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Creamy shredded chicken seasoned and baked under crushed crackers. This Ritz Cracker Chicken Casserole has become a family favorite and one recipe that we will be having again and again.
Casserole Recipe:
I love making casseroles. It’s so easy to mix everything together and pop in the oven. Plus they taste amazing. I know casseroles can get a bad rap but I can’t help it but love them. This Ritz Cracker Chicken Casserole is so simple to make. My husband even told me it was his favorite casserole I ever made! That’s saying a lot since I’ve made a lot of casserole days in my day. Here are a few more casseroles to give a try next.
How to make Ritz Cracker Chicken Casserole:
- Preheat your oven.
- Prepare a casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray and set it aside.
- Mix cooked and shredded chicken with cream of chicken soup, sour cream, and seasonings.
- Add to the bottom of your prepared casserole dish.
- Top your casserole with crushed crackers and melted butter.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes.
Cooking Tip:
This recipe calls for cooked and shredded chicken. When adding this recipe to your menu you can cut out some work by cooking the chicken ahead of time. I usually make enough for 2-3 meals and it saves me lots of when it comes to dinner. You can read more and check out the recipe here, Slow Cooker All-Purpose Chicken.
Here are more recipes to use any leftover cooked and shredded chicken with:
Chicken Alfredo Stuffed Shells: Stuffed shells are always a hit at my house and we love loaded them up with chicken Alfredo.
Cheesy Ranch Chicken Enchiladas: A new way to make enchiladas and a must-try!
Buffalo Chicken French Bread Pizza: I love buffalo chicken and this pizza is my all-time favorite.
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Ritz Cracker Chicken Casserole
Ingredients
- 4 cups cooked chicken , (fully cooked and shredded)
- 10.5 oz cream of chicken soup
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt, (or to taste)
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper, (or to taste)
- 1 sleeve Ritz crackers, (crushed)
- 6 tablespoons butter, (melted)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare a casserole dish with non stick cooking spray and set aside.
- Mix cooked and shredded chicken with cream of chicken soup, sour cream, and seasonings. Add to the bottom of your prepared casserole dish.
- Top your casserole with crushed crackers and melted butter. Bake for 20-30 minutes.
Nutrition
How much is in a serving? I am counting calories and need to know what a serving would. Thank you
Hi Vicki, the serving is 1 5th of the recipe. Sorry but I don’t have an exact weight on it.
I have an old family recipe similar to this. Mine has added diced onion, celery and pimento. Gives a nice flare to it. It’s called Chicken crunch casserole. I usually leave out the celery, as my kids don’t like it too much, but it yummy any of these ways.. You could use cream of celery to get the flavor there. But I love the added onion and pimento, more depth to the flavors.
That sounds so good! My husband would love the pimento! I might have to try this one night!
What can be a substitute for sour cream??
I have not tried it but I know some people will use plain greek yogurt in the place of sour cream. It would change the taste of this recipe but should have the same texture.
What size dish did you use
I used a 9×13
I have a recipe very close to this one. Mine calls for 2 sleeves of Ritz and 8 Tbsp butter. Crush 1 sleeve Ritz and put in bottom of pan and pour 4 Tbsp melted butter over them. Continue on the way you do. I serve this for any function I can, holidays, covered dish meals, or just because. There’s never any left😀
Yes! Never any leftovers!!
I used cream of bacon soup and bacon flavored ritz crackers . Delicious
That sounds amazing!! My son loves bacon and I will have to try it this way!
Do you think if I was adding broccoli, any of the other ingredient amounts would need to change?
Thanks!
Hi Mae,
I think if you add more then a cup I would add another can of cream of chicken.
This is so good!! The serving size is for 5 people but me and my fiancé ate the entire thing!! We couldn’t stop! This recipe is a keeper for sure. Thank you for sharing it!
Awesome! So glad y’all like it!
My whole family loves this! I served it over white rice and it mixed well 🙂
Yah! So glad you all liked the recipe so well! It’s my kids favorite.
My husband asks for this all the time! So easy and so good. Even my 2 year old eats it and thats saying something. Haha
That is awesome Marie!! So happy to hear that!