Chicken Pilau

Ingredients

• 1 6 to 10 lb hen
• 2 stalks celery chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 Tbsp pepper
• 2 to 3 c raw rice
• 3 small or 1 large can mushrooms sliced and browned
• coarsely ground black pepper

Directions

1. Cook hen with celery bay leaves salt pepper and enough water to cover
2. When the chicken is ready to fall from the bones remove from broth set aside