hot chicken salad casserole

Ingredients For hot chicken salad casserole

• 1

  whole chicken, roasted or poached
• 1 can

  cream of chicken soup
• 1 can

  cream of celery soup or mushroom soup
• 3 Tbsp

  lemon juice
• 1

  8 oz. can drained & diced water chestnuts
• 1

  4 oz. jar pimientos, drained and diced
• 1 md

  onion, chopped
• vegetable cooking spray
• 18

  ritz crackers, crumbled
• 1/2 c

  chopped green pepper
• 1 1/2 c

  celery, finely diced
• 1 c

  almonds, slivered
• 1/2 c

  butter, melted
• additional ritz crackers & grated parmesan cheese (optional)