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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If asparagus would be added should it be partially cooked or raw?
It would just depend on how crispy you like your asparagus.
My husband and teenaged grandson LOVED this!! I wasn’t too crazy about it but that doesn’t matter cause they both said this is definitely in the rotation, lol. Thanks for making their evening 😋
Made the casserole last night and it was very tasty,had to substitute cream of mushroom for cream of chicken and it was delicious will make it again with cream of chicken and add some peas. Thanks for a great recipe.
I added noodles, turned out super good!! Family loves it!
I’m makin it now except I added a cup or so of a Mexican blend cheese to the mixture an im.waitin another 25 mins. An it will b done and im sure very yummy and if its not VERY YUMMY, ill leave another message OTHERWISE IT MEANS IT CAME OUT DELICIOUS! THANK YOU FOR THE RECIPE YUMMY IN THE TUMMY!!!
I want to make a 9×13 casserole. What changes in the amount of ingredients should I make?
double it
Do you think it would be ok to make with cream of chicken with herbs soup instead of just plain cream of chicken?
sure
I made with Cream of chicken with herb soup . Thank you for the recipe, it is now my go-to for chicken casserole. Yummy 😋
If you want to add fresh broccoli florets, would you add them raw or blanch a little bit first?
That is up to you.
Thank you for the tip!😁
What percent cottage cheese do you use? Non-fat, 1%?
Whatever is fine.
I made this last night and it was a hit! It has a different flavor that we aren’t used to, but it turned out being very delicious. We have enough leftovers that we will have it again tonight. I served it with broccoli/cheese sauce and a dinner roll. Tonight I’ll serve it with fruit and mixed veggies. Yummy.
No salt or pepper?
It is up to you
I only had one cooked chicken breast left from night before which barely made two cups shredded. So I added a can of tuna to the chicken and it was really good!!!! Thanks for the change of routine!
I added frozen broccoli to this recipe. It was delicious. I just thawed and diced. Used half the chicken amt. And substituted the remaining amount with broccoli
How much do I change the ingredients for a 13×9 pan versus 9×9?
Double everything
I only have a 13×9 pan instead of a 9×9 pan, how much more of each ingredient would I use?
Double it all
This was absolutely delicious!!