Chicken Bacon Pasta Casserole
- 3 whole Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
- 2 whole Small Onions, Diced
- 2 stalks Celery, Chopped
- 2 cups Frozen Corn
- 1/2 cups Cooked Bacon, Chopped
- 1 package Vermicelli (or Angel Hair)
- 1- 1/2 cup Colby Jack Cheese, Grated
- 2 Tablespoons White Cooking Wine
- 1 can Cream Of Mushroom Soup
- 3/4 cups Sour Cream
- 3 sprigs Fresh Thyme And Sage (or Other Herbs)
- 1 dash Cayenne Pepper
- 3 dashes Salt and Pepper, to taste
- 2 dashes Paprika
- 5 Tablespoons Butter
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- (All Seasoning and butter measurements are approximate and can be adjusted to your preferences.)
- First, do all of your veggie chopping.
- That would be two veggies.
- The onions and the celery.
- Melt some butter (a few Tablespoons) in a deep skillet or dutch oven.
- I used my dutch oven because Im lazy and want to wash fewer dishes.
- When the butter is almost melted, throw in your onions and celery.
- Saute them for several minutes until the onions are translucent.
- Next add in your corn.
- You may or may not need another little touch of butter.
- Continue cooking for several more minutes.
- While it cooks cut your chicken breasts (or thighs or whatever youve got) into cubes.
- When the onion mixture smells divine and the corn is cooked through, remove them to a bowl and set aside.
- Right about this time youll want to start a pot of salted water boiling and cook your vermicelli noodles.
- Again, if you need to add just a bit more butter to cook the chicken, do so now.
- I usually like to use a little bit of butter and canola oil instead of all butter as it seems to not be as likely to burn.
- But do as you please on that front.
- Brown the chicken until almost done.
- Now add your bacon pieces, your fresh minced herbs as well as salt and pepper to taste.
- Give it a good stir and then add a few Tablespoons of white cooking wine and cook for another couple of minutes.
- Throw the corn/onion mixture back into the skillet/dutch oven followed by the cooked and drained vermicelli noodles.
- Give it another really good stir.
- Now add the abomination that causes atrial fibulations, your cream of mushroom soup, and then the sour cream, followed by the cheese.
- Stir all of this madness up together like as unto a witch stirring her evil bubbling gruel.
- Cackle if you must.
- Make sure to reserve some of the cheese to sprinkle on top.
- For, what would a casserole be without a crustified crown of cheese, I ask?
- What?
- !
- When it is mixed well and topped with cheese, sprinkle some paprika over top of it and place it in a 350 degrees oven.
- Cook for about 30 40 minutes.
- In my dutch oven it only needed 30 minutes to become piping hot.
- Im sorry that I dont have any pictures for you.
- But folks, it has bacon in it.
- Bacon and cheese and sour cream.
- Your imaginations should suffice.
- I hope you enjoy it!
chicken breasts, onions, stalks celery, bacon, vermicelli, cheese, white cooking wine, cream of mushroom soup, sour cream, thyme, cayenne pepper, salt, paprika, butter
Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/chicken-bacon-pasta-casserole-2/ (may not work)