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1st Place Chicken - Alabama

1st Place Chicken - Alabama

3 cups cooked chicken, diced
4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
2 cups cooked rice
1 1/2 cups celery
1 small onion, chopped
1 cup mayo
2 cans Mushroom soup
1 - 3 oz. package slivered almonds
1 t salt
2 T lemon juice
1 cup bread crumbs
2 T butter

Mix all ingredients except bread crumbs and butter. Place mixture in a 9 x 13 casserole. Brown bread crumbs lightly
in butter. Sprinkle over casserole. Refrigerate overnight. Remove from fridge one hour before cooking. Bake 40 - 45
minutes in 350 oven. Serves 8.

Vegetable Salad
1 - 8 oz. can green beans
1 - 8 oz. can shoe peg corn
1 - 8 oz. can green peas
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup green pepper, chopped
1/2 cup red pepper, chopped

Dressing
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup vinegar
2/3 cup sugar

Combine beans, corn, peas, onions, green and red pepper. Add to veggie mixture and toss lightly. Season with salt and pepper. Serves 4 - 6.

Fried Apples

Slice 4 - 5 Granny Smith apples with peels. Set aside. Fry 1/3 pound bacon. Set bacon side for later use. Place apples in a fry pan with bacon drippings. Cover. Cook on medium until apples begin to soften. Add 1 1/4 cups sugar. Cook slowly until sugar dissolves and apples are done.

Japanese Fruit Pie

2 unbaked pie crusts

Mix together:
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter, melted
1 cup coconut
1 cup pecans
2 t vanilla

Add:
4 beaten eggs
Mix well and pour into pastry shells. Bake in 300 degree oven 50 - 55 minutes.