Hawaiian Haystacks

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 cups uncooked long-grain rice
• 3 cups chicken broth or 3 cups water
• 2 -3 chicken breasts
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 celery ribs, diced
• 2 carrots, peeled and shredded
• 1/2 yellow onion, diced
• 20 ounces canned pineapple
• 2 (10 ounce) cans cream of chicken soup
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
• 2 teaspoons dried parsley
• 6 ounces crisp chow mein noodles

Recipe

• 1 cook the rice in a rice cooker or on the stove-top according to the package instructions.
• 2 in a 10-inch skillet, heat the olive oil and add the chicken. season with salt, pepper, garlic powder, lemon pepper, and dried parsley. cook the chicken for about 5 minutes. add the chopped vegetables and cook along with the chicken for about 10 minutes and the vegetables start to soften.
• 3 add the cream soup, milk, half of the can of pineapple and about 1/4 cup of the juice in the canned pineapple. and stir to combine. cook for about 10 minutes and the mixture is heated and thickened.
• 4 slice the reserved pineapple in half for garnish.
• 5 to assemble and serve, scoop some rice into a cereal or soup bowl, add the chicken sauce mixture to the rice, top with the reserved pineapple and the crispy chow-mein noodles!