What Is Hen and How Can I Use It?

Here's everything worth knowing about hen and how to pick it, what it is, how to store it, and what to use instead, plus 9 recipes to cook tonight.

Recipes using hen

There are 9 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Chicken & Spaghetti, Iii

A whole hen simmers until tender, then the broth does double duty cooking the spaghetti and building a rich 3-hour tomato sauce with mushrooms and bell peppers. Layered with cheese for a hearty Southern casserole.

Country Captain

Country Captain is a storied Southern curried chicken stew with tomatoes, green peppers, garlic, and warm spices. A whole hen simmered tender and served over rice. Feeds 8.

Slow Cooker Chicken

Let the aroma of this tantalizing dish fill your kitchen by using this easy to follow crockpot recipe.

Brunswick Stew #1 (Chicken Only)

A thick, tomato-based Southern Brunswick stew with diced chicken, lima beans, corn, and okra simmered in broth with Worcestershire and a splash of hot sauce. Hearty, no-fuss comfort food that feeds six.

Norene's Chicken Soup

Norene's chicken soup is old-school Jewish penicillin: whole hen simmered slow with carrots, celery, onion, and fresh dill until the broth turns golden. Stovetop or microwave method.

Tavern Brunswick Stew

A savory and hearty stew made with okra, juicy tomatoes, corn and potatoes.

Chicken & Dumplings

From-scratch chicken and dumplings with a stewed hen, buttermilk dough rolled paper-thin, and rich homemade broth. Southern-style flat dumplings the old-fashioned way.

Amish-Style Chicken & Corn Soup

A savory chicken soup that's made with corn, carrots, celery and egg noodles.

Brunswick Stew#2 (With Chicken, Beef, & Pork)

The full three-meat Brunswick stew with chicken, beef chuck, and pork simmered for hours with fresh tomatoes, lima beans, corn, okra, and peas. This is the real-deal Southern recipe, thick, smoky, and built for feeding a crowd.

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