CHICKEN AND BISCUITS FROM SCRATCH RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 375°F.
• Chop the celery and the onion into small pieces.
• Cut the bacon into 1/2" wide strips, like you are making bacon bits.
• Brown bacon and remove from pan and place on paper towel.
• Take 2 tablespoons of bacon grease and put into a sauce pan. Make sure that the sauce pan is at least 3 quarts.
• On medium heat cook the celery and onion until the onion is translucent, roughly 10 minutes.
• Add the 1/3 Cup of flour to the celery and onion and mix together.
• Add the chicken stock and stir. Let the mixture get close to boiling.
• Add the sour cream, bacon, and chicken pieces and stir while letting it heat.
• Turn the heat down, and begin to make the biscuits.
• In a large bowl mix together the flour, salt, sugar, and baking soda.
• Add the shortening, and use a pastry cutter to make the mixture into fine crumbs.
• Add the milk and use a fork to mash the mixture together. Knead the dough a few times and make into a ball.
• Roll the dough with a rolling pin into a 1/4" thick sheet. Cut out the biscuits.
• Pour the soup into a 9x13-inch casserole dish and place the cut out biscuits on top.
• Cook in the oven for 22-24 minutes. Just make sure that the top of the biscuits are golden brown.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion in oil until tender. Stir in the flour, basil, thyme and pepper until blended. Gradually stir in milk and Worcestershire sauce until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the vegetables, chicken and cheese; reduce heat to low. , Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In a small bowl, combine the milk, oil and parsley; stir into dry ingredients just until combined. , Transfer hot chicken mixture to a greased 2-1/2-qt. baking dish. Drop biscuit batter by rounded tablespoonfuls onto chicken mixture. , Bake, uncovered, at 375° for 30-40 minutes or until biscuits are lightly browned.