a baked dish with egg noodles, cheese, and bread that contains chicken, soup, milk, peas, and carrots. My mother’s recipe for tuna casserole was modified because my husband detests tuna. He and my brother-in-law both adore it.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 (8 ounce) package egg noodles, cooked
- 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves – cut into cubes
- 1 tablespoon minced onion
- 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
- 1 ¼ cups milk
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can peas and carrots, drained
- salt and pepper to taste
- paprika to taste
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 4 slices Monterey Jack cheese
- 4 slices soft white bread, cubed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spread cooked egg noodles in a 9×13 inch baking dish and set aside.
- In a large skillet over medium high heat, saute cubed chicken meat with onion for about 7 to 10 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and no longer pink inside. Add the soup, milk, peas and carrots and stir together. Season with salt and pepper, paprika and chili powder to taste. Stir until just bubbly and remove from heat.
- Stir chicken mixture into noodles in baking dish until well combined; top with cheese slices, then bread cubes.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 30 minutes or until bread is toasted; serve hot.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 463 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 45 g |
| Cholesterol | 88 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 32 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Sodium | 1165 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 18 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
It was ‘good’-but for us, not worth making again. We did use American Cheese as the original author of the recipe recommended. It was somewhat dry and just good flavor.
‘++Good’, what I also call lonely guy food. Really easy to make and very affordable. A little bland but that could have been due to my fear of salt. I added extra pepper and chili flakes upon serving up and I also added two cloves of garlic when I was cooking the chicken. I will break up the noodles next time and add mushrooms, broccoli, and a small leek and swap the milk for cream. that will make it +++good.
Easy to make and quite tasty. Leftovers did not warm up well. I might make it again with a few changes. Thanks for sharing.
I realy liked this recipe.
It was okay, I did make a very few changes like using mushroom instead of chicken for the condensed soup and adding extra minced onion and sautéed mushrooms. I also followed others advice and added ritz crackers instead of white bread, and I also added french’s onions which really saved the dish. I just still don’t think it had enough flavor, my boyfriend agreed. I would in the future add more minced onion and more overall seasoning. I think it’s a good start to play around with, I wasn’t a fan of the canned vegetables though, ends up really mushy.
family keeper – i used italian bread crumbs instead of toast
Found another recipe that kids devoured. I used fresh carrots and frozen peas, just cooking the onion and carrots for a little before adding the chicken. I toasted some kaiser rolls and crushed them on top of the dish. Easy dish that made plenty for 5 kids.
I’ve been making this for umpteen years, using either chicken (fresh or canned) or tuna. It’s easy to add variety with different veggies, spices, cheeses, or toppings. Sometimes I’ll even line the dish with crushed Doritos. Nice to get new ideas, like browning the shredded chicken!
Easy dinner and delicious food.
Was easy to make and delicious. All of my picky eaters were satisfied!!!
EXCELLENT! My husband doesn’t care for cheese, I supply omitted it. I also seasoned the chicken, before cooking it. I do believe I will toast more bread cubes, for the next go around! Thanks so much for this wonderful, and quick, recipe!
Was easy to make, I modified though bc I didn’t have all the ingredients, but was good. I used American cheese slices, and cream of celery instead of cream of chicken (was what I had in the pantry), and I used bread crumbs with pieces of butter. Was a quick, easy meal to make my family, turned out well!
We substituted chopped broccoli florets (about one crown worth) for the peas and carrots, and used fusilli pasta and cheddar cheese (about 1 1/2 cups grated). It was delicious!
Delicious as written, and really easy as well. My family raved about it.
I added garlic powder and a little extra salt to it, and it was great! Used wheat bread and it was still fantastic!
I followed some of the suggestions of other reviewers and added garlic, onion, and broccoli (parboiled) and a medium shower of shredded cheddar cheese under the crackers. It was very well received!nYes, I will make it again.
Whole family liked it. I only changed some things because others felt it would help the dish. I added a can of cream of celery soup because the milk/soup mixture looked thin. I used ritz crackers instead of bread. And cheddar cheese shredded. It was good. I will make again and send recipe to family members. I test them out and if they turn out good I send to others
I made this for my husband & I yesterday and I made a few changes – I used pre-cooked pieces of southwest chicken, I used heavy cream instead of milk, I used just peas (14.5 ozs),I added approx 6 oz of cream cheese, I sprinkled sharp cheddar on top instead of american, and I crumbled ritz crackers on top instead of bread crumbs. We both liked it but it was still lacking a little more flavor – next time I will add about 1/4 cup of sweet baby ray’s vidalia onion sauce for a little more kick. Thanks for posting this recipe!
I will make it again! I used garlic salt & Mrs. Dash original in it to taste.
This was a great base recipe. I didn’t have the exact ingredients so I winged it a bit. I didn’t cream of chicken soup, so I used cream of mushroom and added a little chicken bouillon for a deeper flavor. I didn’t have canned peas and canned carrots. I had fresh carrots so I sliced them up and sauteed them in a little butter. I also had some diced red bell pepper. I sauteed the diced onion and a little bell pepper. I threw in frozen peas. I put them in frozen, they thaw really quick in the hot liquid. I also used almond milk instead of cow milk. I didn’t have croutons, so I did seasoned bread crumbs on top. It was really good and it is a great base recipe to work from. You can easily add different stuff in to this to change it up some.
We found this just ok. I feel that it was lacking flavor somewhere. I also didn’t like the consistency of the liquid. I feel it should have been thicker. Maybe I just didn’t get it quite right but we probably won’t make again.