Hawaiian Haystacks

Food Storage Spotlight: by Dianna Brown

This meal is always a crowd pleaser, and if you use canned chicken it all comes from the pantry (except some of the toppings). 

Hawaiian Haystacks

6 C cooked white rice*

2 small cans of cream of chicken soup

1 can chicken broth(or mix water with chicken soup base to make your own)

1 or 2 cans of chicken (or cook some fresh)

Optional toppings:  shredded cheddar cheese, pineapple tidbits, shredded coconut, diced celery, diced tomato, slivered almonds, chow mein noodles, etc.

Combine the soup and the broth (add more or less broth for desired consistency) in a medium saucepan and heat.  Add  cooked chicken.  Serve the sauce, rice, and toppings separate and let everyone build their own haystack.

*For a healthier meal, substitute brown rice for all or some of the white rice. Brown rice does not store well though so keep it in the fridge.  White rice stores well—we are using rice we bought 7 years ago and we have just kept it in the plastic bags it came in and it is perfectly good.