crumb chicken casserole
Someone brought this to a cover dish at the church way back in the eighties. She wouldn't give anyone the recipe. So I took another spoonful to analyze it. This is what I came up with. Don't know if it was her recipe, but we all loved it. I make this a lot for sick friends because it's so easy for them to heat up. In those cases, I make it in disposable aluminum pans. HEAT IT, EAT IT, THROW OUT THE PAN. Give it a try and add your own veggies. I just recently started using the sweet potato. This is anyones recipe....so ENJOY!!!!!!
yield
4 serving(s)
prep time
1 Hr
cook time
50 Min
method
Bake
Ingredients For crumb chicken casserole
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1 bagseasoned croutons
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1/2 stickbutter - melted
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1 cancream of mushroom soup - don't dilute
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1 1/2 cchicken broth
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1/2 cchopped onion
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1/2 cchopped celery
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1/4 clow fat mayonnaise
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1 smsweet potato - diced
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4 cdiced cooked chicken
How To Make crumb chicken casserole
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1Boil your chicken. You can use all boneless chicken breasts, but I like to use my own broth for this, so I use a combination of bone-in, skin on thighs and breasts. I add a little salt maybe 1/2 tsp and pepper to the water for added flavor. When done, take meat off bone and chop into pieces. Strain the broth and set all aside.
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2While the chicken is cooking, put the croutons in a bowl and pour melted butter over top. Mix until croutons are coated. Take half the croutons and spread out in bottom of baking dish. 9 x 9 baking dish makes a thicker casserole. Today I made it in a 9 x 13.
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3Mix the soup, broth from cooking the chicken and mayonnaise together. Add in the onion, celery, sweet potato and chicken. Mix well. At this point I add some seasoning. First I taste for saltiness and add if needed. Pepper, rosemary and thyme are my favorites with this dish.
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4Pour mixture over the croutons in the baking dish. Take the remaining half of croutons and sprinkle over the top.
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5Cover with foil and bake for 45 - 50 minutes until it's bubbly all through. Last 5 minutes, I uncover to toast up the croutons.
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