Casseroles are what I fall back on when the week gets away from me. One dish, one oven, and enough left over that nobody has to cook tomorrow either.
Every one of these is built from things you can find at any grocery store. Canned soup, rotisserie chicken, a bag of shredded cheese. Nothing here needs a special trip.
If you have never made the poppy seed one, start there. It has been showing up at church suppers for fifty years for a reason.
Creamy and Classic
Buttery cracker topping over a creamy chicken filling. The one everybody asks about.
Make poppy seed chicken casserole when you need something that always disappears.
Chicken and rice baked together until the rice soaks up every bit of the sauce.
Try this old fashioned chicken and rice casserole on a night when you want supper to feel like Sunday.
A box of stuffing on top, so the whole thing tastes like Thanksgiving on a Tuesday.
Bake Stove Top stuffing chicken casserole and skip making a side dish entirely.
All the chicken pot pie filling you love, spread into a 9×13 so it feeds more people.
Serve up chicken pot pie casserole when a crust feels like more work than you have in you.
Crunchy on Top
Corn chips baked right on top so they stay crisp against the creamy filling.
Set out Frito chicken casserole and watch the pan empty.
Crushed Doritos, cheese, and chicken. The kids will ask for it by name.
Bake a pan of Doritos chicken casserole on a night when nobody can agree on dinner.
Tater tots on top, browned and salty, over a creamy chicken base.
Pull chicken tater tot casserole out of the oven and let the tots do the talking.
Pasta Bakes
Creamy, cheesy, with a little kick from the Rotel. A potluck staple.
Bring chicken spaghetti with Rotel to the next gathering and plan on going home with an empty dish.
Layers of noodles, chicken, and alfredo sauce instead of red.
Make chicken alfredo lasagna when you want lasagna without the tomato.
Buffalo chicken layered into lasagna, tangy and rich at the same time.
Try buffalo chicken lasagna if your family fights over the wings every time.
Tex-Mex Casseroles
Everything you want on a taco, baked into one dish.
Scoop out taco chicken casserole on taco night when you would rather not stand at the stove.
The slow cooker does the work and you come home to enchiladas.
Start crock pot chicken enchiladas in the morning and dinner is handled.
One Dish, Supper Done
Casseroles earn their keep on the busy nights. Most of these can be put together in the afternoon, covered, and slid into the oven whenever everybody finally gets home.
Pick two or three that sound good, keep the ingredients on hand, and you will always have something to fall back on.
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