Million Dollar Chicken Noodle Casserole – GREAT weeknight chicken casserole. Super easy to make and tastes like a million bucks!! Can make ahead and freeze for a quick meal later! Egg noodles, cooked chicken, cottage cheese, cream cheese, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, onion, garlic, cheddar cheese, and french fried onions. Everyone cleaned their plate and went back for seconds!
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Stop what you are doing and add this Million Dollar Chicken Noodle Bake to your menu. It is dangerously delicious! Chicken and noodles loaded with cream cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, cheddar cheese, and french fried onions. Comfort food at its best! We ate this for lunch and had the leftovers for dinner on the same day. We just couldn’t get enough of it! Give this a try the next time you need an easy weeknight meal that the whole family will enjoy.
How to Make Million Dollar Chicken Noodle Casserole
This casserole recipe is very easy to make with only a few simple ingredients. Start with cooking egg noodles in a large pot according to the package directions. Drain and set aside. In a large bowl, combine cream of chicken soup, cottage cheese, sour cream, cream cheese, onion powder, garlic powder, cheddar cheese, and cooked chopped chicken. Stir in the cooked noodles. Season with salt and black pepper. Pour the chicken mixture into a baking dish lightly sprayed with cooking spray. Sprinkle the top of the casserole with french fried onions. Bake in the oven until bubbly. Garnish with parsley and enjoy.
Helpful Tips & Frequently Asked Questions
- I used a rotisserie chicken for the cooked chicken in this recipe. You can use any cooked chicken that you have on hand. Chicken breasts, chicken thighs, and chicken tenderloins all work great.
- Feel free to add some vegetables to the casserole.
- Frozen peas
- broccoli
- spinach
- frozen veggies
- mushrooms
- Feel free to substitute panko bread crumbs or crushed Ritz crackers and melted butter for the french fried onion on top of the casserole.
- You can use any cream of soup that you have on hand. Cream of chicken, cream of mushroom soup and cream of celery soup all work fine.
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup: https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-cream-of-chicken-soup/
- Can Million Dollar Chicken Noodle Bake be made in advance? Yes! You can assemble the casserole ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator until you are ready to bake.
- Can Million Dollar Chicken Noodle Bake be frozen? Yes! Assemble the casserole and cool completely. Cover the baking dish with plastic wrap and aluminum foil and freeze.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Reheat in the microwave.
What to Serve with Chicken Casserole
This casserole has quickly become a weeknight favorite at our house. It is super easy to make and tastes like a million bucks! Leftovers are equally delicious reheated. We usually serve this with some green beans or broccoli. This is also great with a salad and a roll. Here are a few of our favorite recipes from the blog that go great with this easy casserole:
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Million Dollar Chicken Noodle Casserole
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 4 cups chopped cooked chicken
- 2 (10.5-oz) cans Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup cottage cheese
- 4 – oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 12- oz egg noodles
- 1½ cups shredded cheddar cheese
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp garlic powder
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 (2.8-oz) can french fried onions
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
- Cook egg noodles according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine cooked chopped chicken, cream of chicken soup, cottage cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, cheddar cheese, onion powder, garlic powder, and cooked noodles. Mix until thoroughly combined.
- Spread mixture into prepared pan. Top the casserole with fried onions.
- Bake uncovered for 25 to 30 minutes, until bubbly.
Notes:
- I used a rotisserie chicken for the cooked chicken in this recipe. You can use any cooked chicken that you have on hand. Chicken breasts, chicken thighs, and chicken tenderloins all work great.
- Feel free to add some vegetables to the casserole. Frozen peas, broccoli, spinach, frozen veggies, mushrooms are all great!
- Feel free to substitute panko bread crumbs or crushed ritz crackers and melted butter for the french fried onion on top of the casserole.
- You can use any cream of soup that you have on hand. Cream of chicken, cream of mushroom soup and cream of celery soup all work fine.
- I suggest using Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup in this dish to control the sodium.
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- 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 Million Dollar Chicken Noodle Bake be made in advance? Yes! You can assemble the casserole ahead of time and store it in the refrigerator until you are ready to bake.
- Can Million Dollar Chicken Noodle Bake be frozen? Yes! Assemble the casserole and cool completely. Cover the baking dish with plastic wrap and aluminum foil and freeze.
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I made this for my son and his wife, we all loved it. I decided to make some additions to the leftovers, added in some oil packed sun dried tomatoes and kalamata olives — it was a great update, added a lot of northern italian flavor. I’ve been asked to make a huge pan of it for my daughter-in-law’s baby shower in January. A winner!
I halved this and baked it in a 9×9 dish. Also mixed in a very generous shake of Trader Joe’s Ranch seasoning. SOOOOOOO GOOD!! Thanks for the recipe!
Loved this! It’s so creamy. I cut the recipe in half and cooked it in and 8×8 dish. Two meals for my husband and I. He’s fussy. He had no clue there was cottage cheese in it. It’s going in my favorites bin.
This was really good! Total comfort food. Tip about adding a side veggie is good because it is rich. I enjoyed!
I followed the recipe, the only thing I added was cheese on the top with the fried onions and this was absolutely delicious! I will definitely be making it again! Thanks (:
This was perfect as is, don’t change anything!
If i freeze this how to recook? 350 for 45 to 60 minutes?
I freeze it uncooked and thaw and bake as directed.
Wow…this casserole was excellent! I used panko bread crumbs in addition to the french fried onions. And I also used mozzarella instead of cheddar since I had it on hand; it was outstanding!
can you omit the cottage cheese or replace with ricotta. when do you put the noodles in.
Step 3
Any changes and modifications to the recipe would be up to you.
Can you omit the the cream for something else
Any changes to the recipe would be up to you.
Can this be fixed in a slower cooker?
Sure
This sounds great, I do not care for cottage cheese and has a lot of salt for my husband, can you substitute for ricotta? If you do not recommend I will try the cottage cheese because the whole thing sounds so good. I love me some casseroles😋. Love your recipes!!!!
Any changes and substitutions to the recipe would be up to you.
Delicious! Followed the recipe, except made the sub of bread crumbs for the French fries onions, as I didn’t have any in the cupboard. Used homemade egg noodles, so it took longer to prep the dish, as I like my noodles thick. Still turned out wonderful. Used 2, 8×8 pans instead of 9×13, one in freezer for next week! Thanks for a real winner!