Friday, February 22, 2008

Hawaiian Haystacks

First of all let me say Kudos to Danielle for doing this!! What a great idea!! Food/Monsons/nuffsaid! I put the following two favorite Dad recipes for you and here's an old simple standby.

1 whole chicken (boil till very tender, like for chicken soup) debone and save broth
1/2 c butter or margarine
about 3/4 c flour
1 clove fresh garlic, or some minced
1 medium onion, peeled and chopped small
Put onion and garlic in the butter or margarine and saute till tender then stir in the flour till paste like, then quickly pour in 2&1/2 chicken broth and 1 cup milk or half and half. Stir on medium high temperature until it thickens. Add 1 can cream of chicken soup. Add the chicken pieces and taste. Add salt and pepper to taste and chicken soup base or bouillon if you want more flavor.

While your chicken is cooking, cook white or brown rice and assemble in bowls the following:
chopped celery
chopped green onions
chopped tomatoes
slivered almonds, or any other nuts you want.
coconut
mandarin oranges
pineapple chunks
whatever else you dream up and want to try on it.

Serve by either putting the rice on the bottom and the chicken sauce on top and then everything else on top of that or the alternative which I like the best. All the other stuff and then the sauce on top of all of it with a rice base. Enjoy!

1 comment:

Monson Recipes said...

The 2&1/2 cups chicken broth that you add is the saved broth you cooked the chicken in. Have I ever given you a recipe in your lives that didn't need an addendum!