Simply Good Chicken Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 lbs broiler-fryer chickens
• 2 quarts water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of chicken soup, undiluted
• 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of celery soup, undiluted
• 1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 0.5 (16 ounce) package buttery crackers (2 stacks, crushed)
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine, melted

Recipe

• 1 combine first 4 ingredients in a large dutch oven, bring to a boil.
• 2 cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour or until tender.
• 3 remove chicken, and cool slightly. skin and bone chicken, cut into bite-size pieces.
• 4 in a large bowl, combine chicken, soups, sour cream and pepper.
• 5 place half of crushed crackers in a lightly greased 7x11 baking dish;
• 6 spoon chicken mixture over crackers.
• 7 top with remaining cracker crumbs and drizzle with butter.
• 8 bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutes or until lightly browned.