I would be remiss in my southern roots, if I didn’t add one of the most southern recipes I’ve ever had to my blog.
This recipe is so southern in fact, I bet you’ll hear a twang in your voice once you eat it.
Okay, maybe not, but listen to be sure. 🙂
This recipe came from my granny. If you hang around my blog long enough, you are bound to hear about Granny. She was my mom’s mom. The daughter of French Canadian immigrant who only spoke French, and she was my best friend. I lost my granny 4 years ago to the horrible disease of pancreatic cancer, but never fear!
GRANNY LIVES ON!
Not in some weird holy visitation, but in the many, many sayings she had.
Find yourself in a bad situation? You’re in a Mell of a Hess. See what she did there? She didn’t like to cuss. And it’s cuss. Not curse.
You think something is going to go over badly? That’s going to go over like a pregnant pole vaulter.
And you want to tell some exaggerated story? Long before the eye roll emoji, we had, “That’s your tale, I sit on mine.”
The woman was a pantheon of sayings! I miss her dearly, but when I make a recipe she created and loved, I know she’s watching over me. However, I wish she’d look away when I fold laundry, or should I say, WAD my laundry.
Sorry, Granny.
But on to the star, the recipe! I adore this recipe. It’s one of those that has never failed me. I love making it for people from other countries that had no idea how this is all going to work together, and I love watching them fall in love with it. This recipe is super easy to make. Be sure you know where all your parts to your food processor are, because she’s the real work horse in this recipe.
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Super high tech operation over here, I assure you.
Potato Chip Chicken
A southern classic with a whole bag of potato chips. Oh, yes, I did.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups chopped onion
- 1 1/2 cups chopped celery
- 1 pound cooked chicken, chopped into 2 inch pieces
- 1 8 oz bag of plain potato chips/divided
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
- 3/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2/ cup-1 cup chicken broth (depending on the weather)
Directions
- Place chopped onion and celery in the food processor. Process on high until very fine. Add to a bowl.
- Place chopped chicken in food processor. Process on high until very fine. Add to the bowl.
- Process the entire bag of potato chips. Add 1/2 of mixture to the bowl. Reserve the other half.
- Add seasonings.
- Stir in mayonnaise to your bowl.
- Add in at least 1/2 cup of chicken broth. Add up to one cup to reach desired consistency. 1/2 cup is recommended.
- Place in 2 quart baking dish sprayed with cooking spray.
- Add remaining potato chips to the top.
- Bake for 30 minutes at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. The casserole should be warmed throughout and browned on the top.
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Hi Leigh. I was directed to your first YouTube video via the Modern Prairie website. I was disappointed to see only a few more videos had been posted since that first one. Your last one was in early 2020, so I am hoping that the virus didn’t run rampant in your family and cause you to change course. I’d love an update on your life/family/kitchen/homeshooling, etc. I’m a homeschool mother as well, with my youngest going into 11th grade…almost at the finish line.
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