easy flavorful chicken casserole recipe
June 1, 2022

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super simple perfect weeknight dinner chicken casserole

Prep time: 15min

Cook time: 45min

Wait time: 0min

Total time: 60min

Colorful, creamy, and simply delicious, this super simple weeknight dinner chicken casserole is the perfect dinner for people who want a flavorful but still simple dinner.

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Colorful, creamy, and simply delicious, this super simple weeknight dinner chicken casserole is the perfect dinner for people who want a flavorful but still simple dinner.

I really love this oven bake. It is so colorful, it tastes bomb, and everyone loves it. The kids can't get enough of it, so it's safe to say it's kid-friendly. It's super simple because you basically toss everything in a pan for a few minutes and then in an oven baking sheet; the oven does the rest.

why is this the perfect weeknight dinner?

  1. You can prepare everything in the morning and when you come home, just turn on the oven.
  2. It is the perfect leftover meal.
  3. You can freeze it and easily put it in the oven. It will taste incredible. The mushrooms won’t have a different consistency. It will taste the same.
  4. Thanks to the bell pepper you are getting enough vitamin c for the rest of the week.
easy flavorful chicken casserole recipe

Ingredients for the super simple perfect weeknight chicken casserole

  • Bell pepper. 1 red, 1 yellow and 1 green bell pepper. If you don’t like or have one of this color, use your favorite one. You can of course add more bell pepper if you like.
  • Chicken breast. Sliced chicken breast will be totally fine. The chicken is not the main character in this recipe.
  • Mushrooms. Brown or white mushrooms.
  • Cream. If you have access to Italian heavy cream, I would definitely recommend to use this.
  • Tomato paste. For the perfect color and taste, of course. The tomato won’t dominate here, together with the cream, it will create an unbelievably delicious sauce.
  • Cilantro. If you cooked my recipes before, you will know that I use it in so many recipes.It is unbeatable if you want a unique and strong flavor in your dish. Don’t worry if you don’t like the taste of fresh cilantro (me neither) you can easily remove the cilantro after cooking.
  • Parsley. 1 handful fresh chopped parsley.
  • Cheese. 200g Gouda cheese. Of course you can add more cheese, there is never too much cheese in a casserole right? If you don’t have gouda cheese, replace it with Emmentaler, mozzarella or white cheddar.
  • Onion. 2 onions or one big onion. Red and white both work really well in this recipe.
  • Garlic. 2 mashed garlic cloves.If you’re a garlic lover you can add one extra garlic clove, for that delicious taste
  • Spinach. 200g spinach.You know we need some vitamins with all that cheese and heavy cream, haha.Im just joking, but we definitely need something green, as I like my dishes very colorful.Spinach works really good. You can read more about the superfood here

vegetarian version

I have made the vegetarian version several times. It is as delicious as the one with chicken. You just leave the chicken out. I like to add 100g more mushrooms and two more bell peppers, but you don't need to.
easy flavorful chicken casserole recipe
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super simple perfect weeknight dinner chicken casserole

super simple weeknight dinner chicken casserole

Preptime: 15min

Cooktime: 45min

Waittime:0min

Totaltime:60min


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Ingredients for the main:

1red bell pepper
1yellow bell pepper
1green bell pepper
600gchicken breast
400gmushrooms
300gheavy cream
3tbsptomato paste
1handfulcilantro
1handfulparsley
200ggouda cheese
2onions
2garlic cloves
200gspinach

Ingredients for the spices:

3tspItalian oregano
1handfulbasil
1tspmarjoram
salt
2tspblack pepper
1tspthyme
2tspsmoked paprika
  1. Preheat the oven to 190° C circulating air.
  2. Mix basil, marjoram, oregano in a bowl and put it aside.
  3. Wash the chicken breast with water and lemon. Remove from the water and dry with a paper towel.
  4. Slice the chicken breast into strips and put them aside.
  5. Peel the onion and garlic cloves.
  6. Chop the onion and mince the garlic.
  7. Cut the bell peppers and mushrooms into thin slices.
  8. Chop the parsley and cilantro.
  9. Wash the fresh spinach.
  10. Grate the gouda cheese.
  11. Add oil to a pan and put it on medium-high heat on the stove.
  12. Add the onion, garlic, and tomato paste to the pan. Let it cook for a minute.
  13. Add the chicken, salt, pepper, and paprika spice to the pan. Cook for about 5 minutes. Don't forget to stir it.
  14. Add the bell pepper mushrooms and stir it for about 2 minutes.
  15. Add the cream, cilantro, parsley, mixed spices, and salt. Cook for 3 minutes.
  16. Add the spinach. Cook for about 3 minutes.
  17. Add everything to a baking dish.
  18. Add the cheese on top.
  19. Put it in the oven for 30 minutes.
  20. Ready to serve!
  21. ENJOY!

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Hi, welcome to my Food blog! My name is Coco. I’m 27 years old. You can call me the lucky one for marrying my soulmate, best friend and biggest cheerleader. My greatest blessing is being the mother of a beautiful girl and a baby boy. I spent the first 6 years of my life in the Dominican Republic. My family then moved to Germany, where I still live.

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