Cheesy Chicken Corkscrew Casserole full of chicken, peas in a creamy sauce!
Cheesy Chicken Corkscrew Casserole
Try and say that 5 times fast! LOL… I know right now you are trying to, right? I can’t, can you? With this on the menu no one will want to be late for dinner the night you’re serving this. I used a store bought rotisserie chicken to make this a quick and easy dinner to prepare. I’ve got so when I’m in one of the big box stores I buy a couple of their chickens and bring them home and debone them into freezer bags with the juices. I then boil the carcass for some extra chicken stock.
It’s Sunday Supper today and everyone is sharing their favorite casserole dish from appetizers to desserts. Wait until you see what’s on the table today, there are so many fabulous recipes!
I think you’ll love this casserole, it is super delicious. I was going to make a friends recipe to share with you until I realized it called for 3 cans of soup. All I could think of was that is way too much sodium for anyone so I made my own cheesy cream sauce for this instead which only took about 5 minutes and resolved that issue. I also use a few dashes of hot sauce in my sauce a trick taught to me by a CIA trained chef. It doesn’t add heat but does amp up the flavor. In case you don’t want to make your own sauce, it originally called for a can of cheese soup and 2 of cream of chicken.
Here is what mine looked like after I mixed it all up before I put it in the casserole dishes. You could also bake this in a 9 x 13 pan. I love broccoli in this casserole but you could also use spinach, mushrooms, zucchini, carrots or all of them. I cook the broccoli just to set that gorgeous color with the pasta by adding it in the last minute of the pasta cooking time.
- 1 lb. box corkscrew pasta
- 1 rotisserie chicken - deboned
- 2 heads of broccoli
- 4 sweet peppers
- 1 cup chopped onions
- 4 cups milk
- broth from the boned chicken
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 4 tablespoons flour
- 8 oz. sharp cheddar cheese
- 4 - 5 dashes hot sauce
- salt and pepper
- Parmesan cheese
- Put a large pan of salted water on and bring it to a boil. Cook pasta for about 7 minutes. Throw the broccoli in for the last minute. You don't want it to be cooked all the way, it will finish cooking when it is baked. Drain and rinse with cold water.
- Chop the remaining vegetables and add to a large bowl. Add the pasta and chicken.
- Melt the butter in the pan you cooked the pasta in. Stir in the flour. When it is thoroughly mixed in add the milk, broth and hot sauce. Cook until it thickens. Add the cheese, salt and pepper. Taste to adjust seasoning. Pour the sauce into the bowl with the pasta and chicken. Stir to combine.
- Place pasta in a 9 x 13 dish or individual casserole dishes that have been sprayed with cooking sprays. Top with a little parmesan cheese.
- Bake at 375 degrees for about 35 minutes, If making ahead to bake later add 15 minutes to the cooking time.
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I am so trying adding a dash of hot sauce the next time I make that type of sauce. And nice to see you didn’t use the canned soup – I agree with too much sodium.
I know, I should look up how much sodium it would add. Maybe I don’t really want to know. LOL
I can never resist a cheesy casserole and yours looks divine!!!!
Thanks Liz, I can’t resist a cheesy casserole either.
what a neat tip! I’m going to try adding a couple dashes of hot sauce the next time I make a cheese sauce! :)
Your photos this week are making me so hungry in this early hour! :)
Thanks Alice for stopping by!
This looks fantastic! Thanks for sharing with #SundaySupper.
I love the options for adding more veggies to this casserole. Looks great!
Thanks Ethel!
This looks irrisistable!
Thanks!
I love corkscrew pasta. Cavatappis is my fave short noodle shape. And the flavors in this casserole sounds Ah-mazing! I can’t wait to try it.
Thanks Christie! I like that pasta too. We have a great place to get pasta from. I like to go often!
Talk about comfort food! This cheesy casserole with homemade cheese sauce looks absolutely delicious! Filing and making!
Thanks Valerie!
I love the addition of broccoli! Looks wonderful.
This is like all my favorite things in one! Chicken, cheese, broccoli, and pasta….YUM!
Mine too!
So happy you made your own sauce. I hate using canned sauces. I bet it added delicious flavor.
it does, I just have a hard time adding canned soups. so easy to just make my own.
This looks like the perfect casserole for my family’s next Sunday Supper…and I love the addition of hot sauce!
Thanks Alida! me too!
This is one beautiful dinner casserole, Mary Ellen!
Thanks Cindy!
Gotta love a good tongue twister for a recipe title! This looks delicious. Who can resist cheese and pasta?!
Hi Shaina, LOL! Not me that’s for sure.
This looks AMAZING! My kids would devour this!
Thanks Serena!
This cheesy casserole is the bomb!
Thanks Isabel!
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Thanks so much Patty. Most of the ooey gooey cakes I make sink in the middle. The only way to prevent it is to use baking strips on the outside of the pans, especially glass ones. Since most of you don’t use them I tend to not use them also so I can be sure of the results you should get. I’m glad your husband liked it!
Looks delicious. So fresh and light for hot summer days like these. Nice postI like the options for adding more veggies to this casserole.