Vintage Chicken Salad Casserole

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Vintage Chicken Salad Casserole

Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Author Catherine’s Plates

Equipment

  • large skillet
  • 9 x 13 baking dish

Ingredients

  • 1 cup celery, diced
  • 1/2 yellow onion, diced
  • 2 TBS butter
  • 2 cups cooked chicken, diced (I use rotisserie chicken)
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/2 cup almonds, sliced or crushed
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/4 tsp onion powder
  • 1 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, DIVIDED
  • 1 cup ruffles potato chips, broken

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
  • In a large skillet over medium high heat, saute onions and celery with butter until softend. Stir in cooked diced chicken. Turn off heat for burner.
  • Stir in mayonnaise, sour cream, 1 cup of cheese, almonds, salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder.
    NOTE: you can use 1 cup of mayonnaise in place of the 1/2 cup mayonnaise & 1/2 cup of sour cream, if you don't have or like sour cream.
  • Pour mixture into prepared baking dish and evenly spread (don't mash, leave somewhat fluffy).
  • Top mixture with 1/2 cup of cheddar cheese and then top the cheese with the broken potato chips.
  • Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes until cheese has melted and casserole is bubbly.
  • Serve over egg noodles. The vintage recipe also serves this as a dip using townhouse crackers.
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