Hawaiian Haystacks

For special meeting I got the wild idea to make some nostalgic food!  And unfortunately I forgot to take pictures so here is a stock photo off the Internet.  This is a really basic meal that works up great for a crowd and the leftovers are excellent!



The base is Brown Rice cooked.  I did mine in the crock pot and it was great.  5 cups of water and 2 cups of rice and 1T chicken base.  Low for 4 hours. 

On top of that is a gravy.  All I did was boil some chicken breasts with rib meat until they fell off the bone but you could use leftover chicken or turkey.  Shred the meat.  Put in crock pot with 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup, one can of mushrooms, and one can of water.  Simmer for 3-4 hours.  Thicken with cornstarch and water if it is too thin.

While this is going on then dice up bowls of the following:
Green onions
Green Peppers
Sugar Snap Peas
Celery
Tomatoes
Pineapple (canned)
Also use:
Slivered almonds
Crispy chow mien noodles
Marchino Cherries
Coconut

To serve up, this works great cafeteria style too -
A scoop or rice topped with chicken gravy.  Then layer with whatever toppings you want.  Put the Marchino cherries on top.  :)

Then we served it with a salad with:
Romaine lettuce
Diced Tomatoes
Chopped cilantro
Green onions
Sugar snap peas
Mandarin Oranges
Topped with a sesame ginger dressing and toasted sesame seeds.

This is the dressing that we get from Costco and love on the salad.

A yummy dinner and most of the prep was done ahead of time.