Cheesy Chicken and Spinach Casserole
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 lbs boneless chicken breasts
- 1⁄2 lb frozen spinach, chopped
- 1⁄3 lb smoked gouda cheese
- 1⁄4 cup nonfat milk
- 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
- 1⁄3 cup breadcrumbs (i use italian seasoned)
- 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
directions
- Thaw spinach and preheat oven to 375°F.
- Chop chicken into cubes of about 1 square inch ( or 2.5 cm squared).
- Cook chicken in skillet with tbsp of vegetable oil until mostly cooked through. Do not cook through completely or chicken will get dry.
- Cut gouda into strips and melt it in 1/4 cup of fat free milk. (I usually do this in the microwave by cooking and stirring every few minutes).
- While cheese is melting, mix together the chicken and spinach in a casserole dish so that spinach is dispersed evenly throughout. If you have more chicken than spinach, add a bit more spinach keeping in mind it will shrink as it gets cooked!
- As soon as cheese is melted pour immediately over the chicken and spinach. Do not mix again! The cheese will melt through the layers as it cooks.
- Melt the butter and add to it the breadcrumbs.
- Using your fingers or a fork, crumble together the breadcrumb and butter mixture and sprinkle evenly over the top of the dish.
- Sprinkle remaining 2 tbsp of breadcrumbs and chili powder evenly over dish.
- Bake covered for about 35-40 minutes.
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I'm a new mother from Maryland who is just a baker at heart. I'm always on the lookout for new recipes, especially those from my ethnic origins (Polish, German, and Irish), or places where we have recently travelled (mexico).