New Recipe from the Farm

Last night I tried a new recipe, but altered it a bunch!  So I thought I would share with you what came out. 

We have a lot of squash right now, and a lot of frozen old hens...  If you haven't had old hen, it can be dry, tough and just not pleasant to eat. 

So step 1 was to juice up and tenderize the hen.  I slow cooked the chicken with some Kickin' Chicken (one of our favorite spices) some garlic powder, pepper and filled the crock pot about 1/3 with water. 

Since I let the squash get a tad bit big, I de-seeded it, and then diced up (1/2" cubes) a crocked neck.  Diced up an onion (this didn't come from our garden as ours aren't quite big enough yet).
Added 2 cans of Cream of Mushroom soup along with a little of the chicken broth.

We still have some left over canned carrots from last years garden, so in a quart of carrots.

After cooking all day on low, I let the chicken cool a little, then picked it off the bone and shredded it a tad bit more.  It was still dry so I added some broth and let it soak up the juices!  (A must if using old hen!)  Everything got thrown into a casserole dish along with some more pepper, garlic powder, and about 2tsp (or more...) oregano.  I didn't add any salt, it ended up there was enough in the Cream of Mushroom soup. 

Stirred it all together and threw it in the oven at 350 for 45 mins. The original recipe called for croutons, but not having any on hand, I topped it with French Fried Onions and let them warm for a tad. 

It ended up being very yummy!!!  Even my husband who doesn't like squash and could go with out chicken, especially old hen, liked it! 

1 old hen (cooked in crockpot with Kickin' Chicken, garlic, pepper and water) cooled and shredded
1 squash (de-seeded if needed and cubed)
1 onion (diced)
quart of carrots
2 cream of mushroom soup
2+ tsp. oregano
pepper
garlic powder
French fried onions

The hubby did add Cholula to the mix, but he adds that to everything, so if you want a little spice in it, shake it on!  He also served his over some left over seasoned Orzo we had from the night before. 

Well, hope you enjoy and hopefully I will remember to take some pictures next time!

Have a happy Thursday!

"Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you. And as I gave you the green plants, I give you everything."

Genesis 9:3 ESV