Sunday, July 26, 2015

Chicken Noodle Casserole

Ingredients:

4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
6 ounces egg noodles
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 cup sour cream
1/2 tsp. salt
ground black pepper to taste
1 cup crumbled buttery round crackers
1/2 cup butter

Directions:

1. Poach chicken in a large pot of simmering water.  Cook until no longer pick in center, about 12 minutes.  Remove from pot and set aside.  Bring chicken cooking water to a boil and cook pasta in it. Drain.  Cut into small pieces or shred chicken and mix with noodles.*(see Tweeks)

2.  In a separate bowl, mix together mushroom soup, chicken soup, and sour cream.  Season with salt and pepper.  Gently stir together cream soup mixture with the chicken mixture.  Place in a 2 quart baking dish.

3.  Melt butter in a small saucepan, and remove from heat.  Stir in crumbled crackers.  Top casserole with the buttery crackers.

4.  Bake at 350 degrees F for about 30 minutes, until heated through and browned on top.

Tweeks: I used 2 chicken breasts and added 8-10 sliced Portobello Mushrooms to make up for the other 2 chicken breasts.  Also added 3-4 Tablespoons finely chopped onions.  The canned soups I used were: Cream of Mushroom with Roasted Garlic and Cream of Chicken with Mushrooms. * I added the Mushrooms and onions to the chicken and noodles mixture.  Mine took 5-10 longer to cook.