This is a recipe granny made often. If she didn't have all the ingredients she would add in what she had.
She often cooked chicken by browning it without flour until browned and tender. Browning the chicken first and them baking with gravy gives an extra layer of flavor and a crunchy texture to the meat even though it's baked with all those juicy good veggies.
She usually served this over rice or mashed potatoes.
Roasted Chicken and Vegetables
1 roasting chicken cut into pieces for serving
2 tablespoons butter
1 onion minced
1 green pepper chopped
2 carrots chopped
6 mushrooms chopped
1 fresh tomato or 1/4 cup canned tomato
1 cup water
1 teaspoon paprika
Salt and Pepper
1/4 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon flour
Melt butter, add onion, and cook until lightly browned. Salt and Pepper chicken and cook until well skin is browned. Add bell pepper, carrots, mushrooms, tomato. Mix paprika and water and pour over chicken and vegetables. Cover and cook 350 degrees for about 30 min. or until tender. Mix flour and sour cream together and stir into vegetables and drippings. Cook 3 more min.
I am including a picture taken in the Ga. mountains. Daddy loved to tell a story about taking Granny to the Smokey Mountains National Park. They were just outside the National Park around the Cades Cove area and Granny looked up and saw a grave yard on the side of the mountian and she said, "Well my word Doyle, there is a pure graveyard up there on that mountain." Daddy responded with " Yea people die up here too Momma." "Pure" was an adjective she used usually when she was amazed with or surprised by something. Like, "Oh Katie, there's a pure flea on that puppy." Or "There's a pure ring on that table! Your Grandpa just won't use a coaster!"
Another story about a trip to the mountains with Granny and Momma Peacock. First of all let me tell you Momma Peacock always referred to Granny as Mrs. Holland and Granny referred to Momma Peacock as Mrs. Peacock. Always. Never first names of Luvern or Lota. Not even after knowing each other for 60 years! That was norm for all of their neighbors and friends, their age. It was always "Mrs. Childs" and "Mrs. Branton" and "Mrs. Snell" and "Mrs. Roney."
Momma was driving and Momma Peacock and Granny were in the seats in the middle of the SUV. They were talking non stop about everything, as usual. Just north of Atlanta, Granny says "Well Mrs Peacock, I don't know where we are right now but seems we should be getting close to Atlanta." Momma Peacock responds with, " I don't know either Mrs. Holland, but we can't be to Atlanta yet we hadn't come to the first red light." Momma laughs and tells them they drove through Atlanta about 45 miles back..... on the interstate....no "Red Lights." :)
She often cooked chicken by browning it without flour until browned and tender. Browning the chicken first and them baking with gravy gives an extra layer of flavor and a crunchy texture to the meat even though it's baked with all those juicy good veggies.
She usually served this over rice or mashed potatoes.
Roasted Chicken and Vegetables
1 roasting chicken cut into pieces for serving
2 tablespoons butter
1 onion minced
1 green pepper chopped
2 carrots chopped
6 mushrooms chopped
1 fresh tomato or 1/4 cup canned tomato
1 cup water
1 teaspoon paprika
Salt and Pepper
1/4 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon flour
Melt butter, add onion, and cook until lightly browned. Salt and Pepper chicken and cook until well skin is browned. Add bell pepper, carrots, mushrooms, tomato. Mix paprika and water and pour over chicken and vegetables. Cover and cook 350 degrees for about 30 min. or until tender. Mix flour and sour cream together and stir into vegetables and drippings. Cook 3 more min.
I am including a picture taken in the Ga. mountains. Daddy loved to tell a story about taking Granny to the Smokey Mountains National Park. They were just outside the National Park around the Cades Cove area and Granny looked up and saw a grave yard on the side of the mountian and she said, "Well my word Doyle, there is a pure graveyard up there on that mountain." Daddy responded with " Yea people die up here too Momma." "Pure" was an adjective she used usually when she was amazed with or surprised by something. Like, "Oh Katie, there's a pure flea on that puppy." Or "There's a pure ring on that table! Your Grandpa just won't use a coaster!"
Another story about a trip to the mountains with Granny and Momma Peacock. First of all let me tell you Momma Peacock always referred to Granny as Mrs. Holland and Granny referred to Momma Peacock as Mrs. Peacock. Always. Never first names of Luvern or Lota. Not even after knowing each other for 60 years! That was norm for all of their neighbors and friends, their age. It was always "Mrs. Childs" and "Mrs. Branton" and "Mrs. Snell" and "Mrs. Roney."
Momma was driving and Momma Peacock and Granny were in the seats in the middle of the SUV. They were talking non stop about everything, as usual. Just north of Atlanta, Granny says "Well Mrs Peacock, I don't know where we are right now but seems we should be getting close to Atlanta." Momma Peacock responds with, " I don't know either Mrs. Holland, but we can't be to Atlanta yet we hadn't come to the first red light." Momma laughs and tells them they drove through Atlanta about 45 miles back..... on the interstate....no "Red Lights." :)
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| Black Rock Mountain, Ga. State Park, looking North East toward Highlands, North Carolina |
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