Jason King
AmyHuangChicken and Crab Casserole
March 23rd 2009 08:08
When my friend Carrie and I went to the Kirribilli markets about a month ago she was overexcited to have found an old recipe book called The Gretta Anna Recipes. It contained her all time fave recipe for the following meal. I was lucky as she bought it for me as a present and as mum and stepdad were staying last night I gave it a cook for mum's birthday dinner.
Relased in the 80's Gretta suggests that this meal would be ideal served in a val-au-vent but Carrie said it would be better with rice. Rice it was. All up the meal served about 5 people but as an entree in val-au-vents it could easily feed up to 10 people and it is delicious!!
You will need:
2 LGE onions
3TBSP of butter
1 tsp of oil
4TBSP Brandy (I suggest 5 or 6)
5TBSP flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp paprika (I suggest 2 and I also suggest exchanging the paprika with Piri Piri (it wasn;t poular then and has a better kick to it)
1 1/2 TBSP fresh rosemary or 1 1/2tsp of dried rosemary (I used the dry and we found the meal could have had more flavour - either it was a typo and should have been TBSP instead of tsp dried rosemary - but I thoroughly recommend the fresh)
ground black pepper to taste (lots)
4 chicken stock cubes
300mls sour cream
3/4 cup of milk
1.5kg BBQ chicken cooked (straight from the deli or even Coles)
200gm tin of crab meat
1 Avocado (I apologise to all the shoppers at Coles who watched me feel up about 30 Avs until I found the one and only ripe one
)
Chopped fresh parsley
Rice
While you get ready to do all the cooking it is wise to get the assistance of your mum (especially if her birthday) to assist by completely taking all the meat off the BBQ chook. You want all the meat, no bones and no skin. Then you have to kindly ask for them to cut it all into bite sized pieces.
Preheat oven to 180 degrees
Saute Onions to very brown in butter & oil on the stove.
Then add Brandy and simmer hard until all the liquid is absorbed.
Add flour, salt, paprika, rosemary and pepper. Mix and cook for a few minutes and add more butter if necessary.
Add 4 crumbed chicken cubes and 2 cups of hot water and bring to the boil stirring thoroughly.
Remove from heat.
Stir in sour cream, milk, chicken and crab meat.
Pour it into a fairly shallow casserole dish and bake uncovered for about 30mins (perfect time to cook enough rice for the meal.
Once removed fold in avacado diced into large pieces.
Then serve it up, sprinkle with some fresh parsely and chow down just like my stepdad who was forced to wear a towel as I have new couches and he likes to eat while spraying the walls, floors, roof and any clothing in the near vicinity
I will suggest going heavier on the spices as opposed to lighter. It has a slight mornay flavour to the meal and while this is beautiful if you want a spot of kick to your feast then add more spices, maybe even some Piri Piri or fresh chili.
Enjoy and thanks to the Gretta Anna recipe.
Relased in the 80's Gretta suggests that this meal would be ideal served in a val-au-vent but Carrie said it would be better with rice. Rice it was. All up the meal served about 5 people but as an entree in val-au-vents it could easily feed up to 10 people and it is delicious!!
You will need:
2 LGE onions
3TBSP of butter
1 tsp of oil
4TBSP Brandy (I suggest 5 or 6)
5TBSP flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp paprika (I suggest 2 and I also suggest exchanging the paprika with Piri Piri (it wasn;t poular then and has a better kick to it)
1 1/2 TBSP fresh rosemary or 1 1/2tsp of dried rosemary (I used the dry and we found the meal could have had more flavour - either it was a typo and should have been TBSP instead of tsp dried rosemary - but I thoroughly recommend the fresh)
ground black pepper to taste (lots)
4 chicken stock cubes
300mls sour cream
3/4 cup of milk
1.5kg BBQ chicken cooked (straight from the deli or even Coles)
200gm tin of crab meat
1 Avocado (I apologise to all the shoppers at Coles who watched me feel up about 30 Avs until I found the one and only ripe one
)Rice
While you get ready to do all the cooking it is wise to get the assistance of your mum (especially if her birthday
) to assist by completely taking all the meat off the BBQ chook. You want all the meat, no bones and no skin. Then you have to kindly ask for them to cut it all into bite sized pieces. 
Preheat oven to 180 degrees
Saute Onions to very brown in butter & oil on the stove.
Then add Brandy and simmer hard until all the liquid is absorbed.
Add flour, salt, paprika, rosemary and pepper. Mix and cook for a few minutes and add more butter if necessary.
Add 4 crumbed chicken cubes and 2 cups of hot water and bring to the boil stirring thoroughly.
Remove from heat.
Stir in sour cream, milk, chicken and crab meat.
Pour it into a fairly shallow casserole dish and bake uncovered for about 30mins (perfect time to cook enough rice for the meal.
Once removed fold in avacado diced into large pieces.
Then serve it up, sprinkle with some fresh parsely and chow down just like my stepdad who was forced to wear a towel as I have new couches and he likes to eat while spraying the walls, floors, roof and any clothing in the near vicinity
I will suggest going heavier on the spices as opposed to lighter. It has a slight mornay flavour to the meal and while this is beautiful if you want a spot of kick to your feast then add more spices, maybe even some Piri Piri or fresh chili.
Enjoy and thanks to the Gretta Anna recipe.
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Comment by Helen Randell
Rough Cooking
My mum makes a similar recipe with broccoli instead of crab meat. Next time I serve it I'll be sure to offer people towels to keep everything clean!!
Comment by Jason King
Sydney Table
Salty Popcorn
Total Randomness
The towels work a treat Helen