This is a recipe where the gravy makes itself as the chicken simmers and cooks in the ingredients around it. This is a delicious and easy recipe that comes from Clara Miller, a Beachy Amish Mennonite cook, in Kansas.
The Amish presence in Kansas, by the way, has been really slow to grow over the years and that is somewhat surprising to me. You have arable soil, cheap land, and central location. But despite all of those attributes the Sunflower State has been slow to attract a large Amish population.
Amish chicken with easy gravy is very typical of the Great Plains Amish cooking style: minimalist, no-frills, and flavorful.
My parents attempted Clara Miller's Amish chicken with easy gravy and really enjoyed the recipe for our minimalist cooks out there (and who isn't sometimes?) you'll like this.
EASY AMISH CHICKEN AND GRAVY
What I like about recipes like these is you can experiment. For this one I'd tend to hew with the recipe, but you could try crushing crackers and coating in cracker crumbs to give it more of a crunch.
You could even experiment with the gravy. Hint of brown sugar?
Use farm fresh ingredients when making the Amish chicken with easy gravy. Most Amish cooks have home-raised chickens.
If that had been me I would have slathered gravy all over that chicken, my parents have more self-discipline than I.
🍗 Chicken Supper Ingredients
- 6 -8 chicken pieces, cleaned
- 1 cup flour
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 1½ cups heavy whipping cream
- 1½ cups water
📋 Cooking Instructions
- Dredge the chicken pieces in the flour and spices and arrange skin side up in a baking dish.
- Mix the cream and water and pour over the chicken.
- Bake at 350* for 1½ hours or until the skin is golden brown.
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Amish Chicken & Easy Gravy
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- 2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 1 ½ cups whipping cream
- 1 ½ cups water
Instructions
- Dredge the chicken pieces in the flour and spices and arrange skin side up in a baking dish.
- Mix the cream and water and pour over the chicken.
- Bake at 350* for 1½ hours or until the skin is golden brown.