MAMU'S BAKED CHICKEN BY LOUIS L'AOUR ENJOY DAN:

MAMU’S BAKED CHICKEN by LOUIS L’AMOUR by CHEF DAN

(The greatest cowboy writer of them all)

(from the 1951 Cowboy Cookbook by Ken Beck & Jim Clark)

Makes 6 -12 serving, depending on appetites!

INGRDIENTS:

6 chicken breasts, boned and halved (may be skinned)

2 cups sour cream

1/4-cup lemon juice

4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce

4 teaspoon celery salt

2 teaspoon paprika

4 garlic cloves

1/2-teaspoon pepper

Salt to taste

1-3/4- cups plain packaged bread crumbs

1 stick butter

DIRECTIONS: (PREHEAT OVEN TO 350 F)

1.   Whip the breasts and put them in a large bowl.

2.   Mix the sour cream, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, celery salt, paprika, garlic, and pepper.

3.   Add salt to taste.

4.   Coat the chicken well with the sour cream mixture, being sure to use all of it.

5.   Put in the refrigerator, covered, overnight.

6.   In a preheated oven, remove the chicken from the sour cream and coat evenly in the crumbs.

7.   Arrange in a single layer in a shallow baking dish.

8.   Melt the butter in the pan and spoon half over chicken.

9.   Bake, uncovered, for 45 minutes.

10.                Spoon the rest of the butter over the chicken.

11.                Bake for 10 to 15 more minutes or until tender and brown.

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