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05-30-2017 09:15 AM
My grandmother never used a recipe. She came from Eastern Europe to this country. She was a marvelous cook... I used to watch her and she just never really knew the exact measurement of anything. And her English was broken and I was young. My mother picked up on some of her recipes and one of them in particular was a casserole that she called CHICKEN AND RICE.
Anyone have any old world recipes... coming out of Russia or Poland that might give me a hint on what to do. I am not a cook, no talent to speak of but I yearn to taste this dish and cannot find anything even close anywhere.
05-30-2017 01:26 PM
Check out this site. It is too big to copy and paste, large print with pictures.
http://www.olgasflavorfactory.com/main-course/plov/
Just a chance that this is it but this looks delicious!
05-30-2017 06:01 PM - edited 05-30-2017 06:07 PM
@bonnielu, This recipe is also called No Peeky Chicken or Forgotten Chicken & is a staple with my family. I also add sliced mushrooms for added goodness. I also bake at 300 degrees covered with foil & no peeking...!
05-30-2017 07:04 PM
Thanks and for the record I can spell CHICKEN.
05-30-2017 07:34 PM
@Zhills wrote:Check out this site. It is too big to copy and paste, large print with pictures.
http://www.olgasflavorfactory.com/main-course/plov/
Just a chance that this is it but this looks delicious!
@bonnielu I too highly recommend this site that @Zhills has posted as my grandparents are from Czechoslavia but I have found many recipes that are very close to what my mom and grandmother used to make. This recipe reminds me of when my mom would make my favorite chicken and rice dish (I would always ask for that for my birthday meal!). My mom would poach chicken parts along with carrots, celery, onion and probably other spices. Before the chicken was completely cooked through, she would pick out the celery and carrots, add the rice to the chicken and the liquid along with the now chopped and cooked carrots. So delicious!
05-31-2017 09:16 PM
@bonnielu, do you think this might be it, or at least close?
Ukrainian Chicken Plov - Natasha's Kitchen
Ukrainian Chicken Plov (Rice Pilaf) - Плов
05-31-2017 10:53 PM
I learned to make this soup from my Polish mother-in-law. She had no recipe. It's a simple combo of meaty pork ribs on the bone simmered in broth, I use chicken and beef broth, seasoned with celery and onion, add in dry white beans and sauerkraut. I pull the meat off the bones before adding the beans and kraut.
I cooked the beans separately for awhile before finishing them off in the broth because I didn't want all the broth to go into the beans. I didn't really question her for details, just watched from a distance and copied her as best I could.
Another soup I learned from a Russian exposition restaurant at a World's Fair:
"Russian Olive Soup".
To mimic it I used a can of Campbell's French Onion soup (I know. LOL) diluted with water and partly with tomato juice. Add halved black olives. Add a dollop of sour cream if you like. So simple and deicious.
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