Million Dollar Chicken Casserole – This is our go-to chicken casserole! SO easy to make and tastes like a million bucks! Chicken, cream cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, onion, garlic, cream of chicken soup, topped with crushed Ritz crackers and butter. Can make this casserole in advance and refrigerate or freeze for later. #chicken #casserole #chickencasserole #ritzcrackers
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Chicken casseroles are a weeknight staple at our house. I am always thinking of ways to change them up so we don’t get bored with the same old thing. This Million Dollar Chicken Casserole is a kicked-up version of the classic Chicken Poppy Seed Casserole I ate growing up with cream cheese, cottage cheese, and sour cream. This casserole is super simple to make and tastes like a million bucks! Serve the casserole with some green beans and crusty bread and dinner is done!!
How to Make Million Dollar Chicken Casserole
This chicken casserole is super easy to make. Start with a rotisserie chicken. Remove the skin and pull the meat off the bones. Next simply combine the chicken, cottage cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, cream of chicken soup, garlic powder, and onion powder. Spread the chicken mixture into a baking dish, top with crushed Ritz crackers and bake.
Can this Casserole be Frozen?
This Million Dollar Chicken Casserole makes a great make-ahead meal and freezer meal. I usually double the recipe when I make this. I bake one and freeze one for later. You can freeze the casserole baked or unbaked. To bake the casserole after freezing, thaw overnight in the refrigerator and bake as directed below. To reheat the casserole after freezing, thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Cover the casserole with foil and bake at 350ºF for 30 to 40 minutes.
What to Serve with the Best Chicken Casserole
This Million Dollar Chicken Casserole is a family favorite. We make this at least once a month. We like to serve this with some green beans, asparagus or broccoli. Here are a few of our favorite recipes from the blog that go great with this easy chicken casserole:
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Million Dollar Chicken Casserole
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 4½ cups chopped cooked chicken
- 4- oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 (10.5-oz) can Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp dried onion powder
- 1 sleeve Ritz crackers, crushed
- 5 Tbsp butter, melted
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 9×9-inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
- Combine chicken, cream cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, garlic powder, onion powder, and cream of chicken soup. Spread into prepared pan.
- Combine crushed crackers and butter, sprinkle over chicken mixture..
- Bake uncovered 30 to 40 minutes.
Notes:
- Use a rotisserie chicken for quick prep of the cooked chicken.
- You want the cream cheese to be very soft so it gets fully incorporated into the casserole. Microwave the cream cheese for 15 to 20 seconds if you are short on time.
- Can prepare through step 3 and refrigerate or freeze for later.
- To bake after freezing, thaw completely and bake as directed above.
- For a gluten-free dish, use gluten-free Cream of Chicken soup and crushed pork rinds instead of Ritz crackers.
- 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/
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Yummy, yummy, yummy! EVERYONE loved it and so easy!
Can I use condensed cream of chicken soup?
That is what the recipe calls for, so, yes.
Made this a couple of weeks ago and everyone loved it. Served with egg noodles and a side of broccoli. Making again tonight and serving again with egg noodles as the sauce goes perfectly and will side with green beans! Thanks for the simple, yummy recipe!
Great combinations, I made this recipe just as written, tasting it before adding topping and baking. For our family’s taste preferences, it was a bit bland, so I bumped up the powdered garlic to 1 1/2 teaspoons…. that was just the ticket! Lovely, bubbly rich goodness. Served with wild rice and green beans.
If baked in a 9 x 11 dish, will I get 6 to 8 heeping servings?
As long as you didn’t change the quantity of the ingredients the serving size wouldn’t change. I’m not sure what your definition of “heeping” is, but this should feed 6 regular people.
What size casserole dish? Dimensions?Just 9″ seems to indicate a pie plate.
9-inch square baking dish
I was thinking of making this recipe into a chicken pot pie. Just add veggies. It’s very good. Made it for a neighbor tonight.
I made this just as it says and it came out amazing!!I love it and will definitely make it again for family and or friends💖💖
Looks. Delicious My son and I love anything rich and creamy.
Oh my!! This was so easy to make and SO DELICIOUS! I made it with rabbit and it was amazing.
This was a huge hit at my house tonight! I didn’t have cream cheese so just added a bit more cottage cheese. Used cream of mushroom soup because that’s all the soup I had. Served it over white rice with a side of green beans. I was craving comfort food tonight and this was just perfect. Will make again for sure!!
How long can I store the casserole in the freezer ?
I was wondering how much rice to use? Is Jasmine rice ok? How much extra liquid is needed? Thanks so much!
That would be up to you.
Can you freeze this casserole?
yes
Besides rotisserie chicken, how’s best way to cook the chicken?
You can boil it, bake it, pan sear it, or grill it.
This is very good. I was skeptical because I do not like Cottage cheese but entire family was sold on this one!
YAY! So glad you gave it a try with the cottage cheese. I also do not like cottage cheese, but it is delicious in casseroles.