Ingredients
2 envelopes lipton chicken noodle soup mix, cooked in 4 1/2 cups water
1 pound sausage, browned and drained
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup rice, uncooked
1 cup celery
1 medium onion, chopped
12 packages almonds, sliced
1 4 ounce can mushrooms
Directions
1.Add all the ingredients with the above in a casserole dish.
2.Bake in covered dish about 1 1/2 hours at 352 degrees.
3.Six servings.
4.(Divide in half for two)
Serves 6
Review: This has to be the most interesting casserole I've ever made. I have never poured a pot of soup into a casserole dish before. This was categorized as a breakfast dish, but I disagree. It is really a very tasty sausage pilaf. I'm not sure how I'd assemble it into a meal, that's not really my strong suit. If I had to give it a stab, I would most definitely include it in a brunch buffet, perhaps as an accompaniment to an omelet. I could also see it working very well as a side to a vegetarian main course, Eggplant cutlets or grilled portabello mushroom.
We enjoyed it as a main dish although it was actually a second dinner. I somehow magically turned the oven off while it was baking, so when I went to take it out I realized that it hadn't cooked. Waiting an hour and a half for dinner wasn't going to work so we ate cereal, invited friends over, who couldn't make it, and then sat down again at 7 to eat the casserole. Jacob was happy to get to stay up, although Mav wasn't very happy that I wanted him to eat again.
