Chicken And Wild Rice Casserole - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 pkg. onion soup mix
1 pt. sour cream
5 lb. chicken breasts (3 lb. if boneless)
2 c. sherry
1 c. water
1 tsp. salt
3 Tbsp. parsley flakes
pepper
1/2 tsp. basil
1 tsp. curry
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 1/2 c. wild rice

Preparation

Add soup mix to sour cream; let stand 2 hours.
Place chicken in a roasting pan.
Pour sherry, water, salt, parsley flakes, pepper, basil and curry over chicken.
Cover tightly and bake at 300\u00b0 for 1 1/2 to 2 hours (less if boneless breasts).
Remove chicken.
Cool.
Strain liquid and reduce to 1 1/2 cups.
Add soup and let simmer.
Remove from heat and slowly add to sour cream. Cook rice as package directs.
Cut and pull chicken into bite size hunks; add to wild rice.
Butter a large casserole.
Put in rice and chicken.
Pour sauce over; mix well but lightly.
Heat at 300\u00b0 for 30 minutes or until bubbly.
If you make it beforehand, remove from refrigerator 1 1/2 hours before cooking.