Gobble. Gobble. No, not the sound of turkeys–but the battle cry of thousands of American’s on Thanksgiving day.
Here at Chez Living Juicy we decided to play it low key. I decided to cook, but not the usual massive fare of tradition. On Monday I was inspired by the Amateur Gourmet and I roasted a chicken. It was delicious; however, since I could only find a 5 lb. chicken we had a lot of chicken left over.
I’m not a big fan of turkey and I didn’t want to roast another giant bird. So, instead I used the leftover chicken and I started looking for a casserole dish on the Internet. I found a couple but none of them fit exactly what I had in my pantry, and I wanted to avoid the stores on Thanksgiving Day. So, I did a bit of experimentation and I’ve created a recipe I can call my own–but I’m going to share it with you in the spirit of the season.
If I had used Turkey (which would totally work) I would have called it A One Dish Thanksgiving Feast, but since it was chicken I’m calling it Chicken Alfredo Stuffing Casserole. Recipe below the photo. Enjoy! We did. In fact, it’s all gone today.
Chicken Alfredo Stuffing Casserole by Syd
Ingredients:
- 15-20 oz. cooked chicken (I used two large breast, 1 thigh, 1 drumstick, 2 wings and I estimate that to between 15-20 oz, it was enough to cover the bottom of my 9×13 dish).
- 6 slices of gouda cheese
- 1/4 cup cheddar cheese
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 can milk
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup garlic alfredo sauce
- Pepper to taste
- Pinch cayenne pepper
- 1 box stuffing
Directions:
- Preheat oven @ 325 degrees.
- Layer chicken on the bottom of a 9×13 dish.
- Layer cheese over chicken.
- In a bowl mix 1 can of mushroom soup, 1 can of milk, 1/2 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup alfredo sauce, pepper and cayenne.
- Pour mixture over cheese.
- Layer Stuffing over soup mixture.
- Bake for 25 minute, stir the casserole so the stuffing becomes saturated. Bake for 5 more minutes.
This last step happened because I checked it with 5 minutes to go and I was disappointed that the stuffing didn’t look–well stuffing like–it was more like a breaded crust (see the photo below).
So, I took a chance and stirred it. It came out perfectly. It was like eating chicken, stuffing and garlic potatoes in one. Though there are not potatoes in the recipe the creamy soup mix just felt thick and delicious like mashed potatoes. It was very good and I hope you enjoy it.
Hey, what did you eat on Thanksgiving? Did you make anything delicious?
