Yum Yum Chicken – creamy chicken casserole topped with cornbread stuffing. Cooked chicken, cream of chicken soup, cream of celery soup, sour cream, stuffing mix, chicken broth, and butter. Can make ahead and freeze for later. Great quick weeknight casserole recipe! Kids and adults gobble this up!
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This recipe is from Plain Chicken reader, Cheryl Ener. This is her husband’s grandmother’s chicken casserole recipe. Cheryl emailed me this recipe back in June, and I am just now posting it (slacker – I know).
I don’t have a really good traditional chicken casserole recipe, so I was anxious to try this one out. I used rotisserie chicken and this came together in minutes and has tons of great flavor. It was the perfect weeknight meal! We both really enjoyed this casserole. We now know why it is called “Yum Yum Chicken” – YUM! Thank you so much for sharing this treasured family recipe, Cheryl!
How to Make Yum Yum Chicken Casserole
This casserole is effortless to make with only a few simple ingredients. Chop cooked chicken and spread it on the bottom of a 9×13-inch casserole dish. In a large bowl, stir together cream of chicken soup, cream of celery soup, and sour cream. Season with salt and black pepper, if desired. Spread the sauce over the chicken. Sprinkle a bag of stuffing mix over the soup mixture. Drizzle chicken broth and melted butter over the stuffing. Bake in a preheated oven until bubbly. Garnish casserole with parsley.
Helpful Tips & Frequently Asked Questions
- I use rotisserie chicken. You can use any cooked chicken you have on hand. Chicken breasts, chicken thighs, chicken tenderloins, or canned chicken.
- What can I add to the chicken mixture?
- onions
- peppers
- spinach
- broccoli
- garlic
- cheddar cheese
- corn
- green peas
- You can use any flavor of cream of condensed soup. Cream of Chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, or cream of celery soup.
- Here is our recipe for Homemade Cream of Chicken Soup – https://www.plainchicken.com/homemade-cream-of-chicken-soup/
- Use Healthy Request condensed soups for a lower-sodium dish.
- I use stovetop stuffing mix. You can use any flavor you prefer.
- Can Yum Yum Chicken be frozen? Yes! Assemble the casserole and cover the dish with plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Place in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- When ready to eat, thaw and bake as directed.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
What to Serve with this Yum Yum Chicken Casserole
We think this is the best of the best chicken casserole recipes. It is so simple and tastes great! We love this with some green beans or carrots and rolls. Comfort food at its best.
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Yum Yum Chicken
Equipment:
Ingredients:
- 1½ lb chopped cooked chicken
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 (10.5-oz) can Unsalted Cream of Chicken Soup
- 1 (10.5-oz) can Cream of Celery soup
- 1 (6-oz) box cornbread stuffing, uncooked (Stove Top or Pepperidge Farm)
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 4 Tbsp melted butter
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch pan with cooking spray.
- Spread chicken in the bottom of the dish. In a separate bowl, mix together the cream of chicken soup, cream of celery soup and sour cream. Spread over the chicken.
- Sprinkle the uncooked stuffing over the soup mixture, (note: if herb packet is not mixed with stuffing mixture, top stuffing with herb packet). Mix together the broth and the melted butter and pour evenly over all.
- Bake, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
Notes:
- I use a rotisserie chicken for the chopped cooked chicken in this dish.
- Here is our recipe for Slow Cooker Rotisserie Chicken: https://www.plainchicken.com/slow-cooker-rotisserie-chicken/
- 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/
Steph
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Can you use mayo instead of sour cream?
No. You could use Greek yogurt.
Can you use Stove top stuffing and if so do you make it up according to package directions or just pour it on dry???
Just use the stove top stuffing dry.
I used to make a dish similar but without the sour cream. Several moves and some of my recipes are misplaced. We sometimes used pork chops as a substitute for the chicken and it is very good also.
I made this dish and I am not much of a cook however my family loved it. It was easy to make and didn’t take allot of time
My sister gave me the idea to add one more can of cream of chicken soup to the soup and sour cream mixture, then add an extra box of stuffing right on top of the chicken. So we do chicken – stuffing – soup mixture – stuffing, then top with the broth and butter mixture. It’s very moist and delicious!
Which size package of Pepperidge Farm dressing mix? There’s more than one.
This recipe was easy and delicious! I did prepare my stovetop stuffing according to box directions and poured the chicken stock and melted butter over it!!! It was amazing!
I used crushed ritz crackers and it tasted good as well
Can I use the chicken flavored or savory herbs stuffing (it is all I have I hand) or does it have to be the cornbread stuffing?
I think the chicken or savory herbs stuffing would be just fine. Enjoy!
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Any flavor stuffing should work fine. Enjoy!
I don’t have cream of chicken soup, but I have the cream of celery, will that work if I don’t have the cream of chicken soup?
I made this tonight it was so good I made pea salad and mac n cheese with it !!!!
i used chicken tenders, boiled for a bit, shredded. i had to sub cream mushroom for the cream chicken though. i think half the amount sour cream i wouldve liked better, and I did add baby swiss slices over chicken before the soup mixture. added the broth to the box of stuffing mix first, but still a little crunchy on top, which was fine since the rest was really gooey lol, in a good way. only change would be to use less sour cream, and do use cream of chicken like it called for. hubby loved it, had green beans with it. good easy dinner fix for me. tysm
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Tried this last night it was delicious! Tasted so good I forgot to add the sour cream. I did add onions, corn and broccoli to get some vegetables. Will definitely make this again. Carolyn
I think I will try this tonight. The basic recipe looks amazing! I liked all the suggestions and the idea of adding vegetables to round out the dish. I also like the idea of trying poultry seasoning and salt and pepper as we like a bit of seasoning to our food. Thanks so much for this easy light recipe!
This so good. I took some other tips from the comments and added Swiss cheese to 1/2 of it (cause I was like Swiss cheese with chicken and dressing????????YUCK. IT IS THE BOMB. So good. I also sauteed some celery and onions, added my soup to it, then some poultry seasoning and kinda heated it before I poured it over the chicken. I also after reading comments, soaked my dressing in the butter and chicken broth to soften it up, then baked. (Also, I was so hungry, I forgot to add the sour cream, but didn't miss it. It was still wonderful. Especially the cheese side