Chicken and Stuffing Casserole
Craving comfort food? This chicken and stuffing casserole is just the recipe for you! Swap in leftover holiday turkey and stuffing if you have some to use up.
Ingredients
- 1 cupSalted Butter, divided
- 1 cupOnion, chopped
- 1 cupCarrot, chopped
- 1 cupCelery, chopped
- 0.5 cupAll Purpose Flour
- 6 cupChicken Broth, divided
- 4.5 cupChicken, shredded cooked
- 1 cupfrozen peas
- 0.5 cupHeavy Cream
- 1 tbspFresh Thyme, chopped
- 0.75 tspSalt
- 1 tspGround Black Pepper
- 0.25 tspGround Turmeric
- Nonstick cooking spray
- 2(6-oz.) packages Savory Herb flavored stuffing mix
- 0.25 cupfresh parsley, chopped for garnish plus more
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- 2
In a Dutch oven, melt 1/2 cup of the butter over medium-high heat. Add the onion, carrot, and celery, and cook until the vegetables are beginning to soften, about 3 minutes. Sprinkle the flour over the vegetable mixture and cook, stirring frequently, for 1 minute.
- 3
Gradually stir in 4 cups of the chicken broth. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat medium-low. Simmer, stirring often, for about 5 minutes or until the sauce begins to thicken. Stir in the chicken, peas, cream, thyme, salt, pepper, and turmeric. Return to a simmer and cook for 3 minutes more.
- 4
Spray a 13-by-9-inch baking dish with nonstick spray and pour in the chicken mixture. Place the remaining 1/2 cup of butter in a large, microwave safe bowl. Cover and cook on high for 1 minute to melt. Stir in the stuffing mix, remaining 2 cups of chicken broth, and the parsley. Let stand 2 minutes or until the stuffing mix has absorbed the broth.
- 5
Top the chicken mixture evenly with the stuffing mixture. Bake until golden brown on top and bubbly around the edges, 30 to 35 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes. Sprinkle with additional chopped parsley before serving.