The other day I had a couple of things that needed using. One was some home made chicken broth. Another one was stale bread. And then I also had some chicken salad. I hate throwing out food, so I started thinking and I decided to make bread pudding. I mean, if you can do bread pudding with milk, sugar and fruit, why shouldn’t you be able to make bread pudding using stock, meat and cheese? So I embarked in my experiment.
I soaked the bread in hot stock, mixed it up with some leftover mashed potatoes and stewed vegetables, layered it with chicken salad and cheese and baked it. It turned out pretty good.
I am going to tell you what I used, but feel free to play with quantities and ingredients to accommodate whatever needs using from your fridge. This is after all meant to use left overs.
Ingredients
- 3/4 lb stale bread
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup chicken salad (with no dressing)
- 3/4 cup grated mixed cheeses
- 2 spoons mashed potatoes
- 2 spoons stewed vegetable
- 9 sun dried tomatoes for decoration
Directions
- Warm up the broth and pour it over the diced bread. Let the bread soak for about 1 hr or until soft.
- In a mixer, blend the soaked bread with the mashed potatoes and the stewed vegetable. Adjust seasoning if necessary by adding salt and pepper.
- layer about half of the bread mixture on the bottom of an oven dish. Cover with the chicken salad and half the cheese. Top with the rest of the bread mixture. Decorate with the tomatoes and sprinkle with the rest of the cheese.
- Bake in a 350F oven for about 1 and 1/2 hours and then let it cool down. The objective of the cooking is pretty much to dry out the cake so you need a relatively low temperature and a long time.
- Also, the broth kind of concentrates while cooking out, so don't choose super strong broth, otherwise you'll end up tasting only chicken.
Hi! I'm PolaM, the Italian cooking in the Midwest.
Well, you already found it, but I gave you a “Liebster Blog” – exactly b/c of things like this one. I mean, how creative is that? And I could totally have eaten this for breakfast (yep!).
Well thank you again for the award and the compliments!!
Hi Pola, this looks great. I hate wasting food and savoury bread pudding is a great way to use up stale bread. Love the sundried tomato – decorative as well as full of flavour.
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I love sundried tomatoes! they are so good and they always make for the perfect decoration!
Such a cool idea!!!! I love chicken and mashed potatoes and bread pudding!
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I have to try this recipe out on my hubby. He loves anything bread pudding related!
Thanks for the recipe,
Grandma Kat
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I LOVE savory desserts, this sounds and looks incredible!
thanks! And thank you for stopping by! I hope I’ll see you around again!
PolaM recently posted..Chicken bread pudding
At first when I look at your pic, I thought that this looks like a prune cake to me. This “savoury cake” is very innovative. What a great recipe to use leftover bread for baking.
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yeah it does look a bit like a dessert cake, but it is all savory and salty!
PolaM recently posted..Chicken bread pudding
I like your idea for a savory bread pudding! Great idea for using leftovers.
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thanks! I just like to play with ingredients and make something new out of old stuff…
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Ciao!
Complimenti per il blog,molto carino!Mi unisco volentieri ai tuoi lettori…passa da me se ti va ^.^ Buona serata
Grazie mille! Sono contenta che ti piaccia!
molto interessante la torta salata al pollo!
e grazie per il titolo del libro!
baci
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Figurati! Il libro e’ davvero carino con le sue ricette un po’ fuori moda, mi sa che da noi l’equivalente sarebbe qualcosa come la cucina di petronilla…
This is such an interesting idea. I love suggestions for how to deal with leftovers, I hate throwing things out.
Me too! Some left over recipe turn out great, some not so much. This is more on the great side!
Ciao Pola!!! interessante quest’idea di riciclare il pollo in un tortino che è veramente invitante!
un bacetto
a presto
Pippi
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grazie! Non sapevo bene come usare il pollo e il brodo avanzato dall’aspic e mi e’ venuta quest’idea…
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What an interesting and creative bread pudding recipe!
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Glad you like it!
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You come up with the wackiest, tastiest food!
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Thanks! I do my best to keep it fresh!
PolaM recently posted..Chicken bread pudding
Wow, very interesting – I don’t think I’ve ever had savory bread pudding, much less with chicken. Very intriguing, since I adore sweet bread pudding!
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I never had it either, but somehow it sounded like a good idea and I tried…
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Davvero strepitoso e originale! Un modo nuovo per consumare qualche avanzo in maniera davvero golosa e diversa! Splendida questa torta salata
Grazie! Devo trovare pure il modo di convincere il moroso a mangiare gli avanzi e non e’ sempre facile…
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Ma sai che alla prima occhiata credevo fosse un dolce?
Povera me!
Beh non sei l’unica. Mi hanno gia’ chiesto se era una torta alle prugne…
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I have never seen anything like this. Looks so lovely and comforting, well done with your use of leftovers!
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You have to spice it up to get BFs to eat leftovers
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Hi Pola! This is quite clever and different. I like it! A very good experiment indeed
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Thanks! and thank you for stopping by! I am glad you like this recipe and hope to see you around more often!
You always think of a new way to cook something and I like that part of you (I’m always in comfort zone). I like the savory bread pudding! It sucks up all the juice from the broth and must be yummy!
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I like to play with new ingredients and flavors… I get bored of repeating dishes pretty easily!
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Hai avuto davvero una bella idea, deve essere buonissimo!
Un abbraccio!
Non e’ male per nulla, ma devo confessare che preferisco la versione dolce, magari con un po’ di mele…
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Ciao Pola M, Grazie per essere passata da me.
Mi piace qui da te, ci sono belle ricette e molto ben fotografate.
A presto
loredana
Grazie! Faccio del mio meglio anche se ho ancora molto da imparare!
PolaM recently posted..Chicken bread pudding
what a great way of using up some leftovers! love it!
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Wow, you did well here. I like this dish and well presented too!
thanks! I know I shouldn’t say, but I am very proud of my picture!
PolaM recently posted..Chicken bread pudding
So interesting recipe looks very yummy.
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PolaM recently posted..Chicken bread pudding
What a great and unusual pudding idea. I’m definitely going to try it next time I have bread, chicken and rabbit leftovers. Thanks for another great post.
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You can do it with any kind of leftovers! Cured meats would work great too!
PolaM recently posted..Chicken bread pudding
I’m with you there in not wanting to waste leftovers. What a very innovative way of rehashing them. Indeed if we can have strata, this would surely work. The sun dried tomato on top is such a nice touch.
I hate throwing away food. It seems like I’m one of the few here in the US, but I just feel guilty throwing out food, it just seems disrespectful to the food and to people who have less.
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Oh that sounds interessting, something totaly new! I can imagine that being a hit in my family, my dad would finnish all your chicken bread pudding.
i’d be happy to send him a slice next time I make some
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That looks great! I hope I can make that myself soon. Thanks for the recipe!
Let me know how it goes if you really end up trying it!
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You are so creative! A very interesting idea.
Thanks! I try my best to do new stuff!
PolaM recently posted..Chicken bread pudding
Savoury pudding, that’s a great idea.
Thanks! It was a sudden inspiration….
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