Chicken & wild rice

12 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
4(3-lb) chickens; cut up
2cupsWater
2cupsDry sherry
3teaspoonsSalt
1teaspoonCurry powder
2mediumsOnions; sliced
1cupChopped celery
2poundsFresh mushrooms
½cupButter
4packs(6-oz) wild & long-grain rice
2cupsSour cream
½cupChopped onion
½cupDiced celery
2cansUndiluted mushroom soup

Directions

Place chicken in large pot with water, sherry, salt, curry, onion & celery.

Bring to boil, cover tight & simmer 1 hour. Remove from heat. Drain chicken; strain & remove broth. Use broth for cooking liquid for rice (3 cups broth to 1 cup water) following package directions. Stir in additional onion & celery, cook as directed for firm rice. Discard chicken skins, remove meat from bone, cut in bite-size pieces. Wash & dry mushrooms. Slice all but 8 mushrooms & sauce in butter until golden. Drain & set aside. When rice is cooked, fluff with fork & allow to cool completely. Mix sour cream & soup. When rice is cool, add to chicken & mushrooms in large bowl. Gently mix, then fold in sour cream mixture. Spoon into 4-qt casserole & decorate top with reserved mushrooms. May be frozen until needed. Bake at 350 for 1 hour (15 min more if frozen). 10-12.

MRS WILLIAM U. (JANE) PILAND

From the <The Bliss of Cooking Returns>, Fort Bliss Officers Wives Club, Ft. Bliss, TX. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .