Bring-Your-Own-Lunch Recipe: Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole #BYOL

By Fausto Mendez

    Every week, we suggest a fascinating, unique and delicious dish that is easy to make or reheat at your office lunchroom. This week’s #BYOL recipe: Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole!

    Chicken cordon bleu is great, but the way it’s normally prepared is kind of a pain in the ass. Plus, if you like evenly dispersing the taste of each ingredient throughout each bite, it’s hard to eat chicken-stuffed anything that way. That’s why I love a well-made casserole.

    Casseroles taste just like their original counterparts, but the ingredients are mixed together in a way that allows you to taste most, if not all, of the ingredients in every bite. I love that. Now, let’s cook; start by preheating your oven to 375ºF.

Step 0 – Pull a Chicken Out of the Freezer, and Gather Your Ingredients

+ 6 oz pack of chicken flavored stuffing mix (or your own recipe)

+ 10 ¾ oz can of cream of chicken soup (condensed)

+ 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

+ 3 to 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (cut into bit-size strips)

+ 3 cups broccoli florets

+ 2 cups cooked and chopped ham

+ 6 slices of Swiss cheese

Step 1 – Prepare Some Stuff in a Bowl

+ You need to prepare some stuff(ing) before we can start baking, so make the stuffing as the package recommends. Alternatively, you may use your own stuffing recipe, but this tends to be the easier (and still very delicious) way. 

Step 2 – Mix Some Other Stuff in Another Bowl

+ If you love stuffing, be very careful with this next part: Place the stuffing to the side – out of sight and mind. It’s better to hide it to prevent yourself from snacking it away as you finish the recipe, or you can do what I do to prevent this problem. Make a second batch of stuffing strictly for snacking purposes.  

+ Mix the mustard and soup in a separate bowl. Add the chicken, ham and broccoli to the same bowl.

Step 3 – Bake Stuff

+ Grease, a two-quart casserole dish, or use your favorite cooking spray.

+ Gather all that stuff that you just prepared – minus the stuffing stuff – and chuck it all into the casserole dish. Top the mixture with Swiss cheese slices.

+ Finally, add whatever stuffing you didn’t eat to the top of the casserole. 

+ Don’t forget to get baked bake it. Stick in the oven for 35 to 40 minutes.

Step 4 – Eat Stuff

+ If you didn’t snack on too much stuffing, you might have some room for the casserole once you’re done cooking it, but don’t forget the whole point of the recipe: it’s an easy dish to reheat at your office lunchroom. Save some for tomorrow’s lunch!

+ You can thank Six Sisters for the original recipe.

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