Kansas Chicken Cheese (pressed chicken)

 

Two 4-lb. ready-to-cook roasters, halved
5 cups water
1 beef-bouillon cube
1 tablespoon vinegar
1 carrot, pared and sliced
1 cup celery
Green celery tops
1 leek, halved length-wise (optional)
2 bay leaves
1/4 teasp. whole cloves
1 teasp. dried savory
10 parsley sprigs
1 clove garlic
3/4 cup minced onion
1/4 teasp. whole black peppers
1 tablespoon salt
3 tablespoon snipped parsley
Lettuce
Mayonnaise

Day before:
1. In kettle, place chickens and rest of ingredients except snipped parsley, lettuce, and mayonnaise. Cover, then simmer about 1.5 hr. or until chicken are tender.
2. Remove chickens from broth; skim fat from broth.
3. Strain broth through fine sieve into saucepan.  Boil down, uncovered, until only 2 cups remain.  Meanwhile, remove chicken meat from bones, and chop it very fine.; refrigerate. 
4. Add chicken to 2 cups concentrated broth.  Simmer 10 minutes, then stir in snipped parsley.  Turn into 9" x 5" x 3" loaf pan.  Weigh down by placing another pan on top of mixture. Refrigerate over-night.

At serving time:
    With a spatula, loosen chicken from pan,  Unmold on bed of lettuce on serving platter; slice thin or thick.  If desired, garnish with cranberry-jelly slices or dot with tart fruit jelly. Pass mayonnaise. Makes 8 servings. 

East Coast Pressed Chicken:  make as above, substitute 1 cup sherry for 1 cup water, omitting bouillon cube and vinegar, and leaving chicken in large pieces.  In cutting, make slices 3/4" thick. 


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