Chicken and Broccoli casserole

For the inexperienced cook (Taylor)

 

Cook 3 chicken breasts.  You have several options here.  Buy canned already cooked chicken (more expensive) or buy a cooked rotisserie chicken and cut off the meat, or buy frozen chicken breasts, thaw and then cook, or buy fresh chicken breasts already thawed and cook those.  To cook chicken breasts, I use a little butter (~ 2 Tbsp) in the pan (frying pan) and salt and pepper the chicken breast.  Cook it first and then cut up the cooked chicken.  You can also put frozen chicken breasts in a crockpot and cook them with a little chicken broth or water for a few hours, but only if you have the time.

 

You can use frozen or fresh broccoli.  One big bag of frozen broccoli florets will probably be enough.  That goes on the bottom of a 9x 13 casserole pan (pyrex dish).  It doesn’t need to be cooked, though you can cook it in the microwave before putting it in the pan if you want.

 

The cooked cut up chicken goes on top of the broccoli.

 

The sauce goes on top of the chicken.  The sauce is 1 can of cream of chicken soup + ½ cup of mayo + a Tablespoon of lemon juice and  ½ - 1 teaspoon of curry.  The sauce doesn't need to be cooked.  This is basically the same sauce for Hawaiian Haystacks, that you'd cook because you want to serve it hot (and I add pineapple juice to that sauce).

 

Sprinkle a little water on top of the sauce after you pour it on the chicken, i.e. get your hand wet and flick the water over the sauce.

 

Cover the top with cheddar cheese or Colby jack, whatever you want. ~1-2 Cups depending on how cheesy you want it.

 

Bake at 350* for 20-30 minutes.  And don’t forget to make rice J 

 

This should feed 6.