Chicken Divan - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 whole chicken breasts
3 (10 oz.) boxes frozen broccoli spears
3 cans cream of chicken soup
1 1/2 c. mayonnaise
1 1/2 tsp. lemon juice
1/2 tsp. curry
3/4 c. grated Cheddar cheese
buttered crumbs

Preparation

Steam or poach chicken breasts until they are barely done. When well chilled, slice thinly.
Cook broccoli tender-crisp. Arrange broccoli evenly over bottom of greased 9 x 13-inch baking dish.
Distribute chicken slices evenly over the broccoli. Combine soup, mayonnaise, lemon juice, curry and most of the Cheddar cheese and pour over broccoli and chicken.
Add the rest of the cheese to the cooled buttered crumbs and sprinkle over the casserole.
Bake in moderate oven (350\u00b0) at least 45 minutes until the casserole is bubbly and heated through.