Day 31: Poppy Seed Chicken

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Today's recipe is my 7 year old daughter's favorite dinner. Whenever I ask her what she wants to eat, its poppy seed chicken. This recipe also comes from the Relief Society cookbook. It was served at a women's meeting at church, and it quickly became one of my favorites.

Poppy Seed Chicken

12" dutch oven

6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked and cut up in pieces

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 1/2 cup sour cream

1 cylinder of Ritz crackers, crushed

4 Tbs. melted butter

1 1/2 Tbs. poppy seeds

I cut each chicken breast in thirds, and fried it in my DO using about 25 coals. Then mix the chicken, sour cream and soup and put it in the DO. In a separate bowl, mix crackers, melted butter and poppy seeds; sprinkle over the chicken mixture. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. I used 8 coals on the bottom and 16 on the top.

The Finished Product

 
What I Learned

This is a really easy recipe. The only way to mess it up is to over heat it--which I did. Usually my problem is too little heat, but today it was too much. The gravy separated and was lumpy instead of creamy and smooth. Next time I will use fewer coals, maybe 14 on top, and it will be much better.

The Review

Even with the gravy separating, it still tasted good. I should have checked it sooner and I could have adjusted the heat better. It worked really well in the DO. I'll give this recipe an A-.