In honor of tomorrow, being National Chicken Boy Day and the start of September, which is National Chicken Month, here’s Mom’s copycat version of…
GENE HACKMAN’S CHICKEN RECIPE
[With BBQ Variation]
By Gloria Pitzer, as seen in… The Original 200 Plus Secret Recipes© Book (Secret RecipesTM, Marysville, MI; June 1997, p. 15). Per usual, I’m asking only for proper credit if you care to re-share it.
INGREDIENTS:
2 small chicken fryers, [cut into] 9 pieces each
[Salt]
12-oz jar apricot preserves
8-oz bottle creamy French dressing
2 envelopes onion soup mix
INSTRUCTIONS:
Salt the chicken [to taste] and set aside. Mix other ingredients together in a small bowl. Arrange chicken pieces skin-side-up in a shallow baking pan. Brush, to coat well, with [some of the] preserves mixture. Bake at 350°F for an hour, without turning pieces, until skin is crispy. Baste generously with preserves [mixture] about every 10 minutes, while baking. Serves 6.
FOR BBQ CHICKEN:
Stir ½ cup Open Pit barbecue sauce [or Open Pitzer BBQ Sauce] into basting mixture. Any fruit preserve flavor may be used in place of apricots. Leftovers freeze well.
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