Recipe: Perfect Chicken Casserole

Chicken Casserole. They're tasty, easy to prepare, don't require a lot of dishes and freeze well for future meals. Through the years, I developed this version that takes less time to prepare and still tastes great. Our best chicken bakes give dinner a flavor boost.

Serve with mashed or boiled potatoes, or rice. It also has the added advantage of turning boring chicken breasts into something a bit more exciting. Scroll down for the detailed directions. You can have Chicken Casserole using 8 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chicken Casserole

1. It's 16 oz of can Chicken.
2. Prepare 1 can of Condensed Chicken Noodle Soup.
3. Prepare 1 can of Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup.
4. Prepare 1 envelope of Chicken Noodle Soup.
5. Prepare 1 can of Sweet Peas.
6. You need 16 oz of Wheat Macaroni.
7. Prepare of Water.
8. Prepare of Salt.

Here are the basic steps: Cook the chicken. You're just one dish away from a crowd-pleasing meal. By Carly Breit and Jennifer Aldrich. Chicken is perfect to have on hand for an easy dinner option.

Chicken Casserole step by step

1. Get the water boiling for pasta in a large pot. Salt..
2. Break up chicken in frying pan..
3. Add can of chicken noodle, heat on low and continue to break up chicken..
4. Add mushroom soup stir..
5. Add pasta to the boiling salted water in the pot and cook until ala dente..
6. Mean while, break up the clump of seasoning in the envelope and drop contents on the gravy in the frying pan..
7. Ladle on about 4oz of the pasta water on the dry soup..
8. Cook gravy on low about 8 minutes stirring frequently, it will thicken with the dry soup mix blending in..
9. Stir in drained peas to gravy toward the end of the eight minutes..
10. Drain pasta and put back in pot..
11. Add the gravy to the pasta and toss it around in the pot..
12. Serve in bowls. Letting it cool to warm before serving enhances the flavors..

It can be frozen for up to a month so is perfect for batch cooking. Cream of chicken soup: I prefer Cream of Chicken Soup with Herbs as it gives the dish some extra flavor but regular cream of chicken soup or cream of mushroom soup can be used instead. A hearty meal that's family friendly and easy to make! This is the faster way I make Chicken Stew - using boneless chicken thigh fillets cut into large pieces, simmered with vegetables until tender in a rich, dark stew sauce. Salt and pepper chicken to taste.