Almond Chicken Casserole

Submitted by Dancer

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 5 cups boneless skinless chicken breasts (diced)
• 1⁄2 cup mayonnaise
• 1⁄2 cup plain yogurt
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 3⁄4 teaspoon white pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 3 teaspoons chopped onions
• 4 cups cooked rice
• 8 ounces sliced water chestnuts
• 1 1⁄2 cups sliced almonds
• 1 cup chopped celery
• 2⁄3 cup butter
• 3 cups corn flakes

directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F degrees.
2. Mix chicken, mayonnaise, yogurt, soup, broth, pepper, salt, lemon juice, onion, rice, water chestnuts, 1 C. almonds, and celery together.
3. Put into a lg. buttered casserole dish.
4. Mix remaining almonds, butter, and corn flakes together and top casserole with mixture.
5. Bake for 35-45 minutes.

Reviews

[Chicagopm]

This was a very tasty casserole! I didn't have corn flakes so I used 1 cup of corn flake crumbs in it's place. Also, I didn't have any plain yogurt so I subsituted sour cream in it's place. This made a very large casserole. I think it would serve more like 6 to 8 people or more(assuming that you'd serve something besides the casserole. :o) ). I think that this would be a good casserole to take to a pot luck dinner due to the high calorie count - I don't think that my jeans could take it if I made it just for myself again. LOL. I liked the various textures in this recipe and I will definitely make this again and share it with my skinny friends!

 

[Sassy J]

This was a little too liquidy, so I would cut the chicken broth down to 1 cup. Also would try reducing the butter to 1/2 cup. Used 2 T lemon juice, black pepper instead of white and left out the onions. Needs a little fine tuning for our taste, but has great potential. Makes a huge casserole.

 

[Felix4067]

I cut the amounts back a lot, and it still barely fit in my largest casserole and gave us enough for six servings. This was really different, but tasty. Something I'll probably make again when I find myself with way too many almonds like I did this weekend.

 

[ebburtis]

I made several adjustments to this recipe to reduce the fat and calories and it is still really good. I used light mayo, fat-free yogurt and reduced fat soup. I reduced the corn flakes to 1 cup and used 4 tbsp melted butter which I drizzled on top of the almond and crumb mixture. I am taking this to a pot luck today and can't wait to see how people like it.