Old Time Chicken and Biscuits
It has been way too long since we have had this wonderful comfort food. I substitute gluten-free flour for the biscuits and cornstarch for the flour in the sauce to make this gluten-free friendly for my family.
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Ingredients:
| 2 cups | self-rising flour |
| 3/8 cup | cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces |
| 1 cup | whole milk |
| all-purpose flour, for dusting | |
| 1 | medium onion, finely chopped |
| 1 1/2 | carrots, finely chopped |
| 1 1/2 | celery ribs, finely chopped |
| 1/4 teaspoon | salt |
| 3/4 teaspoon | black pepper |
| 3 tablespoons | unsalted butter |
| 2 tablespoons | all-purpose flour |
| 1 3/4 cups | reduced-sodium chicken broth (14 fl oz) |
| 1/2 teaspoon | chopped fresh thyme |
| 1/2 cup | half-and-half |
| 3 cups | chopped cooked chicken (from a 3- to 3 1/2-lb rotisserie chicken) |
| 1/2 teaspoon | fresh lemon juice |
Directions:
Make Biscuits:.
Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 450°F.
Blend together flour and butter in a bowl with a pastry blender or your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse meal with some small (roughly pea-size) butter lumps. Stir in milk with a fork just until a sticky dough forms.
Turn dough out onto a floured surface and gently knead 7 or 8 times, (Do not overwork, or biscuits will be tough).
Pat dough into a 9- by 6-inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface, then cut into 6 (3-inch) squares.
Arrange squares 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet and bake until golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes.
Cool to warm on baking sheet on a rack.
Make Chicken In Gravy While Biscuits Bake:.
Cook onion, carrot, celery, salt, and pepper in butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are softened, 8 to 10 minutes. Sprinkle flour over vegetables and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
Stir in broth and thyme and bring to a boil, stirring, then boil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes.
Add half-and-half and chicken to gravy and gently simmer until chicken is heated through, about 3 minutes.
Stir in lemon juice.
To Serve:.
Halve biscuits and put each bottom half in a shallow bowl.
Spoon chicken in gravy over biscuit bottoms and cover with biscuit tops.
Source: food.com
