Comfort Food at its Finest: How to Make a Delicious Amish Chicken and Noodle Casserole

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There's nothing quite like a warm, hearty casserole to soothe the soul and fill the belly. And when it comes to comfort food, few dishes can hold a candle to a classic chicken and noodle casserole. With tender chunks of chicken, plenty of veggies, and a creamy sauce, this chicken noodle casserole recipe dish is the perfect way to satisfy your cravings for something comforting and delicious. This is such an easy chicken noodle casserole.

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• 🍲 Classic Amish Chicken and Noodle Casserole
• 🍲 World's Best Chicken Casserole Ingredients
• 📋 Ingredients
• 🍗 More Amish Chicken Casseroles
• 🖨️ Full Recipe

Whether you're looking for a cozy dinner to serve up on a chilly evening or an easy dish to bring to a potluck, this casserole is sure to become a staple in your recipe collection. Not sure where to start? Don't worry - we've got you covered. In this article, we'll show you how to make the ultimate chicken and noodle casserole, complete with all the tips and tricks you need to get it just right.

🍲 Classic Amish Chicken and Noodle Casserole

This is another "throw together" casserole. All very similiar, correct? Yes, correct. I mean I have said before that you could, literally, eat a casserole like this for supper in an Amish home for 365 days straight and never eat the exact same thing but eat something similar. There are just so many variations on these one-pan, throw-together meals. Some involve canned soups, some don't. Some involve Velveeta cheese, some day. Some have mushrooms, some don't. There are just a gazillion combinations of variations and ingredients,

I think what makes Amish Chicken and Noodle Casserole casserole "unique" (none of them are truly unique, they just have individual tweaks and differences) is the crumb topping of this one. So good. I love a bit of crunch to my casserole and this delivers.

The chicken in this can be diced, shredded, chunked, I think I'd prefer just big pieces, but you can do it however you want. Load it up with chicken, but you can adjust the proportions how you have like. Just don't change the crunchy, buttery topping!

The noodles in this, well, you can use store-bought, but most Amish cooks would use a homemade noodles and it really does make a difference when you use fresh, homemade ingredients versus bought. But for most of us, bought is the route we'll go.

These casseroles part of a rich tradition of hearty "throw together" meals that are popular in Amish homes. They feed largely families quickly and cheapy and, mmmm,nothing better than a heaping helping of this on a cold winter's night or a summer Sunday.

This casserole recipe comes to us from Alma Miller, an Amish woman in Ohio. I've met her before and she whips up some fine casseroles in the hill country of Holmes County.

There are many variations to this chicken noodle casserole. You can stir in cream of chicken soup to the mixture.

I like to use just chunked up cooked chicken breasts for this recipe, but you can also use meat cut from a rotisserie chicken. And this recipe is great after Thanksgiving if you swap your leftover turkey with the chicken in this recipe. Ham also is a good substitute for chicken. Diced carrots and other vegetables add nice color and flavor to this. Add some black pepper, onion powder, parsley, or garlic powder if you want some extra spice. You can use some cream of musrhoom soup in this if you like mushrooms a lot!

Ritz Crackers can be crushed and sprinkle on top, used in place of bread crumbs with butter. So you get a creamy chicken noodle casserole that doesn't take a lot of total time to prepare.

The leftovers can just be stored in a dish, covered with plastic wrap, and put in the fridge. This is a delicious casserole worthy of posting on Facebook or Pinterest! Use whatever cheese you like in this casserole, we like Cheddar cheese best.

🍲 World's Best Chicken Casserole Ingredients

• 1 chicken, 2 - 3 pounds
• 1 /2 cup chopped green peppers or 1 /2 cup chopped onions
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 10 ounces of noodles (wide egg noodles work well)
• 1 can of mushrooms
• 1 1 /2 cups of shredded cheese
• 1 cup of buttered bread crumbs

📋 Ingredients

1. Cook chicken and remove from bones. Don't drain away broth, save broth.
2. In a large pot, cook noodles in chicken broth over medium heat until soupy.
3. Pour noodles and broth into a 10 X 13 buttered casserole , baking dish, or even a large bowl..
4. Add chicken, peppers, mushrooms and cheese.
5. Top with buttered bread crumbs
6. Bake at 350 for 90 minutes.

🍗 More Amish Chicken Casseroles

Gloria's Cheat Chicken Casserole - So good!

Farmhouse Chicken Macaroni Casserole - Wow!

Church Committee's Chicken Casserole - Super good!

Famous Chicken and Rice - Another hearty one!

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