Monday, January 05, 2009

Help me with a craving

Back in my nanny days, the family I worked for had this old-school Betty Crocker cookbook. In it, I found a recipe for a chicken curry casserole. To call it Indian food would be stretching matters beyond all reason, but it was delicious -- a wonderful, mild creamy concoction that had curry powder, sour cream, regular cream, almonds and chicken. I loved that recipe so much I wrote it down and it traveled with me for several years.

Now I'm having a serious craving for that casserole, but I can't find the recipe anywhere. It's not in my stash, it's not online anywhere that google can reach and I (alas) don't have my own vintage Betty Crocker cookbook. I can't remember enough about the recipe to wing it, either.

So, can anyone help me? You'd be doing a pregnant lady an enormous favor.

5 comments:

K said...

I will look! I think I have one of those cookbooks around here....

K said...

Found a curried chicken ala king...but no sour cream in it!

K said...

oh wait! I may have something here...

Curried Chicken Spread:

3 T. mayo
2 T. sour cream
2 T. chopped green onion
2 T. finely chopped nuts
1/4 t. curry powder
1/8 t. salt
1/2 c. finely chopped cooked chicken

Mix and eat! They suggest putting it on pumpernickel or rye.

Paranoid said...

Hmm, looks good. It's not what I was thinking of, but I'll be trying it anyway.

I made a thrown-together sub last night with yogurt, curry powder, cream and almonds, and it was decent. Not the right recipe, but decent.

Thanks so much for trying to help me out!

K said...

You're welcome. I dug out my BC cookbook, not sure which edition I have or you had. Maybe it will hit the spot any way!