Sonny'S Favorite Chicken Dressing - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 boiling hen
4 c. regular corn meal
6 eggs
1 3/4 sticks saltine crackers
1 1/2 c. chopped onions (prefer Vidalia)
2 c. chopped celery
salt and pepper
margarine
corn oil

Preparation

Boil hen in 3 quarts salted water until tender.
Remove from broth, set chicken aside and reserve broth.
Take corn meal and salt, add water until slightly soupy.
Generously grease iron skillet.
Add mixture and bake in 400\u00b0 oven until light brown and crusty.
Add to broth and allow to sit awhile to absorb broth. Boil onions and celery in water with 2 tablespoons of margarine. Cook until onions and celery are clear and tender.
Add all to chicken broth, crumble crackers finely and add to broth mix.
Beat eggs until frothy and add slowly to broth mix to prevent quick cooking of eggs.
Salt and pepper to taste.
Use potato masher to make mixture soft and slightly soupy (may add canned broth) and without lumps.
Grease well one large baking pan or 2 large casserole dishes.
Pour in mixture, then add corn oil to top for browning.
Cook in hot oven (approximately 400\u00b0) until brown, but soft in center.
Best served hot.