Turkey Casserole

Turkey Casserole

cooked and cut up turkey meat (or chicken 3 or 4 pound whole chicken--cook and remove from bones)

Custard:
1/2 c. butter
3/4 c. flour
6 c. chicken broth
6 eggs
1/2 tsp salt
Melt butter. Stir in flour.  With stove on medium low heat, add broth as you pour slowly and stir fast.  When this thickens, add a small amount to the beaten eggs--pour slow and stir fast.  Then add the egg mixture to the remaining sauce.  Add salt.

Dressing:  (Or use a box mix of dressing and follow directions on the box)
3 - 4 cups bread crumbs
6 Tb. butter
2 Tb. onion
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sage
celery cut up in small pieces
Saute onion and celery in butter.  Add bread crumbs and seasoning

3/4 c. buttered bread crumbs  (Melt some butter in a pan.   Cut dried bread into small cubes and mix with melted butter)

Butter a 9 x 12 inch pan.  Put dressing in bottom of pan.  Put turkey or chicken in pan.  Top with
custard sauce.  Finish with buttered bread crumbs on top.  Bake in 300 to 325 degree oven for about 40 minutes until bread on top is brown.  Serves about 10 to 15.

You can cut the recipe down to a smaller amount. 
It is a little time consuming but very good.  If you use a box of dressing, It is a lot less work.  Also, you could buy croutons and mix with butter for the buttered crumbs on the top.