Church Chicken

Because "Church Chicken" sounds better than "Funeral Chicken". But that may be the new informal name for this recipe. We've often joked about the favorite hash brown potato casserole recipe we call "Funeral Potatoes" (Aug. 13, 2011 blog "Collecting Cookbooks" - UMW Party Potatoes), it was even served at the musical "Church Basement Ladies" dinner theater. But some recipes are comforting, tasty, and easy to prepare for a crowd or extended family attending a funeral.
So when our UMW was asked to serve a dinner for the family after a funeral service at our church this week, this recipe - officially called "Glorious Chicken", from a Garden City community cookbook was suggested by the UMW president. And it did turn out to be a favorite, I'll even make it at home - just won't tell the family its "Funeral Chicken"!

Glorious Chicken

4 – 6 chicken breasts, cooked and diced

1 can (10 oz) cream of chicken soup

1 can (10 oz) cream of celery soup

1 carton (8 oz) sour cream

1 small onion, chopped

1 pkg (8 oz) chicken & herb dressing mix

½ cup margarine

1 ½ cups chicken broth

Place chicken in bottom of greased 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Mix soups, sour cream and onion; pour over chicken. Sprinkle stuffing mix over soup mixture. Combine margarine and broth in a small saucepan and heat until margarine melts; pour over stuffing. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes

Makes 8 (or more) servings. 

Here are the four basic steps of the recipe (from the top): 1 - chicken on bottom of pan; 2 - soups+sour cream+onion over chicken; 3 - stuffing mix on top; 4 - broth+margarine added to top.