side.

CHICKEN BENGALI

1 tbsp. margarine
1 1/2 tsp. flour
1 1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. powder mustard
1/2 tsp. curry powder
1 1/2 lbs. chicken thighs, skinned

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In small saucepan heat margarine over medium heat until bubbly and hot. Add remaining ingredients except chicken until mixture is smooth. Put in 9"x9" baking dish sprayed with Pam. Arrange chicken in single layers. Bake until chicken is brown, baste with juice every 20 minutes. Weight Watchers.

PARMESAN CHICKEN

1 c. crushed Ritz crackers
3/4 c. Parmesan cheese
4 boneless chicken breasts
1/4 c. melted margarine

Mix 3/4 cup Parmesan cheese to each 1 cup of crushed Ritz cracker crumbs. Dip boneless chicken breasts in melted margarine and then roll in crumb mixture. Then roll chicken breast wide end to narrow end. Lay in baking dish seam side down. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Cover the first 1/2 hour of cooking and then take cover off last 1/2 hour. Increase recipe according to needs.

FESTIVE CHICKEN

2 c. chicken, cooked, chopped
1 box wild rice, cooked
1 med. onion, chopped
1/2 c. mayonnaise
1 can French green beans or 1 pkg.
broccoli, cooked
1 can celery soup
1/2 c. water chestnuts (optional)
2 tbsp. chopped pimiento (optional)

Put all together into greased baking dish. Bake 45 minutes to 1 hour at 350 degrees.

BUSY DAY CHICKEN & RICE

1 c. uncooked rice
1 chicken, cut up
1 stick oleo
1 pkg. dry onion soup mix
4 c. boiling water
Salt & pepper to taste

preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom of 13"x9"x2" pan. Cover bottom evenly with rice. Arrange chicken pieces on rice. Dot with oleo. Sprinkle dry onion soup over all. Salt and pepper to taste. Pour boiling water over all. Bake 1 hour. If browner chicken is desired brown before placing on rice.