Zippy Chicken & Noodles Casserole
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
6-8
ingredients
- 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
- 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise (regular or light)
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 cups diced cooked chicken
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 1⁄2 cup green peppers or 1/2 cup red pepper, finely chopped (or combination)
- 1⁄2 cup shredded extra-sharp cheddar cheese
- 12 ounces egg noodles or 12 ounces your favorite pasta, cooked & drained
- potato chips, crushed or buttered bread crumb
directions
- In a large bowl, stir together the soup, mayonnaise, and lemon juice until well mixed.
- Add the remaining ingredients except for the crumbs, and GENTLY stir until combined.
- Pour into a lightly greased casserole dish, then top with potato chips or buttered crumbs.
- Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit, about 30 minutes or until hot throughout, and golden brown on top.
- If you like, you can make it in your microwave oven, rather than bake it in the oven.
- Here are the changes: Since I'm not going to be baking it, which would soften the veggies a bit, I microwave the onion and peppers in a glass measuring cup for just a couple minutes to make sure they're going to be tender enough in this dish.
- (Alternately, you could saute them on top of the stove) Then I combine as above, and put it in a microwaveable dish with a cover.
- I heat it on 70% for about 10 minutes, to get it hot and bubbly.
- Of course, this may take longer or shorter in your microwave, depending on starting temperature of ingredients, and the wattage of your oven.
- The last time I made this was for a church potluck dinner.
- I doubled it.
- The only thing large enough to hold it was my 5 quart crockpot, so I took out the removeable stoneware crock, greased it& filled it up.
- Mine has a glass lid, so I covered it with that and stuck the crock in the microwave oven.
- (Micro-cooking in a slow-cooker crock, stand back so you don't get sucked into the time warp!) If yours has a plastic lid, I take no responsibility if you melt it in the microwave.
- After it was good and hot, I plopped it into the electric jacket-thingy part of the crockpot cooker.
- I'm sure there's a technical name for it, but I don't know it.
- I had plugged it in and set it on low, so it was nice and warm already.
- I use a couple heavy rubber bands stretched across the handles to secure the lid.
- This whole thing I slid into a box I keep on hand for just this purpose, and cover with a towel, tucked around it.
- The crockpot fits snugly and no worries about it tipping over in the car.
- A friend once spilled an entire crockpot of french onion soup all over the floor of her minivan.
- I try to learn from OTHER people's mistakes!
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Reviews
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Good busy night casserole!It was back to school night and I needed something quick and easy,this fit the bill perfectly!I only had cream of mushroom soup so thats what I used and it didnt seem to matter,it still turned out a winner:)Thanks for making our dinner tonite so wondeful with your great recipe!!
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