Celery Casserole
"Celery is the star in this dish instead of being a supporting character! Sometimes, I use roughly crushed chow mein noodles instead of crackers and just enough butter to crisp the almonds."
photo by ChefLee
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 3 cups celery, sliced 1/4-inch thick
- 1 (8 ounce) can water chestnuts
- 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1 cup crushed Ritz cracker
- 2 ounces slivered almonds
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Cook celery in salted boiling water for 7 minutes and drain.
- Combine with water chestnuts and soup, pour into a greased 1 1/2 quart casserole.
- In a sauté pan, melt butter, add cracker crumbs and almonds and stir until well mixed.
- Sprinkle over celery mixture and bake for 30 minutes.
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This is wonderful! Making this for the second time. I did not have the water chestnuts and used the dried crunchy onions because that is all I had. Toasted the almonds and added a little garlic powder because the hubby asked for it. 10 stars if I could give that! -
Really good, in a retro 50s - 60s kind of way. The celery tastes very fresh and keeps this cream of *** soup casserole from tasting tired. We liked it! If the soup scares you off, then make a simple white sauce instead. -
What a wonderful way to use leftover celery (which I always seem to have). Didn't have any Ritz crackers so I used saltines (leftover from making saltine candy - YUM!). I also used low fat cream of mushroom soup. Even with the modifications this tasted great - nice and crunchy with great flavor. Thanks for this unusual and easy recipe! -
May whole family ate the entire dish! Great flavor, can add fresh diced jalapenos to spice it up if you like. -
Nice side dish. I made it without almonds, used Saltine crackers and Cream of Chicken soup; it came out good. Note: 3 stalks of celery equal about a cup.
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Really good, in a retro 50s - 60s kind of way. The celery tastes very fresh and keeps this cream of *** soup casserole from tasting tired. We liked it! If the soup scares you off, then make a simple white sauce instead.
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Bravo! I'm always looking for new vegetable dishes and this one is superb. I eat meat sparingly, so love to have a variety of veg recipes. The only thing I did differently was to omit the water chestnuts - just a personal preference - added more celery instead. Even my husband who isn't a big veggie fan liked it. It would make a nice side dish for Thanksgiving. Thanks for this recipe - I'll make it often.
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