William and Catherine Lewis Melton
1858-1937 1866-1925
Married 1882
Baked Chicken with Wild Rice
From: Patsy J. Melton
4 large chicken breast, cut into small pieces
1 stick of butter
1/4 cup finely chopped onions
2 Tablespoons dry cooking sherry
1 lb. Fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 can water chestnuts, drained and cut fine
1 box Uncle Ben's Wild Rice, cooked
1 can Cream of Mushroom soup
Slivered almonds
Melt butter in skillet, brown chicken.
Take chicken out.
Add onions, sherry, and mushrooms, sauté 3-5 minutes.
Add chestnuts.
After cooking rice, add mushroom soup and rice to mixture.
Using a 9 x 13 pan, spread half mixture then lay chicken pieces on top or rice and top with other half of rice mixture.
Top with almonds.
Cover, refrigerate 24 hours.
Bake, covered 1/2 hour and uncovered 1/2 hour at 350 degrees.
Recipe came from a neighbor, Angie Morrison, who got it from a restaurant in Alabama. I have been using it for 16 years.
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