This Chicken and Broccoli Casserole has got to be one of my favorite weeknight dinner options. I’m pretty much obsessed with casseroles in general, because I love to just throw everything into a dish, then have some ‘me’ time while it’s baking. This Chicken Casserole takes virtually no time to put together, then you can pop it in the oven an sneak in a nice hot bath with a glass of wine while it’s baking! It smells soooooo good to while it’s cooking, it’s sure to keep you little ones patiently waiting for dinner.
This casserole truly is rich and creamy – the sour cream and cream cheese blend together in the sauce so perfectly. Add as much broccoli as you want, once it bakes in that delicious cream sauce everyone is going to be asking for more. The perfect way to get some veggies in your loved ones. 😉
Prep time is about 30 minutes, then it bakes for about the same time, so it’s ready in about an hour. The yield for this recipe is enough for about 4 – 6 people, depending on portion size.
casseroles, and casseroles, and casseroles – oh my!
here’s a video to see how I make this chicken broccoli casserole:
Creamy Chicken & Broccoli Casserole
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Serving: 4 - 6 servings
Nutrition facts (per portion)
- Calories: 440
- Carbohydrate Content: 14.3g
- Cholesterol Content: 122mg
- Fat Content: 28.4g
- Fiber Content: 2.2g
- Protein Content: 29.2g
- Saturated Fat Content: 15.6g
- Serving Size: 6
- Sodium Content: 568mg
- Sugar Content: 2.5g
Ingredients
- broccoli florets - about 3 cups
- olive oil - 1 tbsp
- butter - 1 tbsp
- chicken breast - 1 pound (500 g), sliced and cubed
- salt and pepper - generous amount
- garlic powder - generous amount
- onion - 1 medium white or red, diced
- garlic - 3 cloves, minced
- crimini mushrooms - about 2 cups, quartered
- dry white wine - 1/2 cup
- chicken stock - 1 cup
- sour cream - 1 cup
- flour - 1 tbsp
- cream cheese - 1 8 oz (200 g) package
- croutons - about a cup, crushed
how to
- Pre heat oven to 375 F (190 C).
- Steam the broccoli florets until just under tender and place them in the bottom of a greased casserole dish.
- Heat the olive oil and butter in a heavy bottomed skillet over medium high heat, then add the chicken, sprinkle generously with salt, pepper and garlic powder, then cook until done - stir frequently and scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the skillet.
- Using a strainer, remove the cooked chicken from the pan and arrange it in the dish with the broccoli.
- Leave the liquid in the pan and lower the heat a little, add the diced onion, sprinkle it with salt and pepper, and cook for about 3 minutes, or until beginning to brown.
- Add the garlic and continue cooking for about 2 more minutes.
- Increase the heat to medium high, add the mushrooms and cook until they have released most of their liquid, about 5 - 6 minutes.
- Increase heat to high, then pour in the wine, and boil until the liquid reduces by about half, about 3 minutes.
- Using a fork, whisk the flour, cream cheese, sour cream and stock together until blended, then stir into the sauce and simmer until it begins to thicken, about 3 - 5 minutes.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken and broccoli, and bake in the oven about 25 - 30 minutes.
- Sprinkle the croutons bits over the top about 10 minutes before the casserole is done.
- This goes really well with a heartier grain like wild or brown rice or whole-wheat pasta - although it's also very good by itself with a nice crusty bread.
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Can low fat cream cheese and sour cream be used in this recipe? It looks sooo good!
Yeah, sure absolutely. 😉
This dish is very good, we had a very nice meal, thanks to you.
Thank you and have a beautiful evening.
i added baby spinach and instead of croutons used stuffing mix and vegetable stock instead
Looks soooo good! Putting it on this weeks menu.
Flavored croutons?
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You can just use chicken stock if you want. 🙂
Hmmmmmm! Just made it! Used half of the chicken (I am half-vegetarian) and added some carrots. It was simply yummy and a huge success at home.
Great Alessandra! Carrots are a perfect addition. : )