Greek egg-lemon chicken (agrastada)

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 Chicken, 2 1/2 lbs
Salted water
5 Eggs
Juice of 1 lemon
Salt and pepper, to taste
¼ cup Pareve margarine

Directions

Place the chicken in a heavy pot. Cover with salted water and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer ½ hr or until chicken is cooked. Remove to a separate plate and cool the chicken. Preheat oven to 350 F. Bone the chicken and place all the meat and skin into a low ovenproof casserole.

Drain off all but ⅔ cup of liquid from the pot. Gradually beat in eggs, lemon juice, salt, pepper and margarine. Pour the sauce over the chicken.

Bake 25 minutes, until golden brown.

NOTES : From _The Jewish Holiday Kitchen_ by Joan Nathan. Schocken Books, New York: 1988.

Recipe by: Joan Nathan Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #547 by "Master Harper Gaellon" <gaellon@...> on Apr 3, 1997

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