Chicken Pot Pie With Onions & Salt Pork

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats	American	Poultry	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Chicken, cooked & deboned
1	c	Baby onions
2	c	"Chicken Soup Stock", see
		recipe or chicken broth
2	T	Each butter & flour, cooked
		to form a roux
1/2	t	Paprika
2	T	Chopped fresh parsley
1		Recipe "Basic Easy Crust"
		see recipe
1/2	lb	Salt pork
		Salt & pepper to taste, be
		careful with the salt
		the
		salt pork should do it.

INSTRUCTIONS

The addition of salt pork to this dish certainly marks it as an old
meal from the colonies. The combination sounds a bit strange to us,
but salt pork was a common flavoring in the old days. People  literally
lived on salt pork and beans, thus the origin of the line  about
"scraping the bottom of the barrel." It was the salt-pork  barrel, and
when you touched bottom you were in serious trouble.  This is a very
enjoyable dish and I have blanched the salt pork so  that some of the
saltiness and fattiness have been removed.  Cook and debone the chicken
as in the previous recipe. Make stock if  you wish just as above.
Parboil the onions for 5 minutes and then cool in cold water. Peel the
onions and set aside.  Thicken the stock with the roux, as above. Add
the paprika and  parsley, along with the salt and pepper.  Cut the salt
pork into 1/4-inch dice. Quickly blanch in boiling water  and then
drain and saut in a small frying pan until the pork begins  to brown.
Drain the fat from the pan.  Mix the boneless chicken, onions, and
sauce together. Place in a  2-1/2-quart casserole or souffl dish and
top with the diced salt  pork. Roll out the crust and place on top.
Bake in a 375Ã¸ oven for 45 minutes.  Add a good corn dish, such as
Fried Corn with Green Chile (see  recipe), along with a green salad,
and you will have full menu.  From <The Frugal Gourmet Cooks American>.
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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 459 Calories From Fat: 424 Total Fat: 46.9g Cholesterol: 48.8mg Sodium: 2164.7mg Potassium: 234.8mg Carbohydrates: 1.1g Fiber: <1g Sugar: <1g Protein: 7.2g