One-dish casserole meal
Serves: 6 Preparation time: Cooking time:
Ingredients
2 cups cooked chicken, cut up
1/4 lb bulk sausage, crumbled
1/4 cup butter
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
home-made or purchased pie crust
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup light cream
1 3-oz can mushrooms (with liquid from can)
1 8-oz can peas & carrots (drained)
Method
Boil a chicken. Remove skin, bones; cut up meat. Cook sausage, drain fat. Melt butter and stir in flour and salt until mixture is bubbly. Remove from heat. Stir in broth, cream, and mushrooms (with liquid from can). Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir one minute. Add peas & carrots. Add sausage and chicken. Pour into an ungreased rectangular casserole pan (13½” X 8¾” X 1¾”).
Cover with home-made or purchased pie crust, cut slits in top, fold down edges.
Cover casserole with foil, bake 20 minutes at 425º. Take foil off and cook another 10-15 minutes or until brown on top.