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!
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Pin This RecipeOne 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 (10.5-oz) cans Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup
- 1 (16-oz) container refrigerated French Onion Dip, sour cream based
- 1 cup shredded 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.
- I suggest using Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup in this dish to control the sodium.
- You can buy it by the case at Amazon: https://amzn.to/49n4uZE
- Need Gluten-free Cream of Chicken Soup? You can buy it here: https://amzn.to/3MtqQ1s
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-cream-of-chicken-soup/
- 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.
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I loved this recipe but tweaked it a little. I send the whole bag of egg noodles, rotisserie chicken and I added a can of French Onion Soup. Gave it a little more flavor. Easy recipe.
Wonderful recipe! I made half tonight for my husband and I and froze half of the mixture to give to my daughter when she comes home from college this weekend! That way when she’s busy in classes and work she can just pop it in the oven!
Long forgotten from 7 yrs ago…don’t expect to get an answer at this point. Really enjoyed this and will use it but…what was the side on the dish in the photo…black/pinto beans? Looks delish…have a recipe for it?
THX!
BB
Field peas with green beans
So yummy!! Family agreed it should be added to our rotation. Made exactly with whole wheat egg noodles & added mixed veggies. Delish! Thank you!!
I want to make this, but can’t have sour cream. Is there a substitution for that? Sounds amazing.
Plain Greek Yogurt
I made this and added green peas to it.
My family loved it!
This is one of our favorite recipes! Don’t be afraid if you are intimidated by the amount of onion flavoring- when everything is mixed together properly, the onion does NOT dominate! It is soooooo yummy!!!!
Made this tonight and everyone loved it! My husband, my 14 year old daughter, and my 11 year old son all literally said, “This is good. This is really good.” My son isn’t much of an eater-ever- and he asked for seconds. My husband had seconds and thirds. He works 3-11 and said he would be having more when he comes home tonight.
It’s similar to most casseroles with a protein, pasta, and cream of anything soup, (like turkey tetrazzini, for example) but what I liked best was that it took just minutes to throw together using a cut up rotisserie chicken. Everyone loved the crunch and flavor kick from the french fried onions, too!
It’s nice to have something that everyone really enjoys!
It’s good but makes a TON. Really this could feed eight, keeping with instructions. I used cream of chicken with herbs.
Can you freeze the leftovers?
Yes
I made this recipe tonight and it is amazing! I made chicken in the crockpot with both cans of Cream of Chicken, 1 can of chicken broth, and one packet of Chicken Gravy. Cooked on low for 4-6 hours, long enough for the chicken to fall apart. By dinner time, I boiled and drained noodles, mixed my chicken with the rest of the recipe (Dip, Cheese & crunchy French Onion). Cooked on 350 for 30 min. and I’m still drooling over this one! Thank you for sharing.
I’m about to put this in my crockpot now😋😋
Whats the side dish shown??
Field peas with snaps
I’ve made this many times in the past as listed… I love it!! Can I use macaroni noodles instead? If so should I use more since they are smaller?
Can leftovers be frozen. This was good but it made way more than we could eat.
Yes
Loved this yummy casserole. I cut it in half and it was still to much for my small family. I served it with fresh asparagus and crescent rolls. I will make it again and the next time I will freeze half of it
This was excellent. Best chicken casserole I have made. I will make this again and again. I don’t like the ingredient list of french onion dip so I missed onion seasoning with sour cream and used half the pasta. Thank you,
This is husband’s favorite casseroleconnie
Love this hot dish. I’ve made this a few times and the family loves it. Great with a side of green beans.
This one is going into regular rotation for our family. Everyone had seconds! So good! Thanks for a new family favorite! I served it with garllic green beans and corn.