Mississippi Chicken Bake | Cooking Professionally

Ingredients

• 2 (3-pound) whole chickens
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup dry sherry
• 2 celery stalks
• 1 onion, quartered
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 2 (6-ounce) packages long-grain and wild rice mix
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened, plus 1/4 cup, melted, divided
• 2 (8-ounce) packages mushrooms, sliced
• 1 bunch green onions, chopped
• 1 (8-ounce) carton sour cream
• 1 (10.75-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 1/2 cups round buttery crackers, crushed and measured after crushing
• 1 (6-ounce) can French fried onions, crushed
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder