German Chicken on Rice with Asparagus - Huhn auf Reis mit Spargel

Ingredients:

1 5-lb stewing chicken

Salt

Pepper

1 to 2 egg yolks

Butter sauce

Nutmeg

2 lbs asparagus

White wine

1/2 tbls lemon juice

1-1/2 cups rice

Cooking Instructions:

Stew chicken until tender, 1-1/2 to 2 hours, skin if desired and cut in slices. Prepare light sauce, using chicken stock in place of water. Add wine to taste, seasonings and lemon juice. Heat chicken in sauce, adding egg yolks to thicken just before serving. Prepare rice and asparagus. Arrange rice on a platter, with chicken on top and asparagus (in piles of 4 to 6 pieces) around this. Pour sauce over it to serve.

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