Recipe #6

CHINESE CHICKEN CASSEROLE

4-6 Chicken Breasts

2-3 T Lemon Juice

2-3 T Soy Sauce

1 lb Fresh Bean Sprouts

1/4 C Green Onions

1 C Celery

1 Can Water Chestnuts, drained and sliced

1 C Mayonnaise

1 Can Chow Mien Noodles

Cook Chicken and cut (or shred) into bite sized pieces.  Place chicken in bowl and add lemon juice and soy sauce.  Set aside.  In a large bowl mix bean sprouts, green onions, celery, and water chestnuts.  Add chicken.  Make a sauce out of mayo and a small amount of soy sauce.  Add salt, pepper, and garlic to taste.  Mix sauce with chicken mixture and pour into a greased 9x13 pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until browned.  Serve over chow mien noodles.

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Okay so it's been a little while since I made this dish so I'm just going off of what I remember.  I made this a couple months ago (yeah, I'm really behind on my posts) and as I recall it was actually pretty good.  I wasn't really paying attention to the recipe and I added a bit more soy sauce than I would have preferred but it was still pretty tasty.  The only thing I think I would do differently with this, besides backing off on the soy sauce in the sauce mixture would probably be to do less chicken and make it more of a side salad with some yummy sweet and sour pork or what-not.  You know how you go to a Chinese restaurant and you get some meat, chow mien/lo mien, rice and whatever else sounds good.  This is pretty much the same way, it wasn't really a meal by itself.  I will say though that it was the perfect leftovers.  I don't really eat big meals but rather smaller meals throughout the day, I pretty much munch all day.  I really enjoyed the Chinese Chicken Casserole as a light lunch, yummy.