My friend and college roomie Christa shared this Chicken Casserole - Freezer Cooking recipe with me. She has it on her monthly menu plan and her family loves it. I hope you enjoy it too! My family loves it as much as hers! It is a crowd pleaser for sure! We love to serve this with Green Beans Almondine for a complete dinner! Chicken Casserole is a yummy Freezer Cooking Recipe.
Ingredients
- 2 cups cooked chicken cut up (boil, bake or use a rotisserie chicken)
- 1 pkg of Pepperidge farm cornbread stuffing mix do not mix use as is
Soup Mix:
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 can cream of chicken soup or 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup of chicken broth
- ½ stick of butter
- 1 rib stick of celery, chopped
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp sage
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Cook chicken (or use a rotisserie chicken)
- Melt butter in casserole dish (this also greases the pan).
- Pour melted butter into a bowl.
- Add to your butter the cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken soup (or you can substitute 1 cup sour cream) chicken broth, celery, onion, 1 egg, sage and salt and pepper to taste.
- In buttered casserole dish, place a layer of Pepperidge Farm stuffing mix, a layer of chicken, a layer of soup mix, a layer of Pepperidge Farm stuffing mix (be sure your top layer is stuffing mix).
- Bake 350 for 45 minutes.
- If you are preparing for the freezer BAKE and then thaw and reheat.
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Caitlin
How would you recommend freezing this one? After it's done baking and cooling?
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
I prefer to bake and then re-heat on this one.
Aubrey
do you prepare in a (aluminum pan) casserole dish , including the stuffing layer and then freeze?
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
Yes, you do.
Kristina
I'm a little confused as I didn't see an instructions for the freezing part. Do I put everything in the big in the freezer, even the stuffing? Maybe I missed the point, but I thought freezer cooking was pull bag from freezer, thaw, dump and cook.
lea
this is a casserole so you'd prepare the casserole cover and freeze. when time to cook pull it out thaw over night then pop in the oven.
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
Exactly what Lea said. You can either bake and then freeze (thaw and reheat) or you can prepare the casserole, cover and freeze (thaw and bake).
Sophia
Hi, a stalk of celery is a rib or the whole head here? Thanks.
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
rib 🙂
Loretta
Pretty sure I just messed up, do you make the cornbread mix according to package and put in pan
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
No - you don't mix according to package. It is the 8 oz Pepperidge Farm package.
Mandy
Do I boil the chicken or cook in skillet? Then place in casserole dish for freezing? This sounds to be yummy I wanna be sure so I don't mess it up
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
Yes, you use cooked chicken for this one so you can either bake it, boil it or even use a rotisserie chicken for this recipe.
Irene
Is it really 2 cans of chicken broth? Everything is floating in my casserole dish.
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
It is not Irene! This recipe had an error in it and we have updated. It should have been 1 cup of chicken broth. I hope you can possibly drain and I am deeply sorry! We have updated the recipe with the correct measurement.
Mandi
What kind of soup mix did you use? I was thinking a french onion might be good but want to make sure I get this right...
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
1 can cream of mushroom soup and 1 can cream of chicken soup - But I agree french onion sounds great!
Sharon Steere
I am allergic to any corn products. Do you think I could substitute bread cubes without corn syrup of course)for the corn bread stuffing? Does the cornbread stuffing mix come with spices that I would be missing when I make my substitution? The recipe sounds delicious otherwise! Thanks for your freeze ahead meals! Sharon
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
Yes, but I would use seasoned bread crumbs for sure!
Jennifer
So far looking good! I have just prepared two of these simultaneously in square disposable pans to freeze (double made two very full looking casseroles!)- we are preparing for Baby # 2, and are making lots of casseroles and other meals in advance for freezing so we don't starve!!! Hope it tastes as good as it smells 😀
Jen
Should I prepare the stuffing mix or just dump it in from the box?
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
Just dump it from the box.
donna Carpenter
I had an issue with cream soup freezing in Long shard-like pieces that I couldn't blend out. It was right out of the can so that might have made a difference. What you think? I thought about using my own homemade gravy, but the easy way would be good.
Amy M
Hi there! What time and temp would you do to reheat after freezing and thawing overnight?
june hamiltonjune hamilton
What size bag stuffing mix?
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
Pepperidge Farm Herb Seasoned Classic Stuffing 14 oz
Jane
I am in Australia. What would be 1/2 a stick of butter - 250g?
Melissa@StockpilingMoms
1 stick or 1/2 cup butter is equal to 4 ounces, or 113 grams.