Chicken Casserole

[nige]

Any one got a chicken casserole recipe to share?

[Fazerfish]

I second this request, wife just asked about something like that a couple days ago, and I have no ideas......

[RebelSS]

Yup.

Chicken with Peppers & Rice

1 can of Cream of Celery soup

1 can of Chicken with Herbs soup

1 small/medium green pepper

1 medium Onion

1/3 cup milk

1/3 cup water

1 1/2 cups instant white rice

1 tsp ground black pepper (or to taste)

1 1/2 lbs boneless, skinless, chicken breast

Paprika

Parsley

Dice pepper & onions. Combine with milk, water, rice, soup. Rub top of chicken breasts with oil; sprinkle with paprika and parsley. Place in large (10" x 10") casserole baking dish. Pour mixture lightly over and around chicken breasts.

Bake covered in a 375 degree oven for 40 minutes; uncover and cook for 20-30 minutes more or until rice has absorbed liquid and is fluffy. Cover and let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

Enjoy! I won a casserole cook-off with this recipe over 15 yrs ago....still tastes just as good!

[Fazerfish]

Sounds tasty RebelSS, Thanks

- question -

Is that Cream of Chicken with herbs soup?

[Harmonica Bear]

My Sister might kill or disown me for this. Substitue chicken for turkey and it should work just fine. This is really good. Thanks Ingrid!

5 lbs. cut up cooked turkey

4 pcs celery )

large onion )saute onion, celery in butter

1 stick of butter )

3 reg cans or 1 large can of cream of chicken soup

1 1/2 lbs cashews - (I use halves)

1 lbs cheddar cheese

1 bag of plain bread cubes

Put bread cubes in bottom of large aluminum (throwaway) pan

drizzle some melted butter over them

Mix turkey, onion & celery mixture, cheese and put on bread cubes (save some cheese for the top)

I put some pepper over it. I don't use any salt as the soup is salty enough sometimes.

Take soup and dilute to make creamy and runny - I add some chicken bouillon cubes (crushed) to give it flavor

Pour over - I use fork and poke some holes so the soup goes down to the bread cubes

Bake at 325 for an hour covered -

top with cashews and put back in oven uncovered for 30 minutes

Enjoy!!!!!

[RebelSS]

Fazerfish: oops....yes, that is cream of chicken with herbs!

[thirdeye]

Here is one called King Ranch Casserole, it's been around awhile my Grandma had a version in her recipe box. You need some leftover (or freshly grilled) chicken and all these ingredients... more or less. It is after all a casserole. Heheheee. My recipe follows. Versions of it are all over the internet too.

It's meant to cook in the oven, but sometimes I do mine in my Big Green Egg because a little smoke really makes the cheese and sauce taste great.

It gets a layer of cheese at the end, and served with some salsa on top.

First, I cooked some legs and grilled the jalapenos, then picked the meat off the bone. After that it was all pretty easy, the onion and green pepper were sauteed and the soups were mixed with some chicken broth. Tortillas went into the bottom of the dish and the layering was as follows: chicken, onion & pepper, jalapenos, garlic, melting cheese, and soup. This was repeated but this time the final topping was some Ro-Tel tomatoes. About 40 minutes into the cook some yellow cheese was added, then some home made salsa went on at the end. This takes about 35 or 40 minutes to cook at 350°. It will get all bubbly and let you know when it's done.

[Harmonica Bear]

Wow- -does that look good!

[Jim Almquist]

Very tasty looking indeed!

[Dark Cloud]

That looks awesome!

Are the tortillas layered in like lasagna?

Thanks for sharing...

[thirdeye]

Yeah, exactly. You can tear them or use scissors to cut them into strips if that works easier. Oil the pan and put some in the bottom of the pan, then add them in wherever in the layers of everything else.

And speaking of lasagna, tortillas are a great substitute for the egg noodles. A guy on another forum calls it enchilasagna. Hehehee.

[KEN W]

Do you add cummin or chili powder to give it a good mexican taste?

[thirdeye]

You bet you could. Or some oregano maybe too. I recall putting some leftover corn in there once that was pretty good.

You know, I look at things like this (as well as chili, or beef stew, etc.) and figure that if you only know one recipe you can only make one dish.... but if you know the general technique, you can make a bunch of recipes.