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Chicken Saute a la Creole

A historic Creole dish of fine spring chickens, butter, flour, fresh tomatoes and fresh, sweet green peppers. Adapted from Chicken Saute a la Creole, from The Picayune's Creole Cook Book (1910).

Adapted from Chicken Saute a la Creole, in The Picayune's Creole Cook Book (1910), preserved in the Open Recipe Archive's Louisiana Creole Kitchen collection and marked public domain. The method is condensed from the original and the quantities are restated in modern units; see the archive record at https://github.com/AdamBouhmad/open-recipe-archive/blob/main/collections/louisiana-creole/recipes/chicken-saute-a-la-creole.md.

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Chicken Saute a la Creole

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Cooking Instructions

  1. Take two spring chickens and clean nicely and cut into pieces at the joints

  2. Season well with salt and pepper

  3. Put two tablespoonfuls of butter into a stewpan, and, when it melts, add the chicken

  4. Let this brown slowly for a good five minutes

  5. Have ready three large onions sliced

  6. Add these to the chickens and let them brown

Adapted from Open Recipe Archive · The Picayune's Creole Cook Book (1910; archive record marked public domain). View a published recipe at Internet Archive (opens in a new tab)