Country Captain Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lb. cut up chicken
1 Tbsp. salt or less
1/4 c. shortening
1 c. chopped ground pepper
1 1/2 c. water
3 c. hot cooked rice
1/2 c. chopped, toasted blanched almonds
1/3 c. diced carrots
1/3 c. flour
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 c. chopped onions
1 minced clove garlic
1 (14 oz.) bottle ketchup
1/2 tsp. thyme

Preparation

Heat oven to 350\u00b0.
Remove chicken skin; coat chicken with mixture of flour, salt and pepper.
In Dutch oven or roaster, brown chicken in melted shortening.
Remove from pan.
To pan drippings, add onions, ground beef and garlic.
Saute until lightly browned.
Add water, ketchup and thyme and mix well.
Add chicken, coating each piece with sauce.
Cover and bake 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
Remove chicken from sauce and place on platter with rice.
Add carrots to sauce and pour over chicken. Sprinkle with almonds.
Serves
6 to 8.