As promised here's the recipe for Chicken & Broccoli Casserole. Instructions for the "in a Sweet Potato Squash Shell" follow the recipe.
CHICKEN AND BROCCOLI
CASSEROLE
4 chicken breasts
Salted water (to cover chicken)
10 oz broccoli spears, cooked and drained
1 C celery, cut in large chunks
½ C mayonnaise (preferably homemade—see recipes in Basics
section)
2 Tbsp onion, chopped
½ Tbsp lemon juice
10 ½ oz can condensed cream of chicken soup
½ stick butter crackers (like Ritz)
4 oz mushrooms, chopped
Cook chicken in boiling salted water with
celery until done, and drain. Preheat oven to 350o. Line cooked
broccoli spears in bottom of a greased casserole. Remove skin and bones form
chicken, chop into bite-sized pieces, chop celery, and combine with mayonnaise,
onion, lemon juice, cream of chicken soup, and mushrooms, mixing well. Pour
mixture over broccoli in casserole and bake 25 minutes. Melt butter, combine
with crumbled crackers, spread evenly over top of casserole, and return to oven
for 5 minutes.
Instructions for preparing the squash below the fold.
The large white squash is a Tennessee sweet potato pumpkin squash |
Mr. Big Food cut the bottom 1/3 from a Tennessee sweet potato pumpkin squash. (Lots of information on the squash and its heritage at the link.) He also cut a sliver off the end so it would sit upright.
To serve, simply scoop out some squash along with the casserole.
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We had a hard decision to make as we were enjoying this dish. Taste-wise, it deserves to be an entry in the soup contest. But it's not a soup or a stew. We considered opening up the contest to other categories. But in the end we agreed-- at least I hope we agreed-- that the soup contest should be a soup contest. Otherwise, this casserole would be a contender. Soup posts:
http://bigfoodetc.blogspot.com/2011/11/best-fall-soup-contest-winner-1.html
http://bigfoodetc.blogspot.com/2011/11/beer-cheese-broccoli-soup.html
http://bigfoodetc.blogspot.com/2011/11/best-fall-soup-contest-winner.html
http://bigfoodetc.blogspot.com/2011/11/slower-cooker-potatoe-cheese-soup-with.html
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