Chicken Casserole Recipes Weeknight Dinner Ideas

There is nothing quite as warming and comforting as a luscious chicken stew. We have a nice selection of chicken casserole recipes for your perusal.

The chicken we are familiar with is Gallus domesticus or the domestic chicken. We use this versatile meat in many of our chicken and rice recipes. Chicken is a healthy meal option for our everyday dinners.

However, the heritage of the chicken stems from four species of jungle fowl from southeast Asia.

Furthermore, the species of fowl, likely to be the ancestor of our domestic chicken is the red jungle fowl or Gallus bankiva. This is the most common species of wildfowl in the world today.

Chicken Casserole Recipes

Chicken is almost a national dish in Spain. The addition of bold Spanish seasoning gives your everyday chicken casserole a whole new twist.

Chicken is a very popular meal choice throughout the world. Many cuisines add spice to give the chicken extra flavour.

However, the chicken casserole dishes featured here are simple, warming comfort foods, loved by the British for Sunday lunch.

And, more importantly, they are loved by me because chicken complies with the permissible meats of The Wahls Protocol.

Broccoli Chicken Divan Stew

Even the pickiest family is sure to love this comforting Chicken Divan Casserole.

I was curious about the name of this dish so, I was delighted when Kaylee offered an explanation.

Apparently the dish takes its name from the restaurant in which it was devised. Chicken Divan Casserole comes from the Divan Parisienne Restaurant in New York City.

This really easy recipe may not suit the extra scrupulous gastronome because it uses a can of cream of chicken soup as the base for the sauce.

Chicken and Stuffing Bake

With only 6 pantry essential ingredients this Chicken and Stuffing Casserole is great for a weeknight meal and good enough for dinner guests,

We are not sure where this recipe comes from but, we have a pretty good idea where it is going – in your tummy.

An easy recipe that uses canned cream of mushroom soup and shop-bought stuffing mix to produce a quick and simple meal idea.

Chicken Parmesan Casserole

The beauty of this chicken parmesan casserole dish is that you can make it with frozen chicken tenders or leftover rotisserie chicken.

We are all familiar with the phrase “the sum of the parts is greater than the whole”. An expression that is definitely true of this combination of crispy, breaded chicken, rigatoni, marinara sauce and a generous quantity of parmesan cheese.

Preparing breaded chicken can be a bit of a task. So, I like to prepare a large batch to be frozen for future use.

Million Dollar Chicken Surprise

If you need a super tasty, filling chicken dinner, this million-dollar chicken casserole will definitely fit the bill.

Combining chicken, cream cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, garlic and onion together with a can of cream of chicken soup will produce a heavenly dinner.

And the surprise! You top this casserole with crushed Ritz Crackers. Although other cracker biscuits are available.

Creamy Chicken Casserole and Potato Bake

This is a superb one-pot meal. Creamy Chicken and Potato Bake is a complete meal in one. The crispy potato topping elevates this dish to gourmet level.

The crispy potato topping uses scalloped potatoes. These are very finely sliced potatoes that you can produce with a sharp kitchen knife or with a mandolin if you have one in your kitchen toolkit.

All of the ingredients for this Creamy Chicken and Potato Bake are cooked together in one skillet before being transferred to an oven dish to be baked in the oven after being topped with the scalloped potatoes.

Chicken Ranch Pasta Bake

You could make this Chicken Ranch Pasta Bake your family’s favourite meal. If you like your chicken dinner to be bursting with the flavour of bacon and mozzarella, then this dish is right up your street.

If you like a creamy Ranch sauce, this pasta bake can be rustled up quickly for a midweek snack to satiate your hungry kids.

A nice juicy chicken breast coated in in ranch seasoning and sautéed in a non-stick skillet will create a wonderful chicken to drizzle with your favourite ranch sauce.

And you are sure to increase your standing in the Mom of the Year competition.

Cracked Out Chicken Tater Tot

A really easy chicken casserole to prepare. You will only need only a few minutes to assemble the basic dish. This can be left to cool and you can freeze some or all of it for later.

This recipes calls for the use of frozen tater tots and, as a non-American resident, I had to Google “tater tots” to find out what they are.

These delicious bite-sized potato pates are made from deasoned, grated potato which are deep-fried before serving.