Company Chicken

by Debbi DeSisto

Start this recipe on a busy day and you'll be ready for your company when you come home in the evening. No muss, no fuss!

8 large boneless chicken breasts
1 jar dried beef
1/2 pound fresh mushrooms
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 pint sour cream

Place a layer of dried beef on the bottom of crock-pot. Cover the beef with chicken breasts. Cover chicken with the remaining dried beef and mushrooms. Mix together the soup and sour cream. Pour soup mixture over top of the chicken mixture. Sprinkle with paprika. Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours or on high for 6 hours.

Empire Kosher Chicken Cookbook: 225 Easy and Elegant Recipes for Poultry and Great Side Dishes

You will never think the same way about the kosher kitchen after cracking open this wonderful book. Authors Katja Goldman and Arthur Boehm have focused on chicken, turkey, and duck -- all products of Empire Kosher, the largest kosher poultry producer in the United States. They have stuck to the kosher food laws, and have produced a world tour, world class collection of recipes to meet any and all occasions. You'll need a napkin at hand to mop your chin as you peruse this book.

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