Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole – crazy good!!! Super simple to make and everyone LOVED this casserole! NO cream of anything soup!! Chicken, ham, swiss tossed in a homemade cream sauce made with butter, flour, milk, lemon juice, dijon mustard, salt, pepper and paprika. Top casserole with panko bread crumbs, butter, seasoning salt and parsley. The whole family LOVED this easy dinner recipe. Can make ahead and refrigerate or freeze for later. #casserole #chickencasserole #weeknightdinner #freezermeal

Can you believe Easter is this weekend?  If you are like us, you will have some leftover ham from your feast on Sunday.  This recipe is a great way to use up some of that Easter ham.  I found this recipe over at Tasty Kitchen and immediately decided to give it a try.  It was fantastic!!

Chicken Legs was the head chef on this dish.  He whisked up the sauce while the oven preheated and this was in the oven in no time.  We used a rotisserie chicken from Costco – it is one of our favorite time savers.  This casserole was creamy, cheesy and full of great flavors.  We both thought it was absolutely delicious.  This is definitely going into the dinner rotation.

Yield: serves 6 to 8Author: Plain ChickenPrint Recipe

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Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole

prep time: 15 MINScook time: 45 MINStotal time: 60 mins

Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole – crazy good!!! Super simple to make and everyone LOVED this casserole! NO cream of anything soup!! Chicken, ham, swiss tossed in a homemade cream sauce made with butter, flour, milk, lemon juice, dijon mustard, salt, pepper and paprika. Top casserole with panko bread crumbs, butter, seasoning salt and parsley. The whole family LOVED this easy dinner recipe. Can make ahead and refrigerate or freeze for later. #casserole #chickencasserole #weeknightdinner #freezermeal

ingredients:

• 6 cups diced cooked chicken (1 whole rotisserie chicken)
• 8-oz diced fully cooked honey ham
• 8 slices baby swiss cheese
• 4 Tbsp butter
• 4 Tbsp flour
• 3-¼ cups milk
• 2 Tbsp lemon juice
• 2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1 tsp kosher salt
• ½ tsp paprika
• ½ tsp pepper
• 1-½ cups panko bread crumbs
• 6 Tbsp butter, melted
• ½ tsp seasoning salt
• 1-½ tsp dried parsley

instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Light spray a 9×13 pan with cooking spray.  Put chopped chicken and ham in baking dish.  Cover with baby swiss cheese slices.
3. Prepare the sauce.  In a large pot, melt butter.  Add flour and stir to form a roux.  Slowly whisk in milk.  Whisk until smooth.  Continue whisking until sauce starts to thicken (2-3 minutes).  Remove from heat and add mustard, lemon juice, salt, paprika and pepper.  Stir to combine.  Pour sauce evenly over the casserole.
4. Combine all the ingredients for the topping and sprinkle over the casserole.
5. Bake uncovered for 45 minutes or until top is golden brown.  Allow to cool 5 minutes before serving.

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