CHEESY CALIFORNIA CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Cheesy California Chicken Casserole image

This is a quick and easy casserole combining a few of my favorites (chicken and California-blend vegetables) mixed together with my favorite gravy spices. My family can eat the entire pan and still want more!

Provided by Scott

Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Baked and Roasted

Time 1h20m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 ½ cups water
¼ cup margarine
1 (6 ounce) package stuffing mix (such as StoveTop®)
3 cups cubed cooked chicken
1 (16 ounce) package frozen California-blend vegetables (broccoli, carrot, cauliflower)
12 slices American cheese
2 (10.75 ounce) cans light cream of mushroom soup
1 teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon dried marjoram leaves
½ teaspoon dried thyme leaves
½ teaspoon ground sage

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
Combine water and margarine in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir stuffing mix into water and margarine until moistened; cover, remove from heat, and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
Spread cooked chicken into bottom of the prepared baking dish and spread frozen vegetables over chicken. Top vegetables with American cheese slices in a layer. Mix cream of mushroom soup, garlic powder, marjoram, thyme, and sage in a bowl and spread over cheese slices. Sprinkle stuffing over top of casserole in an even layer.
Bake in the preheated oven until casserole is bubbling and browned, about 1 hour.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 434.3 calories, Carbohydrate 30 g, Cholesterol 69.5 mg, Fat 23.9 g, Fiber 3.9 g, Protein 25.2 g, SaturatedFat 10.7 g, Sodium 1427.9 mg, Sugar 2.4 g