Creamy Mushroom Roast Chicken

Ingredients

• 1 tender chicken for roasting
• 1/2 cup Crisco
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 pint hot water
• 1 cup hot sweet cream
• 2 cups chopped mushrooms
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Method

1. 1 Clean chicken, split down back, and place breast upward in a casserole dish.
2. 2 Spread Crisco over the breast, dust with salt and pepper, add hot water, cover closely, and cook in a hot oven (425°F) for one hour.
3. 3 When nearly tender, add cream, mushrooms, and parsley. Cover and cook for twenty minutes longer.
4. 4 Serve hot in the casserole.