Alabama Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lbs whole chickens, boiled,cooled & deboned
1/2 cup butter (no substitutes)
1 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped onion
1 package egg noodles
1/2 lb Velveeta cheese, cubed
1 (6 ounce) jar whole stuffed green olives, sliced
1/2 cup black olives, sliced
1 (8 ounce) can sliced mushrooms
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
cheese crackers, crushed

Preparation

In a large skillet saute the green pepper, celery and onion in butter until soft.
Boil noodles in chicken broth that chicken was cooked in; drain.
Add green olives, black olives, mushrooms and mushroom soup to the green pepper mixture; stir to mix well.
Dump all of the ingredients into the noodles along with the chicken and velveeta cheese; stirring until cheese is melted and everything is thoroughly mixed.
Place mixture in a 13x9 greased baking dish and top with crushed crackers.
Bake at 300 degrees 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Can be prepared a day in advance and refrigerated; covered.
If making in advance add the cracker topping just before baking.