Chicken Casserole Delight

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 (16 ounce) package long grain and wild rice blend
• 2 1/2 cups chicken broth
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 cup chopped celery
• butter
• 4 cups chopped cooked chicken or 4 cups turkey
• 1 (10 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
• 1 (4 ounce) jar pimientos, drained
• 1 (6 ounce) can mushrooms, drained
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of celery soup, undiluted
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 2/3 cup crushed potato chips
• paprika (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 cook rice in chicken broth until done and set aside.
• 2 saute onion, garlic and celery in butter.
• 3 mix chicken, rice, onion, celery, garlic, water chestnuts, pimientos, mushrooms, soup and mayo in large casserole dish.
• 4 at this point it can be refrigerated and baked later if you wish.
• 5 sprinkle with crushed potato chips and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.
• 6 note: fresh mushrooms work very well if sauteed with the onions and celery.