Kathy's Country Chicken Casserole

Submitted by BamaKathy

"My son asked last night, "Mom how do you know how to make this?" I said, "Hmm...don't know. Been cooking it forever." He said, "Well when I move out, please write it down for me. This stuff is great!" (Then I start worrying about him "moving out" someday, but my husband assures me the son will never leave as long as I keep cooking like this for him.)"

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 473.18 ml medium pasta shells or 473.18 ml your favorite pasta, cooked drained
• 3-4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite sized pieces (or can use canned chicken as shortcut)
• 29.57 ml butter
• 822.13 g can mixed vegetables, drained
• 354.88 ml grated mild cheddar cheese
• 304.75 g can cream of mushroom soup
• 304.75 g can cream of chicken soup
• 113.39 g can French-fried onions
• salt and pepper
• 1.23 ml garlic salt

directions

1. Brown chicken in butter until no longer pink (while your pasta cooks).
2. Drain pasta, and combine chicken, pasta, mixed vegetables, cheese, soups, and spices into 9 x 13 glass casserole.
3. Bake covered with foil, at 350 degrees for 25 minutes.
4. Remove foil, cover top with french fried onions.
5. Return, uncovered, to oven for about five more minutes or until onions are slightly browned.

Reviews

[ChefRaylene]

My dh loved this dish. He couldn't get enough of it. It surprised me how much he enjoyed this. I had cooked this the same night I made a chicken pot pie that i've been making for years. He wouldn't touch the chicken pot pie. I guess this will be our new favorite chicken casserole. Thanks so much for posting. ChefRaylene

 

[Maribeli]

My husband LOVED this dish! He went back for seconds and thirds! I added Italian Seasoning and Poultry Seasoning to the mix and subbed crushed croutons for the onions as we really don't like them. I will definitely be making this again and again for hubby! Thanks for the fab recipe!

 

[evewitch]

This was easy and turned out well, except that I should have added more salt (I guess I needed an exact amount). It makes a lot, and you have to be careful when stirring it in the pan.

 

[julieAG945]

This was a great recipe! Everyone in the family liked it very much. However, our tastes run to the more spicy dishes and although I added chopped onion, a dash of Tabasco and red pepper it still was a tad on the blandish side. I also added sharp cheese instead of the mild. I will definitely use this again with some tweaking for our tastes. Thanks for posting it!

 

[Alisa Lea]

Oh yum... this was SO good. I especially loved the fried onions on top. This is definitely a "repeat" recipe Kathy.