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    Home » Recipes » Amish Chicken Recipes

    Wengerd's Amish Broasted Chicken

    Published: Mar 30, 2022 · Updated: Mar 30, 2022 by Kevin Williams | Leave a Comment

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    I am going to leave this recipe name as is, with some strong "caveats." This recipe comes to me from an Amish family in Indiana. Wengerd is a common last name among the Amish in that community. This is chicken recipe is very easy, very flavorful, and quite popular. But is it really "broasted?" No, this chicken does not adhere to the technical definition of "broasting."

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    • 🍗 Wengerd's Amish Broasted Chicken
    • 📋 Instructions
    • 🍗 More Amish Chicken Recipes
    • 🖨️ Full Recipe

    This is a section of Wikipedia's definition of broasted chicken:

    The broasting technique began in 1954 when American businessman and inventor, L. A. M. Phelan combined parts of a deep fryer and pressure cooker as a way to cook chicken more quickly. 

    And as you can see this chicken is clearly not using a broasting technique. Perhaps at one time the recipe had a pressure-cooking component. So this is more of a "chicken that tastes like broasted" recipe. Changes happen to recipes all the time in Amish settlements as cooks pass recipes back and forth, make changes, additions, and tweaks.

    Broasted was, for a long time, a trademarked word, but it now has its own dictionary and the word has gone the way of the escalator. You can read more about the history and methodology of true broasting here.

    My hometown, for many years, had a "broasted chicken" eatery. It was in kind of a run-down part of town, but it still managed to attracted crowds. I remember going there several times after I got my drivers license. SIGH, like so many good dives, this restaurant is long gone. But I still remember those boxes of broasted chicken, steaming hot, that I'd come away with....

    Okay, now to this tastes-like-broasted recipe.

    Wengerd's Amish Broasted Chicken

    Very basic ingredients bring out the flavor on this recipe. You can use a cut-up fryer chicen, a package of chicken thighs, pieces, etc, whatever chicken you have on hand. The fresher, the better. Most Amish cooks would have home-butchered chicken available for a meal like this.

    Wengerd's Amish Broasted Chicken

    Make sure you dredge the chicken pieces through flour.

    Then dip the chicken on both sides in the sauce, get it good and covered and then bake!

    It comes out of the oven good and golden, pairs well on a plate with some veggies like corn or green beans. A perfect and simple supper!

    🍗 Wengerd's Amish Broasted Chicken

    • 1 fryer chicken, cut-up
    • 3 tablespoons ketchup
    • 1 1 /2 tablespoons Worchestershire sauce
    • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
    • 6 tablespoons water
    • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
    • 1 teaspoon mustard
    • 1 teaspoon paprika
    • 1 teaspoon chili powder
    • Flour for rolling, 1 to 2 cups

    📋 Instructions

    1. Mix the ketchup, sauce, brown sugar, water, lemon juice, mustard and rest of spices and blend thoroughly.
    2. Roll chicken in flour.
    3. Then dip into sauce.
    4. Pour into pan and cover with foil.
    5. Bake at 350 until done, about 30 minutes.

    🍗 More Amish Chicken Recipes

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    Wengerd's Amish Broasted Chicken

    A delicious way to make your chicken sing!
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    Course Main Course
    Cuisine American, Amish

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 fryer chicken cut-up
    • 3 tablespoons catsup
    • 1 1 /2 tablespoons ·  Worchestershire sauce
    • 3 tablespoons brown sugar
    • 6 tablespoons water
    • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
    • 1 teaspoon mustard
    • 1 teaspoon paprika
    • 1 teaspoon chili powder

    Instructions
     

    • Mix the ketchup, sauce, brown sugar, water, lemon juice,mustard and recipe of spices and blende thoroughly.
    • Roll chicken in flour.
       
    • Then dip into sauce.
    • Pour into pan and cover with foil.
    • Bake at 350 until done, about 30 minutes.
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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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