Does anyone have any quick casserole recipes?

Question

I'm looking for some easy casserole dishes to fix that won' t take up much time, when the whole family is on a very busy schedule.

Answer 1

Some main dishes, some side dishes.


KING RANCH CHICKEN CASSEROLE

1 large onion, chopped
1 large green bell pepper, chopped
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 cups chopped cooked chicken
1 (10 3/4-oz) can cream of chicken soup, undiluted
1 (10 3/4-oz) can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1 (10-oz) can diced tomato and green chiles
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon pepper
12 (6-inch) corn tortillas
2 cups (8 oz) shredded Cheddar cheese, divided

Sauté onion and bell pepper in hot oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in chicken and next 7 ingredients; remove from heat.
Tear tortillas into 1-inch pieces; layer one-third of tortilla pieces in bottom of a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish. Top with one-third of chicken mixture and 2/3 cup cheese. Repeat layers twice.
Bake at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes.

Note: Freeze casserole up to 1 month, if desired. Thaw in refrigerator overnight, and bake as directed.
Yield: Makes 6 to 8 servings

--Southern Living, NOVEMBER 2000
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HOT CHICKEN SALAD

Mix well:
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 Cup Sour Cream
1 Cup Mayonnaise

Add:
1/2 Cup chopped almonds
1/2 Cup chopped Scallions
2 Cups diced celery
2-3 Cups of pre-cooked chicken, coarsely chopped
2 Tbsp. chopped pimentos
2 tsp. of lemon juice

Mix well and spoon into a buttered 9X13” baking dish

Topping:
2Tbsp. melted butter
½ cup of either crushed corn flakes, potato chips, Ritz crackers, or chow mein noodles....mixed with melted butter

Bake 30 minutes at 350ºF...then add topping and bake 15 minutes more.
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Shrimp Company Casserole

2 to 3 lbs. Shrimp, cooked, peeled, and cleaned
1 C. Rice, Cooked
1 C. Sharp Cheddar Cheese
1 can Mushroom Soup
1/2 C. Chopped Green Pepper
1/2 C. chopped Green Onions
1/2 C. chopped Celery
1 stick Butter
8 lemons, sliced very thin

Mix first four ingredients together. Sauté green peppers, green onions, and celery in butter. Add to shrimp mixture. Put into a long flat casserole and cover the top with lemon slices. Cook covered for about 20 minutes at 375ºF.
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Cabbage Casserole

1 small cabbage or 1/2 large
1 med. Vidalia onion
1/2 stick margarine
salt and pepper
1/4 cup mayo.
1 can Cream of Mushroom soup

Topping:
1 stick (1/2 cup) margarine
1 cup grated sharp Cheddar Cheese
1 stack round butter crackers, crushed

Preheat oven to 350ºF.
Coarsely chop cabbage and place in 2 to 3 qt. casserole dish. Chop onion and place on top of cabbage. Melt 1/2 stick marg. and pour over cabbage. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. In small bowl, mix soup and mayo together. Spread over top of cabbage mixture.

To make topping: Melt remaining stick of margarine. In small bowl, mix melted marg., grated cheese, and crushed crackers. Sprinkle cracker cheese mixture over top of casserole. Cover w/ foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake another 15 minutes until top is brown and inside is bubbly.
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Conniosseur's Casserole

1 12 pz can white shoe peg corn drained
1 16 oz can French cut string beans drained
1/2 cup celery chopped
1/2 cup onion chopped
1 2 oz jar pimentos chopped
1/2 cup sour cream
1/2 cup sharp Cheddar cheese, grated
1 10 3/4 oz can cream of celery soup
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Topping:
1 cup Ritz cracker crumbs
1/2 stick butter, melted
1/2 cup slivered almonds

Mix all ingredients except topping. Place in 1 1/2 qt. casserole. Sprinkle topping over casserole.
Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. Serves 8.

(I have subbed water chestnuts chopped for the celery and it is very good.)

--Tea Time At the Master’s cookbook
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Savory Sweet Potatoes

3 cups cooked sweet potato (8-10 fresh or 2 [29-oz] cans; not BRUCE brand-ick!)
½ stick real butter
3 strips bacon
1 small onion, chopped
1½ cups grated sharp cheddar cheese, divided
Salt and black pepper to taste


Preheat oven to 350ºF. In 9"x13" casserole dish, coarsely mash potatoes and butter with fork. (works best when potatoes are hot.) Fry bacon and drain well, then chop it. In bacon drippings, cook onion until clear. Add bacon pieces, onion, 1 cup cheese, salt, and pepper to potatoes, stirring with fork to combine all. Spread out evenly in pan.

Top with ½ cup cheddar cheese. Bake for 20 minutes.

Answer 2

This is sort of a casserole, but always a favorite in my family. Plus, it's easy and cheap. It's a modified Shephard's Pie. 1 lb ground beef 2 cans green beans instant mashed potatoes shredded cheese Take 1 lb. of ground beef and brown it. Mix in two packets of gravy mix with water. Through some spices in if you'd like. Cook thoroughly. Place on the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan. Then make about 6-8 servings of instant mashed potatoes (which you can do at the same time as you are making the ground beef mixture) Drain two cans of green beans and then put them on top of the ground beef. Then put the cooked mashed potatoes on top of the green beans. Top it off with some shredded cheese. Throw it in the oven on 350 for about 20 minutes.... just to get it all warmed up together and to get the cheese to melt. This is something I like to make on the weekend and then can just heat it up the whole pan one night, or individual servings throughout the week.

Answer 3

Chicken Broccoli Bake:

Pre cooked chicken strips, chopped
frozen broccoli, partially thawed
cream of cheddar cheese soup
about 3/4 cup sour cream
1/2 stick melted butter
cooked white rice
minced onion if you want

Mix all in a casserole and bake at 350 for 30 minutes. This takes 10 minutes to put together.

Taco Salad (Great meal)

1 lb ground round, cooked, drained and made with a taco seasoning packet.
1/2 bag (or more) doritos
1 8 ounce shredded mexican cheese
diced onion
shredded lettuce
black olives, sliced

Cook the meat, make into taco meat. In a large bowl crush up some doritos into bite sized pieces., add cheese and onions and lettuce and olives and add meat and stir to mix up.

You could add anything to this....tomatos, green onion, salsa, sour cream, jalapenos....

This whole thing takes 15 minutes to get on the table.

Spaghetti Bake:

1 box any shaped noodle, cooked and not rinsed.
1 lb ground round, cooked and drained
onion
garlic
salt, pepper, parsley, garlic powder, onion powder, italian seasoning (all optional)
1 jar any flavor spaghetti sauce
1 can of mushrooms (optional)
1 8 ounce bag shredded mozz cheese

While the water boils for noodles, add some oil to a pan, add diced onions, minced garlic, and saute for 3 minutes, add meat, cook till done and drain. Boil noodles. When all is done get a large bowl and mix it all up and then add it to a casserole dish and bake for about 45 minutes at 350-375. Good with bagged salad and bread you can cook in same stove with casserole.

Good Luck and enjoy!!!!

Answer 4

Quickie Lasagna

Use ravioli (I like the trader joes stuff)

cook the ravioli half way and drain
In your Casserole dish cover the bottom with your favorite Marinara
Then a layer of ravioli, more sauce, shredded mozzarella
and keep going with the layers.

You can add meat if you like. I have used the Traders Joes chicken sausage...came out great.
Serve with a salad and your good to go. The great thing about this is your ingredients are inside the ravioli.

Answer 5

Try this one.......it is my favorite.
Take four boneless skinless chicken breast and boil them until cooked. Then boil a head of broccoili. In a bowl mix together 250 ml of lite sour cream and 250ml lite mayo. Add salt pepper and garlic powder. Stir.
In a casserole pan, cover the bottom with seasoned bread crumbs, put cut up cooked chicken breast on top of crumbs. put cream sauce over the chicken. Put cooked broccoli over the sauce and add 2 cups of shredded cheese on top. bake in oven on 350 for thirty minutes and voila! Serve with french loaf and white wine.

Answer 6

VEGETABLE CASSEROLE
2lbs. California blend veg's.
2 sticks margarine
1 package Velveeta cheese slices
1 single pkg. Ritz crackers crushed

cook veg's. until tender, salt drain,leave a little water in veg's. in large casserole dish. 1 stick butter over veg's. put cheese slices on top, mix crackers and butter, put on top of casserole and bake until casserole bubbles at 350.

Answer 7

Wild Rice and Ground Beef Casserole

1 cup of wild rice or 1 small package of long grain rice
1/2 pound of fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 cup of celery, sliced
1 medium onion, chopped
1/4 cup of butter
2 pounds of ground beef
1/2 teaspoon of paprika
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/2 teaspoon of pepper
1/2 teaspoon of thyme
1 bay leaf, crumbled
2 cans of cream of mushroom soup
1/4 cup of milk
1/4 cup of fresh parsley, chopped

Cook rice according to package directions with water and salt. Saute mushrooms, celery and onion in butter for 5 minutes. Brown ground beef in skillet. Mix rice, sauted vegetables and ground beef. Add paprika, salt, pepper, thyme and bay leaf. Stir in soup, milk and parsley. Turn into a large lightly greased casserole dish and cover. Cook in a 350 degree oven for 45 minutes.

Answer 8

Baked ziti. Here's my easy version. Cook up your ziti and drain. Empty jar of good quality pasta sauce into pot and add the ziti back in and stir until ziti is coated. Empty half into casserole dish, top with cheese and repeat layers. Bake.

Answer 9

Check out www.allrecipes.com. They have great recipes and include calories/ fat content per serving. You can also search based on ingredients you want in a recipe or don't want in a recipe..

Answer 10

Take cooked chicken and stir in cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup and whatever other seasonings you may want and then cover with prepared stove top stuffing and bake until heated through

Answer 11

two bags of tater tots, two cans of cream of mushroom soup a bag of sharp cheddar cheese and a lbs of hamberger. layer one bag of tots in a casserole pan half lbs of beef half bag of cheese one can of soups then repeat bake at 350 45 mins. whole meal done.