French Onion Chicken Noodle Casserole Recipe – egg noodles, french onion dip, cream of chicken soup, cheese, chicken topped with French fried onions – LOVE this casserole! Can make ahead and freezer for later. You can even split it between two foil pans – one for now and one for the freezer. Super easy main dish with only 6 ingredients that tastes great! Everyone RAVES about this casserole!
One of our new favorites is the French Onion Potato Casserole I made a few months ago. It is SO delicious. I make it all the time. I started thinking about what else I could use french onion dip in and thought about this chicken noodle casserole. I have a “Cracked Out” version that is crazy good, so I substituted the crack flavors for the french onion dip. To up the onion flavor, I topped the casserole with a can of fried onions. This was SO good. We ate this for dinner and leftover for lunch a few days. This would also be a good freezer meal. Just mix up the casserole and pop in the freezer until you are ready to serve it. Let the casserole thaw in the fridge all day. If it is still frozen when you are ready to bake, add about 15 minutes to the baking time.
French Onion Chicken Noodle Casserole
Ingredients:
- 4 cups cooked chopped chicken
- 2 (10.75-oz) cans cream of chicken soup
- 1 (16-oz) container refrigerated French Onion Dip, sour cream based
- 1 cup cheddar cheese
- 12- oz egg noodles
- 1 cup crushed French fried onions
Instructions:
- Cook egg noodles according to package directions, drain.
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray.
- Combine chicken, soup, dip, and cheese. Stir in cooked egg noodles.
- Pour mixture into prepared pan. Top with crushed french fried onions.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes, until heated through.
Notes:
This recipe uses a container of refrigerated sour cream based French onion dip, such as Dean’s, Great Value, Barbers, Heluva Good Dip, or Kraft.
Can make the casserole in advance and refrigerate or freeze for later.
To bake after freezing, thaw completely and bake as directed above.
To reheat after freezing, thaw completely. Cover with aluminum foil and bake 30 to 40 minutes, until heated through.
Steph
Do you think this would work with a different topping, like crushed crackers? I don't have french fried onions on hand.
Sure! Crackers, cornflakes – or you could even cook it without any topping. Enjoy!
Do you think this would be good with a different topping, possibly crushed crackers? I do not have french fried onions on hand
Sure! You can even cook it without any topping. Enjoy!
I used these crazy looking Italian Trottole pasta and added broccoli and sliced carrots. Yummy in your tummy!
This is so good! Served w side of sweet peas. Delish!
I made this and LOVED it! I would like to take it to a pot luck. Do you think its possible to make in the crock pot?
I think it would be fine cooked in the crock pot.
Any suggestions for sides?
I made it with roasted broccoli. The next day, I heated the casserole and broccoli together and mixed it up….delicious!!!
Are the noodles boiled before you bake? I haven't seen that listed anywhere in the recipe?
It is the first line of the directions – you cook them according to the package directions and drain them.
Can you make day before and refrigerate?
Absolutely!
What is the side you served with this recipe in the picture?
It is just a side of field peas.
Can this be made as a freezer meal? It sounds delicious and I would love to add it to our menu for when baby comes. Any advice would be helpful! Thanks!!
I think it would be fine to freeze it.
Wow! This was really good! Thanks so much for sharing this recipe! It was a huge hit in our household!
Made this for dinner tonight and it was delicious! It was a hit with the entire family. I boiled the chicken breasts before chopping them, used Great Value French Onion Dip and doubled the French fried onions on the top. Great comfort food recipe for the fall season 🙂
I was wondering if it would be weird to use rotisserie chicken for this.
I always use rotisserie chicken. Always comes out wonderfully.
Could you prepare this ahead of time and freeze before baking?
In the description before the recipe itself it says you can freeze.
Thanks so much for this recipe! My family really enjoyed it. I made a video of how I put this together for my YouTube channel.
Here's the link: http://youtu.be/CpqrzIafqoE