Chicken and Oyster Pie

Preparation info
  • 6 or more

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Complex

Appears in
New York Times Menu Cookbook

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1966

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Ingredients

  • 1 roasting chicken or capon (6 to 7 pounds), trussed, with giblets removed
  • 1 teaspo

Method

  1. Place the chicken in a deep kettle and add water to cover. Add salt, peppercorns, celery, carrot, onion and parsley. Bring to a boil and cover partially. Simmer for one and one-half to two hours, or until chicken is tender. Cool chicken and broth and refrigerate overnight. When broth is cold, remove the fat.

  2. Take the meat from the bones and reserve. Re