Chicken souffle #1

12 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
9slicesBread
4cupsCooked chicken; cubed
½poundsFresh mushrooms
¼poundsButter
1can(8-oz) water chestnuts; drained; sliced
½cupMayonnaise
9slicesCheddar cheese
4Eggs
2cupsMilk
½teaspoonSalt
1Jar (small) pimento; sliced
1canCream of celery soup
1canCream of mushroom soup

Directions

Butter a 9x13-inch pan. Remove & reserve crust from bread. Line pan with bread (crusts removed). Top with chicken. Sauce mushrooms in butter & add chestnuts. Spread on top of chicken. Dot with mayonnaise & place slices of cheese on top. Beat eggs, adding milk & salt. Mix soups & pimento with egg & milk mixture. Spoon over top. Cover with foil & refrigerate overnight.

Bake at 350 for 1 hour 45 minutes. Uncover the last 15 minutes & top with buttered bread crumbs (crusts which have been run in oven to dry & crumbled). Serves 12. Freezes well.

RITA FLETCHER

NEWPORT, AR

From <Simply Southern>, the Desoto School Mothers' Assn, Helena-West Helena, AR 72390. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .