Okay, you can visit your local Colonel Sanders if you want chicken in a hurry, or you can try this Amish recipe. But I hope you aren't in too big if a hurry because this takes 4 - 5 hours to bake. So I can't, for the life of me, figure out why it is called "chicken in a hurry" unless it is just a tongue-in-cheek title. Sometimes, with Amish recipes, the names are as just as good as the food.

🗲 Amish in a Hurry For Chicken in a Hurry

Gender roles are still very stratified and ingrained among the Amish with certain jobs generally falling to men: keeping the stoves running, taking care of the livestock, home repairs, and the like. Women, well, they get the sewing, cooking, and everything else.

Often Amish families are quite large: 6, 7, 8 children or more. That's a lot of mending, sewing, baking, home-canning, fights to referee, and on and on. So Amish homemakers, especially with a house full of young children, are constantly seeking quick suppers that are also filling and delicious and Chicken in a Hurry fits that description!

This recipe comes to us from an Amish woman in Plain City, Ohio. Geez, again, I hope you aren't in a hurry. If you aren't in a hurry, then I'm sure this will be delicious and I'd highly recommend giving it a try!

Actually, though, the meal is super fast to prepare...so that is probably the genesis of the name. It literally takes 5 minutes, so you can prepare it and focus on other stuff. If you have a slow-cooker, use that. But she says you can also bake in a 9 X 13 inch baking dish at 325 for 2 hours. Again, not exactly a rush job,but it is the prep that is quick. Enjoy!

📋 Step-by-Step Chicken in a Hurry

This recipe has three key ingredients. That's it. The three are: ketchup, brown sugar, dry onion soup mix.

If you want to stray from the recipe, you could. You could try a different soup mix. You could add a little molasses or honey to the ketchup for a sweetening effect. There are all sorts of things you could do, but this recipe works well as is.

Use the highest quality chicken you can. The cut doesn't really matter. The recipe calls for drumsticks or thighs, but you can use breasts if you want. And you can add seasonings to this recipe. The soup mix has seasonings, but you can add your own garlic, black pepper, seasoning salt, onion, and more at this stage. Mushrooms would be a nice addition too.

After this sauce is stirred in a separate bowl and poured and/or brushed over the chicken, you slow cook it in a slow cooker or a long bake in the oven and really allow that flavor to permeate!

This chicken in a hurry pairs well with mashed potatoes, mixed veggies, applesauce, corn on the cob or just about anything! Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.