Delicious Chicken Casserole

Description

Chicken, soup, rice and sour cream make a meal everyone likes. The first time I made this we had company for dinner. Everyone had second helpings.

Ingredients

  • 4 skinless, bone-in chicken breast halves
  • 2 stalks celery, cut into thirds
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon pepper
  • 1 cup cooked rice
  • 6 ounces sour cream
  • 2 (10.5 ounce) cans condensed cream of chicken soup
  • ¼ teaspoon celery salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon onion powder
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 cups crushed buttery round crackers
  • ½ cup butter or margarine, melted

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Bring to a boil the chicken breasts
  3. celery
  4. 1/2 teaspoon salt
  5. 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  6. and enough water to cover. Cover
  7. reduce heat to medium low; simmer for 35 minutes. Drain
  8. reserving 1 cup liquid. Cool chicken
  9. remove meat from bones
  10. and cut into bite-size pieces.
  11. In a large bowl
  12. stir together sour cream
  13. soup
  14. broth
  15. celery salt
  16. onion powder
  17. garlic powder
  18. and salt and pepper to taste. Mix in cooked rice and chicken. Spoon mixture into a 9×13 inch casserole dish. In a resealable bag
  19. shake together crushed crackers and melted butter. Sprinkle crackers over the top.
  20. Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Servings: 8

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