Mom’s Wild Rice for a Crowd

Ingredients

• 3 lbs wild rice (use lake rice)
• 3 lb bacon, cut into pieces
• 2 lb real butter melted
• 2 lg onions, finely chopped
• 1 1/2 stalks celery, finely chopped
• 4 (14 oz) cans chicken broth
• toasted slivered almonds (optional)

Directions

• Cook rice and fry bacon
• drain the bacon, leaving a small amount in the pan for flavor
• saute onion and celery in 1 lb of butter
• mix all ingredients
• bake until rice has absorbed the chicken broth