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483 recipe submissions by the BackYard Chickens community.

Easy Chicken And Dumplings

Ingredients: Chicken and Broth 1 whole chicken 1 large onion, chopped 1 carrot, chopped 1 celery stalk, chopped 3 - 4 garlic gloves, crushed salt and pepper Dumplings broth Anne's Dumplings, frozen pastry strips Cooking Instructions Chicken and Broth Place chicken in stock pot. Add vegetables and seasoning. Cover with water. Bring to a boil, turn down heat. Cook until the chicken is tender and the meat is falling from the bone. Remove chicken from stock. Set aside on a baking sheet and allow to cool. Carefully strain the vegetables from the hot stock. ... read more

Peanut Butter Oreo Truffles

Ingredients: 1 pkg. Oreo cookies (regular size cookie package) 8 oz. peanut butter, smooth or chunky 1 large bag chocolate chips Cooking Instructions Process Oreo cookies in a food processor on the lowest setting until they are finely crumbled and evenly colored. Add peanut butter and process until thoroughly mixed. Place a piece of waxed paper on a cookie sheet. Using your hands, squeeze and roll mixture into nice round balls between the size of a grape and a walnut. Chill for 1 hour. Working with 1 cup of chocolate chips at a time, place the chips in a microwave... read more

Chicken Scallopini in White Wine & Caper Sauce by Kathy

Ingredients: 6 THINLY sliced chicken breasts (3 regular sized breasts cut in half and pounded thinly and the same thickness as each other) 3/4 cup flour (seasoned with salt, pepper & garlic powder) 2 large eggs, beaten 4-6 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup baby Bella mushrooms, sliced- OPTIONAL 3/4 cup white wine (NOT cooking wine. Drinking wine!) 1/2 cup chicken stock or water 3 Tablespoons capers cooked orzo, rice or egg noodles   Cooking Instructions Beat some eggs w/ a little milk or water (in shallow dish for... read more

Decadent Chocolate Raspberry Layer Cake

Ingredients: My quest for the perfect chocolate raspberry cake has fallen flat for years, so I finally took matters into my own hands for my husband's 40th birthday and concocted this decadent, yet simple layer cake from a wide array of recipes and my own ideas of what it should taste like. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do! For the CAKE: 1 box Duncan Hines Dark Choc.Fudge Cake mix ½ package instant chocolate pudding 1/2 cup sour cream 1/2 cup oil 1/2 cup warm water 4 eggs 1 Tblsp instant coffee granules & 1 tsp vanilla extract Raspberry Mousse Cake... read more

Pirate's Chicken Soup

Ingredients: 2 - boneless, skinless chicken breasts cooked and shredded ( Or approx. 3 - cups leftover rotisserie chicken, turkey, etc. ) 1 - medium onion, diced olive oil 2 - cans, quartered artichoke hearts, rinsed 4-1/2 - cups - chicken broth 2 - lemons 1 - tsp. red pepper flakes 1/2 - tsp. thyme 1/2 - tsp. salt Cooking Instructions In a soup pot, sauté the onion in olive oil until soft. Add broth to pot. With a grater, remove the top layer of rind from lemons. Add zest to pot. Half the lemons and juice them. Add juice to pot.... read more

White Chicken Chili (Crock Pot Recipe)

Ingredients: 1 3-lb. bag boneless, skinless chicken breasts 2 pkts. McCormick's White Chicken Chili Seasoning Mix 3 dash cumin Water, enough to cover the chicken 2 cans Corn, drained 1 white onion, chopped 2 cans white Northern Beans, drained/rinsed 2 cans navy beans, drained/rinsed 2 cans green chilies, drained 2 bell peppers (I use red & green) Cooking Instructions Slice & put the chicken in a pot. Cover the chicken with water & sprinkle in about 1/2 pkt of the seasoning mix and 3 or so dashes of cumin. Boil covered in a pot for about a hour. Once the... read more

Cindy'S Spicy Pickled Quail Eggs

Ingredients: 4 doz. quail eggs 2 pint canning jars/lids/rings, sterilized 3 cups white vinegar (5% acidity) 4 tsp. canning/pickling salt 1 heaping tbsp cayenne pepper (or more to taste) 6 cloves garlic, crushed 12-15 peppercorns 10-15 whole allspice berries 2 tsp. mustard seed 1 large onion, thinly sliced 1 slice fresh ginger root 2 bay leaves 2 fresh hot peppers, sliced (serrano, habanero, tabasco, etc.) 10-15 slices pickled jalapenos (or more to taste, optional) fresh parsley & thyme - few sprigs of ea. fresh dill weed or seed (optional) Cooking... read more

Creamy Crockpot Chicken Enchiladas

Ingredients: 5 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken breasts 1 whole onion, sliced 1 Family size can cream of chicken soup 2 cans green chiles 1 tub sour cream 5 cups Cheddar cheese 1 pkg. enchilada tortillas (you can use flour, corn or wheat) 1 Family size can Enchilada sauce (green or red Cooking Instructions Put chicken, 1 sliced onion, 1 family size can of cream of chicken and two (drained) cans of green chiles into the crockpot. Cook on low 6-8 hours. Once the chicken is cooked, shred it with a fork. Preheat oven to 350°. Mix in the sour cream. Next, fill the... read more

Kuchen Bread (German Sweet Bread)

Ingredients: 3/4 c. water 1 3/4 c. milk 2 tbsp Crisco 2/3 c. dry milk powder 1 tsp. salt 2 tbsp bulk yeast 3/4 c. sugar 6 c. flour 2 eggs Cooking Instructions Dissolve the Crisco and salt in warm water, heat in microwave, if needed. Pour in mixing bowl, add yeast. Mix sugar, dry milk, eggs and milk. Add to Crisco mixture, stir. Add 6 cups of flour. Let rise until double. Divide dough in half. Knead. Form into loaves, setting in 2 greased loaf pans. Let rise until doubled. Bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Yields 2 loaves. Cinnamon Swirl variation 6 tbsp... read more

feed-recipe

Beak House Breeder Feed This is a variant of the recipe I use for feeding my breeding flocks. I augment it with fig nuggets, pumpkin seeds, dried cranberries, raisins, currants, and various seeds or nuts that are appropriate and affordable. I use cinnamon, turmeric, cayenne (or crushed red pepper), and dehydrated vegetables when affordable. I take many of the items to the mill with me, but our mill (Perry Milling Company) has most of these items and is fabulous! I can fax my order in and they'll have the goods for a ton pulled and ready to go before I get there-... read more
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