Chicken, Stuffing, and Broccoli Casserole

Terri F.'s Note:

This takes a while to prepare, and not a pretty presentation, but everytime I serve this it disappears and I am always asked for the recipe. I am not allowed to come to a pot luck dinner without it.

• Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 1 hrs 30 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

• 4 large chicken breasts
• 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning
• 3 (6 ounce) packages Kellogg's croutettes (or any cubed and seasoned bread stuffing you prefer)
• 1 package frozen chopped broccoli , thawed
• 2 cans cream of celery soup (use a good brand)
• 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Directions:

1. Cook chicken breasts in enough water to cover plus poultry seasoning until chicken is very tender and comes away from bones (about 1 and 1/2 hours).
2. When done,take chicken off bones, discard bones and skin.
3. Save the broth.
4. Mix together cooked chicken, broccoli, croutettes, and cream of celery soup.
5. (Chicken will shred) Add chicken broth to mixture until well moistened (About 2 cups).
6. Mix in cheddar cheese.
7. Bake in 350* oven for 45 minutes until very hot.

Reviews

[Bev]

Terri, this is wonderful! I subsituted left-over chicken I had baked the night before and cut it into bite-sized pieces and very thin. I sprinkled it with some of the poultry seasoning and used canned chicken broth. The rest of the recipe I made the way the recipe called for. It is so good! If I served it with cranberry sauce I would feel like we are celebrating Thanksgiving all over again! This one is going into my permanent recipe collection! Thanks for sharing!

[HEP MEP]

I made this last night for dinner and it was a big hit with all of us.I too, used boneless, skinless chicken breasts because I had some in the freezer,and also added some chicken base to the water,along with the poultry seasoning.The only other thing I did was to take a can of condensed cream of mushroom soup,dilute it with some milk and sour cream, and used it as a sauce to moisten the helpings.It's very tasty and very easy. Kudos to you!

[*Kathy*]

Very nice. I made it with boneless/skinless chicken breasts and cut chicken cooking time. Didn't have cheddar cheese on hand, substituted swiss cheese. Will make this again.