Dixie Chicken Shortcake

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 large whole chicken, cooked
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 lb mushroom, sliced
• 2 tablespoons butter
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 cup cornmeal
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 make the cornbread:.
• 2 preheat oven to 450f and grease an 8" square pan.
• 3 sift dry ingredients together.
• 4 mix egg and buttermilk together and add to dry ingredients.
• 5 add melted butter and pour into prepared pan.
• 6 bake for approximately 18 minutes.
• 7 remove skin and bones from cooked chicken.
• 8 cut meat into small pieces.
• 9 make a sauce using chicken stock and flour; add chicken.
• 10 saute mushrooms in butter, season and add to chicken and sauce mixture; heat thoroughly.
• 11 cut cornbread into 8 squares; split squares.
• 12 place lower half of cornbread on a plate; cover with some of the chicken mixture.
• 13 replace the top half and cover with more of the chicken mixture.
• 14 serve immediately.