Chicken A La Mary - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 to 12 chicken thighs or boneless chicken breast halves
8 to 12 strips bacon
1 pkg. thin sliced chipped beef
1 can cream of mushroom soup
8 oz. sour cream (no-fat okay)
2 onions, divided
1 carrot
1 celery stick
1 bay leaf
pepper and salt to taste
1 lb. ground turkey (or beef), divided
1/4 c. chopped walnuts
1/2 bunch parsley, chopped
2 c. extra fine bulgur wheat, or \"cracked wheat cereal\"

Preparation

Make 2 cups vegetable broth by boiling the carrot, 1 onion, celery, bay leaf and salt (to taste) for 15 minutes.
Strain out the vegetables and let the broth cool.