Chicken and Stuffing Bake

Chicken and Stuffing Bake

NOTE: Made this again and had only one box of stuffing.  Worked fine.  Reduce the chicken broth on top to one can.

Got chicken?  Got a couple boxes of stuffing mix?  You got dinner.

This was absolutely yummy and Trent loved it, a must-do in the two week rotation.  Best Part:  It goes together easily and uses up food that you probably have in your pantry and freezer.

Adapted from a Life it in the Lofthouse recipe, but I made changes.  I'm glad I did!  

Chicken Breast, about three large ones (a quart freezer bag size, that is how we package it and freeze it.  Buy 40 lbs at a time on the Albertson's sales and freeze it.)
2 tsp olive oil
2 regular size cans of cream of chicken soup, 10.5 oz each
1 cup milk
Frozen broccoli, I used 2 steamfresh bags I had in the freezer.
2 packages stove top stuffing mix, any flavor
2 regular size cans of Swanson chicken broth or stock 14.5 oz each

Thaw chicken, thaw or rinse broccoli to remove any excess moisture like ice crystals, etc.

Cut chicken into small 1/2 inch pieces.  Heat olive oil in a large skillet and fry the chicken lightly.  I did it all together, not in batches.  You don't want it to be cooked through, just about halfway cooked through.

Place chicken into a deep 13x9 dish, add the thawed broccoli on top of the chicken.  In a small bowl, mix the cream of chicken soup with 1 cup of milk.  Place the soup mixture on top of the chicken and broccoli.  Spread it over the chicken and broccoli evenly but I did not stir it up, it was just in a layer.  Place both boxes of stuffing mix on top of that in another layer.  Make sure to distribute the seasonings that always fall to the bottom :)

Punch holes in the broth cans with a can opener and sprinkle one can over half the stuffing mix and the other can over the other half.Get as much of the stuffing mix sprinkled with the broth as possible.  Cover with foil and bake at 375 for at least 1-1/2 hours.  Make sure chicken is cooked through, and the layers of liquid are boiling underneath the stuffing.  Remove from oven and let set for five to ten minutes before serving.  Makes a lot...feeds a family for two meals.