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adventures in cooking
Sep. 2nd, 2015 11:48 pmTonight's experiment: Laddie's Hotdish.
This is a tuna chicken noodle casserole recipe my grandmother got from one of her church friends (the eponymous Laddie) back in the day. It was a family staple during my childhood, probably because it is incredibly simple to make.
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Ingredients:
2 cans chicken noodle soup (condensed)
1 can tuna (preferably in water)
2 eggs
1 cup bread crumbs (soft)
1/4 cup bread crumbs (browned in butter)
Directions:
Butter a casserole dish. Preheat oven to 350*F.
Lightly brown 1/4 cup bread crumbs in butter. Set aside.
Drain the can of tuna. In a bowl, flake it well with a fork. Add the soft bread crumbs and chicken noodle soup and mix. Beat 2 eggs and fold into the mixture. Pour into casserole dish. Top with the browned crumbs.
Bake uncovered at 350*F for approximately 40 minutes.
(Optional sauce: In a separate pot, heat 1 can cream of mushroom soup plus enough milk to fill half the soup can to use as a warm topping.)
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The original recipe says it serves 3-4 people. My mom thinks it serves 4-6. I think it probably depends on what other things you're serving along with the hotdish, though I incline more toward my mom's estimate.
Anyway, the experiment was successful; Laddie's Hotdish is as tasty as I remembered. :D I think in future, though, I will use more bread crumbs to create a slightly drier final texture. I also think my mom is lowballing the cooking time; I baked the casserole for 45 minutes and I am pretty sure another five minutes on top of that would not have caused any harm.
This is a tuna chicken noodle casserole recipe my grandmother got from one of her church friends (the eponymous Laddie) back in the day. It was a family staple during my childhood, probably because it is incredibly simple to make.
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Ingredients:
2 cans chicken noodle soup (condensed)
1 can tuna (preferably in water)
2 eggs
1 cup bread crumbs (soft)
1/4 cup bread crumbs (browned in butter)
Directions:
Butter a casserole dish. Preheat oven to 350*F.
Lightly brown 1/4 cup bread crumbs in butter. Set aside.
Drain the can of tuna. In a bowl, flake it well with a fork. Add the soft bread crumbs and chicken noodle soup and mix. Beat 2 eggs and fold into the mixture. Pour into casserole dish. Top with the browned crumbs.
Bake uncovered at 350*F for approximately 40 minutes.
(Optional sauce: In a separate pot, heat 1 can cream of mushroom soup plus enough milk to fill half the soup can to use as a warm topping.)
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The original recipe says it serves 3-4 people. My mom thinks it serves 4-6. I think it probably depends on what other things you're serving along with the hotdish, though I incline more toward my mom's estimate.
Anyway, the experiment was successful; Laddie's Hotdish is as tasty as I remembered. :D I think in future, though, I will use more bread crumbs to create a slightly drier final texture. I also think my mom is lowballing the cooking time; I baked the casserole for 45 minutes and I am pretty sure another five minutes on top of that would not have caused any harm.
