Rappie Pie
A weekend Canadian dinner made with chicken. Ready in about 2 hours 20 minutes. Difficulty: more effort.
- 15 minPrep (about)
- 2 hr 5 minCook (about)
- 2 hr 20 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- More effortDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 3.3 lb chicken breasts
Fresh & other
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 onions
- 4 chicken stock Shopping tip: Chicken broth (carton or can), or a chicken bouillon cube in hot water.
- 8.8 lb potatoes
Spices & seasonings (2): salt, black pepper
- 2 tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp black pepper
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Turn the oven on to 400°F.
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Grease a 10x14x2-inch baking pan.
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Heat margarine in a pan over medium heat.
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Stir in onion.
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Cook.
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Mix till onion has softened and turned translucent, around 5 minutes.
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Turn the heat down to low and continue to cook.
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Mix till onion is very tender and dark brown, around 40 minutes more.
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Bring chicken broth to boil in a large pot.
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Stir in chicken breasts.
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Turn the heat down.
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Simmer till chicken is no longer pink at your center, about 20 minutes.
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Take it off the heat.
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Remove chicken breasts to plate using a slotted spoon, reserve broth.
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Juice potatoes with an electric juicer.
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Place dry potato flesh in a bowl and discard juice.
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Stir salt and pepper into potatoes.
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Mix in enough reserved broth to make the mix the consistency of oatmeal.
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Set remaining broth aside.
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Spread half of potato mixture into the prepared pan.
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Lay cooked chicken breast over potatoes.
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Scatter caramelized onion over chicken.
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Spread rest of the potato mix over onions and chicken to cover.
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Bake in the heat the oven until golden, about 1 hour.
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Reheat chicken broth.
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Pour over individual servings as wanted.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.