Chicken and Egg Noodle casserole

[feather]

Well, we've been wanting to try our canned quarts of chicken, so....

You could use cooked chicken off the bone, or cook up some thighs or breasts and chop it to make 2-3 cups.

Melt one stick (1/2 cups) butter in a sauce pan or kettle.

Pour off half the butter to use in the crusty topping, into a bowl.

To the kettle add 1/4 plus a little flour and get the flour and butter to foam/bubble.

Add:

1/2 tsp garlic powder

3/4 tsp onion powder

1/2 tsp black pepper

Mix:

Then drain off the chicken broth from the canned chicken, or add 1 cup water with chicken soup base.

Heat then add 3 cups of milk.

Heat until it just begins to simmer, it should be thick enough to coat a spoon.

Add:

1 cup of frozen peas

2-3 cups of canned chicken

1 cup sour cream

Taste the sauce and add salt if necessary. EDIT: I added a little sprinkling of thyme and sage to bring out the 'chickenness'

Cook up 12 oz of egg noodles, drain. Add to kettle to mix.

Grease a 9x13 inch casserole pan and put the mixture into that.

Preheat oven to 350 deg F.

Crush enough crackers to make 1 and 1/3 cups cracker crumbs and add to the butter in the bowl you reserved in the beginning. Mix well and sprinkle on top of the casserole.

Bake for 30 minutes.

I think the guys here will like this.

EDIT: turned out really good and they liked it.

[mogal]

Feather, how many does that serve? Sounds really good.

[feather]

mogal, thank you for saying something. I didn't realize I posted that recipe here and I thought I'd lost it. (it wasn't on paper magnetically attached to the refrigerator) DH and I were just talking about it last night and I didn't know where I'd find the recipe.

Servings? I can only guess. My Dh and DS are big eaters so maybe 6 servings. Otherwise for a serving with half a plate of vegetables, maybe 10 servings. A dainty bunch of women eating on a smaller plate with a side of vegetables, then 12 servings.

[mogal]

Well, I'm glad I could be of service in reminding you where that recipe was! Thanks for the yield info.