Chicken Casserole

Doesn't everyone have a "go to" chicken casserole? I never really have had one myself though. But tonight I made one up.

I had some chicken thigh meat that I needed to use up. So that got me to thinking about the 2 pastas that I had just a small amount left of. Mom and Dad gave me some frozen sweet corn. There is a package of shredded cheese in the freezer that needs to be used up. Make a gravy and put it all together and you have a casserole!

I cheated! No, not on my husband! I used a mix to make a white sauce. Even I keep some of this stuff on hand. I made a quart of it for the casserole.


The 6 chicken thighs were still raw, so I diced that up and fried it in a small amount of bacon grease. It was very tasty just like that.

The pasta was about 2 cups, uncooked. Boiled that up for about 10 minutes. It was spirals and penne.

The corn was some the folks had given me that they froze last summer. I thought we had eaten it all but I found one bag down in the bottom of the chest freezer when I was looking for some butter. There was about 2 cups worth in the bag.

I buy 5 pound blocks of cheddar cheese and shred it myself. That way if I want to melt it in soup, the soup doesn't get grainy. Ron likes it in his omelets too. Anyway I package it in about 2 cup bags for freezing. There was one bag left from an old batch down there with the corn at the bottom of the freezer. I mixed the cheese in with the sauce.

After everything was prepped I mixed it in a big bowl and then dumped it all in a baking dish. It baked in a 300 degree oven for about an hour. Yummy!