Easy Chicken Pot Pie Casserole

I love to experiment in the kitchen and everyone in my family loves chicken pot pie, but not the prepackaged over floury crust... so I had a little fun with it.

• Ready In: 1 hr 15 mins
• Serves: 6-8
• Yields: 1 casserole

Ingredients

• 1  lb chicken breast
• 1 (10 1/2ounce) can  cream of mushroom soup (cream of chicken can be substituted if you don't like mushroom)
• 1 (7/8ounce) packet  instant  chicken gravy
• 4  ounces  cups water
• 1  medium onion
• 1 (16 ounce) package  mixed vegetables
• 5  medium potatoes (in a hurry? use some thawed french fries)
• 1 (12 ounce) can  flakey biscuits
• 1 (14 1/2ounce) can chicken broth
• 1  teaspoon  italian seasoning
• 1  teaspoon  garlic salt (i recommend the California style with chunks of garlic and parsley)
• 1  teaspoon black pepper
• 1  tablespoon salted butter or 1  tablespoon margarine
• 1⁄4 teaspoon  ground red pepper
• 3  tablespoons all-purpose flour

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Combine broth, butter, pepper, garlic salt, red pepper, Italian season and chicken in baking dish.
3. Bake 25 minutes.
4. Once chicken is cooked remove from baking dish and place in freezer for quick cooling and save liquids. (can be done the night before!).
5. Put the liquid in a bowl and add gravy, soup, and flour. Mix until smooth.
6. Peel and chop potatoes. Rinse and put in a saucepan.
7. Add liquid mixture and water to potatoes and boil 15 minutes or until potatoes soften but don't lose their crispness.
8. Preheat oven to 400°F.
9. Peel and chop onion.
10. Chop cooled chicken into small pieces. (use your best judgement -- you know if you like big chunks or not :) ).
11. Pour liquids, potatoes, mixed veggies, onion, and chicken into large baking dish.
12. Bake 35 minutes.
13. Bake biscuits according to package directions -- (I know it says not to say that, but canned ones are the easiest and you don't need any other ingredients, and they all have different directions. I don't recommend baking the biscuits on top of the casserole because they come out half mushy -- and nobody likes mushy biscuits. Usually they're 400 degrees and if its 450 you can still bake both at the same time by just taking 8 or 10 minutes off the casserole bake time -- but watch closely!).
14. Remove from oven. Allow to cool 5 minutes. Enjoy!