Haystacks (Or Chinese Sundaes)

"This is a fun meal, just add rolls or bread and a green salad if desired. My kids love this! This recipe adjusts easily for large or small groups, just cook enough rice for about 1 cup cook rice per person. Yes, this can be considered "retro". I didn't post this as an "asian" or "chinese" dish. It definitely is not for sophisticated palates! It just is a fun way to get my kids to eat some veggies, and it is easy!"
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
13
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • In saucepan, cover chicken with water and boil until done.
  • Remove chicken, cool and shred, reserve cooking liquid.
  • Put soup in saucepan, stir and add enough cooking liquid to make thick gravy (do not add too much, it will thin as it heats). Add chicken and heat.
  • Set out chopped ingredients in small bowls.
  • Serve buffet style, first 1 cup rice, then add whatever chopped ingredients you desire. Top with chicken gravy mixture and noodles.

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Reviews

  1. Yummy!! My family loved it. Asked if we could have it again next week.
     
  2. W0W! Its nice, very filling, makes for a meal all by itself!
     
  3. Extremely disappointed in this, although it certainly must rate as an incredible "retro" recipe. Not Chinese, not vaguely Asian - but does indeed use up cans of soup, and is no doubt a kid pleaser. Especially if they have never been exposed to Chinese food.
     
  4. I use this recipe all the time... it is really good. We always called them either "Hawaiian Haystacks" or "Chinese Sundaes" although of course they really have nothing to do with either culture... I have not heard anyone else but me and people from my area call them chinese sundaes though, my roommates in college thought I was crazy! :)
     
  5. This recipe has been in my family for years. We use sliced almonds instead of peanuts, no mushrooms and add a cherry to the top to finish the sundae look. I think it's a classic 70's recipe that was passed around church groups back then.<br/><br/>Indeed it is not even remotely Chinese, but it is a fun holiday get together dinner. We would often make this for New Year's Eve as a party dinner and only add Chinese tea and a fortune cookie atop a dish of orange sherbert. Again, not at all Chinese, but fun never-the-less. The flavors really do go together nicely and having served this to dozens of people of all nationalities, they come back for more. It's a meal that must be experienced to appreciate!
     
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  1. This recipe has been in my family for years. We use sliced almonds instead of peanuts, no mushrooms and add a cherry to the top to finish the sundae look. I think it's a classic 70's recipe that was passed around church groups back then.<br/><br/>Indeed it is not even remotely Chinese, but it is a fun holiday get together dinner. We would often make this for New Year's Eve as a party dinner and only add Chinese tea and a fortune cookie atop a dish of orange sherbert. Again, not at all Chinese, but fun never-the-less. The flavors really do go together nicely and having served this to dozens of people of all nationalities, they come back for more. It's a meal that must be experienced to appreciate!
     

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<p>I enjoy cooking and especially baking.Love homemade bread.I really enjoy trying new recipes.I have a husband and 5 children,so it is a challenge trying to cook to please them all.Some of my kids are very picky eaters.At this time in my life,I am interested in healthy cooking.I lost 70 lbs with Weight Watchers and am trying to keep it off!</p>
 
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