old time chicken and biscuits
Had this recipe for ages! It's a homey and old-fashioned comforting dish can be on the table in a flash, thanks to store-bought rotisserie chicken and biscuits made with self-rising flour. This is a modernized version of the recipe that was home cookin' to my Texas family.
prep time
30 Min
cook time
15 Min
method
Bake
yield
6 serving(s)
Ingredients
- FOR BISCUITS
- 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
- FOR CHICKEN IN GRAVY
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 - carrots, finely chopped
- 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
How To Make old time chicken and biscuits
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Step 1Make Biscuits: Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 450°F.
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Step 2Blend 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.
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Step 3Turn dough out onto a floured surface and gently knead 7 or 8 times (Do not overwork, or biscuits will be tough).
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Step 4Pat dough into a 9- by 6-inch rectangle on a lightly floured surface, then cut into 6 (3-inch) squares.
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Step 5Arrange 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.
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Step 6Make Chicken In Gravy While Biscuits Bake:
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Step 7Cook 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.
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Step 8Stir in broth and thyme and bring to a boil, stirring, then boil over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes.
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Step 9Add half-and-half and chicken to gravy and gently simmer until chicken is heated through, about 3 minutes. Stir in lemon juice.
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Step 10To Serve: Halve biscuits and put each bottom half in a shallow bowl. Spoon chicken in gravy over biscuit bottoms and cover with biscuit tops.
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