Thursday, March 29, 2012

Today's recipe was a request from my sister in law.  I found this recipe in Mississippi Cook Book that I got as a wedding present many long years ago.  If you know me you know that I am over weight while my husband is a skinny minny.  I have always looked for ways to bring down my calorie intake and this chicken is baked rather than fried so I thought it would help.  The problem is this is so good that I overeat.  Another story about this chicken recipe is we were planning a family picnic at my house and I told a cousin that I was fixing chicken strips and she said, " let me bring the chicken strips.  The ones that I get from Walmart are so good." Well I said laughing, "you can bring your Walmart chicken strips but mine are better!! and I am fixing mine."  She was trying to save me some work but cooking is not work for me but relaxation.  Below is the Chicken recipe that I use.  


Chicken Supreme


Ingredients
1 cup  sour cream
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon celery salt
1 teaspoon paprika
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
4 garlic cloves, minced
6 (4-ounce) skinned, boned chicken breast halves(or use Chicken strips)
3/4 cup dry breadcrumbs
3 tablespoons of shortening
3 tablespoons stick margarine, melted
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

Preparation
Combine first 8 ingredients in a large bowl. Add chicken.  Make sure each piece of chicken is covered with the mixture in the bowl. Cover and marinate in refrigerator overnight.
Preheat oven to 325°. 
Remove chicken from bowl.  You will discard the marinade.  This is very messy but I just get my hands right in.  As I remove each chicken piece I drop it into the breadcrumbs in a shallow dish. Dredge the chicken in breadcrumbs. Place the chicken in a 13 x 9-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray. Melt shortening and margarine.  Mix together. Drizzle half margarine mixture over chicken, and bake at 325° for 30 minutes. Pour the rest of the margarine mixture over chicken and bake for an additional 15 minutes or until done. Sprinkle chicken with chopped parsley.(I leave this off because my family does not like "green stuff" on their chicken.  They are so silly.)
I hope you will enjoy this as much as my family enjoys it.

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