Recipe: Hot Stuffed Avocado (stuffed with chicken in cream sauce) ( not Los Cucos)

HOT STUFFED AVOCADO

4 large avocados (peel and halve)
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/16 tsp garlic powder
1/4 cup butter or margarine
2 tbsp chopped green onion
1/2 tsp celery salt
1/16 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 cup flour
2 cups light cream
2 cups chicken, cooked and minced
1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese, divided use

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Roll outside of peeled avocados in lemon juice to keep color. Put in large baking pan. Sprinkle with lemon juice and garlic powder.

Melt butter; add green onions, celery salt, and pepper. Cook 5 minutes.

Blend in flour. Add cream. Cook while stirring until thickened.

Fold in chicken and 1/2 cup cheese.

Bake avocados at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.

Remove to serving plates. Ladle filling over avocados. Top with remaining cheese.

Servings: 8
Source: Mary Curtin, Sterling, NE. 2/83