Chicken, bacon and cheese casserole.

My friend posted the other night on her Facebook that she was having this for dinner. I asked how she made it and she gave me the steps on how she made it. I winded up changing a few things however. I used homemade cream of chicken soup and I used egg noodles instead of shell pasta. I also added bacon and cheese as a topper. I always find that with a creamy casserole egg noodles are better. Regular pasta noodles in my opinion make it too heavy of a meal. The only "casserole" type dish I use pasta noodles in is my baked macaroni and cheese. I will 99% of the time use egg noodles in a casserole but you can use whatever noodles you want in this. I think any would be good!

Chicken, bacon and cheese casserole


Ingredients
2 cups of chicken, cubed.
1 lb thick cut bacon
3 cups homemade cream of chicken soup or 2 cans of Cream of Chicken Soup.
1 1/2 cups of cheese and 1/4 on the side (you can use any cheese, my friend used cheddar. I used the Mexican shredded blend)
1 1/4 tsp minced garlic (she used powdered but no idea how much)
3 cups egg noodles

Directions
Cook bacon, crumble and set aside. Also set aside about 1/4 cup of the crumbled bacon.
Cook chicken in the same pan as the bacon, grease and all. Set aside.
Cook egg noodles for 2 MINS ONLY. You don't want them fully cooked.
Once chicken is done mix chicken, bacon, soup, garlic, noodles and cheese in a large bowl. I also added some of the bacon chicken grease.
Pour into decent sized casserole dish and top with the 1/3 cup of bacon.
Bake uncovered for 25mins at 400F (204C) At the 10min mark top with the remaining 1/4 cup of cheese and finish baking.
Let sit for a few mins before serving, it's VERY hot!


My friend didn't do the toppings like I did. I added that. I love crumbled bacon on a casserole! I sometimes will mix it with panko and butter for other casserole toppings. A nice little crunch on top is the perfect topping, like icing on a cake. lol
.

I make this and call it Cheesy Bake
Oh and If you swap the Chicken for Chorizo sausage It is yummy in your tummy.
A great tip is to add some smashed up crisps to the top of it for the last few mins in the oven.
Oh and also I use pasta instead of noodles.

boymonkey74
I make this and call it Cheesy Bake

A great tip is to add some smashed up crisps to the top of it for the last few mins in the oven.
Oh and also I use pasta instead of noodles.

Yea I can't believe I've never made anything like this before.

What are smashed up crisps?

reply to post by mblahnikluver


dayum! That looks delicious. Bookmarked to try later.

reply to post by mblahnikluver


Oh I forget they call em chips in the USA.
Bacon crisps are best...Frazzles even better

reply to post by mblahnikluver


Looks REALLY good... think I'll try it with hashbrowns/cubed potatoes instead of noodles though. Thanks!

tinker9917
reply to post by mblahnikluver

 

Looks REALLY good... think I'll try it with hashbrowns/cubed potatoes instead of noodles though. Thanks!

edit on 23-1-2014 by tinker9917 because: (no reason given)

Ohhhhh I like that idea! I wanted to put potatoes in it so bad because to me bacon, cheese and chicken needs potatoes! I got a potato ricer recently and have been dying to make homemade hash browns. I'll try that next and I will also add some sautéed onion as well.

Thanks for the potato idea.

It was good. It's gone already. I had it for lunch and dinner today. lol I gave my mom half of the casserole yesterday because I so do not need to eat that whole thing myself. lol

boymonkey74
reply to post by mblahnikluver

 

Oh I forget they call em chips in the USA.
Bacon crisps are best...Frazzles even better

Oh lol. I've never seen those before. I am not a chip person but I could see how this would make a good topping. I have also thought french fried onions would be good as well, homemade of course.

reply to post by mblahnikluver

Mblah, you had me at "Chicken, Bacon and Cheese..."

'Just the thing for a cold winter night! I'll make this on my upcoming family ski trip. 'Can already hear them asking for seconds.

Supreme Commander Thor, i thought you liked the yellow ones?

My my, that wet my appetite. Bravo

graceunderpressure
reply to post by mblahnikluver

 

Mblah, you had me at "Chicken, Bacon and Cheese..."

Yea that is what got my attention with her post. LOL

'Just the thing for a cold winter night! I'll make this on my upcoming family ski trip. 'Can already hear them asking for seconds.

I know I wish I had more! I gave my mom half because I knew i shouldn't have something like that in the fridge all to myself to eat. lol I will definitely make it again but I want to add a couple more ingredients and see how that turns out.

The fat kid in me did some weird supper bowl shuffel...LOL>