Ingredients

  • 1 large hen or 2 whole chicken breasts
  • 1 stalk celery
  • 1 small onion
  • 1 can mushroom soup
  • 1 small jar Old English cheese
  • 1 small pkg. fine spaghetti
  • 1 small can mushrooms
  • 1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
  • 3/4 c. chicken stock
  • buttered bread crumbs

Method

  • Cover chicken with water.
  • Cook with small onion, stalk of celery and celery leaves.
  • Add salt.
  • Cook until tender (about 2 hours for hen).
  • Combine in saucepan 3/4 cup of stock (substitute 1/2 cup stock, 1/2 cup white wine), mushroom soup, juice from can of mushrooms, cheese and Worcestershire sauce.
  • Cook until smooth. Add mushrooms.
  • Cook spaghetti in chicken stock, adding bouillon cube if not enough stock.
  • Put 1/2 of the spaghetti in casserole dish, then 1/2 chicken, then 1/2 sauce.
  • Repeat layers.
  • Top with buttered bread crumbs.
  • Bake 20 to 30 minutes in a 350° oven. Serves 8.