🍗 Main Dish: Amish Chicken & Noodles (Farmhouse Classic)
Ingredients
2 lbs chicken (thighs or whole chicken pieces)
8 cups chicken broth
1 tsp salt
½ tsp black pepper
1 tbsp butter
2 cups wide egg noodles (or homemade noodles)
Optional: 1 cup carrots, ½ cup celery (not traditional, but tasty)
Instructions
In a large pot, simmer chicken in broth with salt and pepper for 30–40 minutes until tender.
Remove chicken, shred it, and return it to the pot.
Add butter and noodles. Simmer 10–12 minutes until noodles are soft and broth thickens.
Taste and adjust seasoning. Serve hot over mashed potatoes if you want the full farmhouse experience.
🥔 Side 1: Amish Creamy Mashed Potatoes
Ingredients
3 lbs potatoes, peeled & chopped
½ cup milk
4 tbsp butter
Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
Boil potatoes until fork-tender (15–20 min).
Drain, mash with butter and milk.
Season generously. Amish food is not shy about butter. 😌
🌽 Side 2: Buttered Sweet Corn
Ingredients
3 cups corn (fresh or frozen)
2 tbsp butter
Salt to taste
Instructions
Heat corn with butter in a pan.
Add salt. That’s it. Simple and perfect.
🍞 Side 3: Amish-Style Dinner Rolls
Ingredients
2¼ tsp yeast
1 cup warm milk
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup melted butter
1 egg
3–3½ cups flour
1 tsp salt
Instructions
Mix yeast + warm milk + sugar. Rest 5 minutes.
Add butter, egg, salt, and flour. Knead until soft dough forms.
Let rise 1 hour. Shape into rolls.
Bake at 180°C / 350°F for 15–18 minutes.
🥧 Dessert: Amish Apple Pie (The Grand Finale)
Ingredients
2 pie crusts
5 cups sliced apples
¾ cup sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
¼ tsp nutmeg
2 tbsp flour
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp butter (dotted on top)
Instructions
Mix apples with sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, flour, lemon juice.
Pour into crust. Dot with butter.
Cover with top crust. Cut steam slits.
Bake at 190°C / 375°F for 45–50 minutes until golden.
🧺 How to Serve It (Farmhouse Style)
Big bowls in the middle of the table
Everyone serves themselves
No fancy plating, just comfort and full plates
Sweet iced tea or milk on the side
If you want, I can:
scale this for 2 people, 4 people, or a big family,
or turn this into a one-pot Amish dinner to save time,
or give you a shopping list you can take straight to the store.
