Hi Judy, WOW, did you ever open up a broad spectrum of recipes. I only have 100's. I'll share a few. I usually combine several recipes with all my favorite ingredients and make it up as I go along. The only downside to my method is I "wind-up" with 'tons' and freeze some! As a result I'll share some accurate recipes with you and you can be your own judge! #1: 3 cups cooked; chopped chicken, 1 can cream mushroom soup, 1 can cream chicken soup, 1 stick melted butter, 1 pkg. crackers; crumbled, 1 -8 oz. carton sour cream, 3 cups cooked rice. Mix cooked chicken, soups and sour cream. Brown cracker crumbs in melted butter. Put rice in casserole dish & cover with chicken mixture. Cover the top with cracker crumbs. Bake at 350 for 30 mins. "WILD RICE CHICKEN SUPREME": 1 pkg. (6-oz.) Uncle Ben's long grain wild rice, 1/4 cup butter, 1/3 cup chopped onion, 1/3 cup flour, 1 tsp. salt & dash of pepper, 1 cup 1/2 & 1/2 , 1 cup chicken broth, 2 cups cooked chopped chicken, 1/3 cup chopped pimento,, 1/3 cup chopped parsley, 1/4 cup almonds, 1/3 cup mushrooms Prepare rice according to pkg. directions. Melt butter in large sauce pan. Add onion and cook over low heat until tender. Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Gradually stir in 1/2 & 1/2 and chicken broth. Stir constantly until thickened. Stir in chicken, pimento, parsley, almonds and cooked rice. Place in 2 qt. casserole. Bake at 425 uncovered for 30 min. Now, Dear Judy these are 2 basic recipes and I have plenty more! I have got to run, but here's some basic ingriedents that you can work with: Add any of the following to a basic recipe and adjust the soup, sour cream, mayonaise, & liquid accordingly. Rule of thumb is equal parts chicken and rice if not very many additives are included.
broccoli
water chestnuts
pecans
grated cheddar cheese
green pepper/ red pepper (chopped)
cheddar cheese soup /along with crm. mushroom/ crm. chicken.
Sub. cream of celery soup & or Herb chicken cream of chicken soup
Chopped celery
Commercial canned fried onion rings for topping
add mayanoise in addition to sour cream
may use 3 oz. cream cheese with sour cream
The additions are endless. You just have to keep in mind that you need enough moist ingredients to compare with the solid or dry ones. I have probably totally confused you and I apoligize in advance before I get a "flaming" message as to what in the world I was trying to tell you? But bottom line is, start with cooked chicken (my suggestion, because you get the broth from cookng it. You can cook a whole chicken with some celery stalks, onion, garlic, carrots, parsley and bay leaves, and/or poultry seasoning.) Strain chicken and debone removing all spices, herbs and vegetables. Reserve broth for casserole. Or canned chicken is ok in a time frame factor. Good luck and I sincerely hope I didn't confuse you. If you as well as some other friends at work are trying to put a recipe together, maybe everyone can put in their favorite "memory" of an ingredient and you all can create a recipe to share with all of us! Good Luck and Have Fun! Happy Creating and Cooking! :-)