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Chicken Tetrazzini and Barbecue Burgers

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Chicken Tetrazzini and barbecue burgers
Serves 6-8

Chicken Tetrazzini and barbecue burgers
Recipe from Crisco

Chicken Tetrazzini

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Party look-party flavor! Chicken and mushrooms in a creamy Crisco cheese sauce served over pink spaghetti
CourseMain Course
CuisineAmerican

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box spaghetti (9 oz.)
  • 2 cup tomato juice
  • 1 cup sliced mushrooms
  • 2 tablespoons Crisco
  • 3 tablespoons flour
  • 2 tablespoons melted Crisco
  • 3 cups milk or chicken gravy
  • 1/2 cup grated cheese
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 cups chicken cut in cubes

Directions
 

  1. Boil spaghetti in salted water till tender. Drain and simmer in tomato juice 10 minutes. Saute mushrooms in 2 tablespoons of hot digestible Crisco. Make cream sauce by blending flour and melted Crisco. (Pure snowy Crisco makes satin-smooth sauces!) Stir in 3 cups liquid. Season: add cheese. Cook till thickened. Stir in beaten egg yolk. Add mushrooms and chicken to cream sauce and heat. Serve on large plate with spaghetti. All measurements level.

Serves 6-8

Chicken Tetrazzini and barbecue burgers
Recipe from Crisco

Barbecue Burgers

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For a help yourself supper-Crisco turns a little hamburger into good eating for a lot of people.
CourseMain Course
CuisineAmerican

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons Crisco
  • 1 lb. hamurger
  • 2 large onions chopped
  • 1/2 cup diced celery
  • 1 cup sliced mushrooms
  • 1/4 cup catsup
  • 1 cup tomatoes
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • Salt pepper
  • 2 tablespoons tapioca
  • Soft rolls

Directions
 

  1. Fry hamburger, onions, celery, and mushrooms in hot Crisco till brown. Add catsup, tomatoes, water and seasonings. Cover: Simmer 15 minutes. Add tapioca, cook till slightly thick. SPlit rolls; brown in frying pan in a little hot Crisco. To serve, surround bowl of burger mixture with pan toasted rolls. All measurements level.
Chicken Tetrazzini and barbecue burgers
Recipe from Crisco

Chocolate Caramel Cake

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This velvety-textured, light as a feather Crisco chocolate layer cake will do you proud when company comes!
CourseDessert
CuisineAmerican

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup Crisco
  • 1 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 3/4 sifted cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon soda
  • 1/3 cup cocoa
  • 1 cup sour milk or buttermilk

Directions
 

  1. Blend Criso, sugar, salt, vanilla and eggs. Sift flour with soda and cocoa and add alternately with sour milk. Bake in two Criscoed 8-inch layer pans in moderate oven (350 degrees F.) 30-35 minutes. Cool and frost with rich Caramel Fudge Icing: Boil together 1 1/3 cups brown sugar, 2 teaspoons Crisco, 2 teaspoons corn syrup and 1/3 cup milk to 238 degrees F. or till soft ball forms when dropped in cold water. Combine 1/4 cup Crisco, 1 2/3 cups confectioners sugar and 2 tablespoons hot milk; beat till smooth. Pour hot syrup over Crisco mixture; beat till creamy-thick. If icing gets hard, add a little hot milk. Ice between layers and on top of cake. Top with pecans. All measurements level.

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