Recipe by Diana Hart

Ingredients

1 lb. cooked chicken

7 eggs

1/2 tsp . ground ginger

pinch ground anise

pinch saffron

Salt and pepper to taste

Pie crust



Method

Mix the eggs and spices until well combined. Place the chicken in the pie crust and pour on the egg mixture. Bake in a 400 degree oven until done.

Source [Daz buoch von guoter spise, M. Adamson (trans.)]: #28 If you want to make a chicken dish. These are called king's chickens. Take young grilled chickens, chop them up in little bite-sized pieces. Take fresh eggs, break them, mix them with ground ginger and a little anise, pour this into a solid mortar, which should be hot. Sprinkle the chickens with the same spices you add to the eggs. Put the chickens into a mortar, add saffron, salt to taste, and keep them by the fire. Let them bake at an even temperature with some lard, and serve them whole. They are called king's chicken.

Published: April 7, 2011

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