Gladdy'S Chicken Tetrazzini - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 - 5 lb. chicken
4 tops celery
5 sprigs parley
2 medium carrots
1 sliced onion
1 tsp. salt
10 whole peppercorns
2 leaves bay leaves
16 oz. vermicelli
4 c. sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
6 oz. sliced mushrooms

Preparation

Rinse chicken under cold running water.
Place in a large kettle almost covered with water.
Add the next seven ingredients. Bring to a boil; cover and reduce heat.
Simmer one hour or until chicken is very tender.
Cool, remove chicken from stock, and strip meat from bones.
Cut into bite size pieces; discard bones and skin.
There should be about six cups of chicken.
Strain the chicken from the chicken stock.
When cold, remove fat and discard.