Baked Chicken and Gravy                         L.Meat, Fish, and Poultry No.149
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|Yield:  100 Portions              Each Portion: 2 Pieces Chicken 1/3 Cup Gravy|
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|Pan Size: 18 by 26 inch Sheet Pan                          Temp.: 350 'F. Oven|
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|    Ingredients     | Weights  | Measures |              Method               |
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|Poultry, Chicken, Br| 50LB     |          | 1. Wash chicken thoroughly under  |
|oiler, Quartered    |          |          |    cold running water. Drain      |
|                    |          |          |    well.                          |
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|Salt                |       6OZ| 9.00 Tbsp| 2. Sprinkle pieces of chicken     |
|Pepper, Black, Groun|          | 2.00 Tbsp|    with mixture of salt and       |
|d                   |          |          |    pepper; arrange on 4 sheet     |
|                    |          |          |    pans.                          |
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|Shortening, Emulsifi|  1LB     | 2.00 Cup | 3. Pour melted shortening or      |
|ed                  |          |          |    salad oil evenly over chicken. |
|                    |          |          | 4. Bake 1 hour.                   |
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|                    |          |          | 5. Remove chicken; place an equal |
|                    |          |          |    quantity of chicken in each    |
|                    |          |          |    roasting pan. Drain or skim    |
|                    |          |          |    off fat from drippings.Reserve |
|                    |          |          |    drippings for use in Step 6.   |
|                    |          |          | 6. Reserve fat for use in Step 8. |
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|Stock, Beef or Chick|       4OZ|10.00 Tbsp| 6. Reconstitute Soup and Gravy    |
|en                  |          |          |    Base with boiling water; add   |
|Boiling Water       |          | 1.50 Gal |    to chicken drippings; mix      |
|                    |          |          |    well.                          |
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|Milk, Non Fat, Dry, |       7OZ| 1.33 Cup | 7. Reconstitute milk; add to      |
|Milk Powder         |          |          |    stock mixture. Heat to         |
|Cold Water          |          | 7.50 Cup |    simmering temperature.         |
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|Stock, Beef or Chick|  1LB  8OZ| 3.00 Cup | 8. Combine fat and flour; cook    |
|en                  |          |          |    over low heat until light      |
|Flour, All Purpose  |  1LB  8OZ| 1.50 Qrt |    brown, about 5 minutes.        |
|                    |          |          | 9. Stir browned fat and flour     |
|                    |          |          |    mixture into stock mixture;    |
|                    |          |          |    cook until thickened,          |
|                    |          |          |    stirring constantly.           |
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|Paprika, Ground     |          | 1.00 Tbsp|10. Pour gravy evenly over chicken |
|                    |          |          |    in each pan. Sprinkle with     |
|                    |          |          |    paprika.                       |
|                    |          |          |11. Bake 30 minutes or until       |
|                    |          |          |    chicken is browned.            |
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NOTE:  2. Other sizes and types of pans may be used. See Recipe A-25. 
                                   VARIATION
       1. BAKED CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOM GRAVY: Follow Steps 1 thru 9.   
          In Step 10, add 1 lb (1-jumbo cn) canned mushrooms (drained 
          and chopped) to gravy. Follow Step 11.                      
       2. BAKED CHICKEN WITH MUSHROOM GRAVY (SOUP, CONDENSED, CREAM OF
          MUSHROOM): Follow Steps 1 thru 5. Do not save fat drippings 
          in Step 5. Omit Steps 6 thru 9. Combine 12 lb 8 oz (4-No. 3 
          cyl cn) canned condensed cream of mushroom soup and 2 qt    
          water. Bring soup mixture to a boil. Follow Steps 10 & 11.  
       3. BAKED GOLDEN CHICKEN (SOUP, CONDENSED, CREAM OF CHICKEN):   
          Follow Steps 1 thru 5. Do not save fat and drippings in Step
          5. Omit Steps 6 thru 9. Combine 12 lb 8 oz (4-No.3 cyl cn)  
          canned condensed cream of chicken soup and 2 qt water. Bring
          soup mixture to a boil. Follow Steps 10 and 11.