The Perdue Chicken Cookbook

/2 teaspoon dill seed

Preheat oven to 350F. In a shallow baking pan arrange chicken, skin side

up, in a single layer. Add salt, pepper, mushrooms (with liquid from can)

and dill. Cover with foil. Bake at for 1 hour or until cooked through.

KIWI GLAZED CORNISH HENS Serves 2

Kiwifruit is only sweet and mild when it's fully ripe. A kiwifruit grower

told me that kiwifruits are ripe when they're "soft as a baby's bottom."

When they're underripe, they taste like something between a lemon and a

crabapple. If your kiwifruit is hard when you bring it home, give it a

couple of days to ripen on your kitchen counter.

fresh Cornish game hens

salt and ground pepper to taste

tablespoons butter or margarine

tablespoon sugar

ripe kiwifruit, peeled and mashed

Preheat oven to 350F. Remove giblets. Season hens inside and out with

salt and pepper. Tie legs together, fold wings back and arrange in baking

pan. In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, melt butter. Brush hens

with 2 tablespoons butter, reserving remainder. Put hens in oven, and while

they are cooking, prepare kiwi glaze. Add sugar to remaining butter in pan

and heat over medium-low until sugar dissolves. Add mashed kiwi and cook

one minute. Remove from heat. After 45 minutes of cooking time, brush hens

generously with kiwi glaze. Continue baking for 15 to 20 minutes or until

juices run clear with no hint of pink when thigh is pierced.

FAMILY FAVORITES

In contrast to the preceding recipes, these recipes have more ingredients

and require more preparation time, but if you've got the time, they're worth

it. If you want to minimize time in the kitchen using these recipes, here

are some suggestions.

Tips for Saving Time in the Kitchen

To halve baking time, select boneless chicken breasts. Cooking time

is only 15-20 minutes at 350F. A bone-in breast takes 35-45 minutes.

Stir fry chicken can be done in as little as 4 minutes.

Cook double batches and freeze the extras in serving size packages. On

days when time is short, pop a package into the microwave for "fast food."

Take advantage of your supermarket's time-saving convenience items. If

you're in a hurry, don't bother to slice and chop your fresh ingredients.

The salad bar has probably done it for you. You can also find time savers

such as shredded cheese and frozen chopped onion. (The supermarket industry

has watched restaurants and fast food stores take more and more of your food

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