I found this recipe in a magazine last spring and meticulously stuck to it the first time I cooked it. I was so excited when my very picky fiance, at the time, loved it! It's very hard to cook for a picky eater, but he loves cheese and he loves chicken, so this one worked! Over the past year I have tweaked the original recipe a little. I have also come to understand really good cooks a little better. My family always teases my Mimi because we will ask her for a recipe and she'll tell us she doesn't know it. She's made some of her meals and goodies for so long that she doesn't follow a recipe. Her steps for us to follow usually consist of "a little bit of this, not too much of that, and a smidge of this." We never understood how she didn't know, but now I'm getting it! I've cooked this recipe so many times that I don't measure anything, I just pour and hope it works! But as I made it tonight I was careful to note the steps so that I could share it with all of you! Hope you like it!
Cheesy Chicken Ingredients:
6 Fresh Chicken Breasts (Or however many for the amount of people you are serving)
Seasoned Slat (I use Lowry's or Cavender's)
1 (10.75 oz) can of Cream of Chicken Soup
6 Slices of Cheddar Cheese
6 Slices of Swiss Cheese
1/4 Cup of Butter (Melted)
1 Cup of Herb Stuffing Mix (You could use chicken stuffing mix, but we love the herb taste!)
1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Lightly spray a 9 X 18 dish with Pam.
3. Place chicken breasts in the dish and spread apart. If your chicken breasts are really thick, I would cut them in half so that it doesn't take as long to cook. You could use frozen chicken if you needed to, but in my experience fresh works best!
4. Sprinkle seasoning salt on chicken. Flip chicken to other side and sprinkle salt to coat it.
5. Spread Cream of Chicken soup evenly on top of the chicken. You can also spread it around the chicken to fill the dish.
6. Place one slice of Swiss Cheese on each chicken breast.
7. Place one slice of Cheddar Cheese on each chicken breast.
8. In a bowl, melt the butter. Then, add the stuffing mix to the bowl and stir until the stuffing is coated.
9. Sprinkle the butter/stuffing mixture across the top of the chicken and cheese.
10. Place in oven and bake for 1 hour.
Parmesan Noodles Ingredients:
9 0z. Bag of Wide Egg Noodles
3 Tablespoons of Butter
3 Tablespoons of Sour Cream
1/2 Cup of Grated Parmesan Cheese
Salt to Taste
**I start cooking these when the chicken has about 20 minutes left to cook. You want to serve the noodles with the chicken as soon as it comes out of the oven!
1. Follow the directions on the egg noodle bag to cook noodles. BE SURE TO BOIL THE WATER BEFORE ADDING THE NOODLES! The first time I made these I added the noodles to the water before it was boiling and it turned into a mushy mess. Lesson learned :)
2. When noodles are cooked, drain and pour into a serving bowl.
3. Add butter, sour cream, parmesan cheese, and salt. Stir together and serve warm!
I don't know what it is about this recipe, but the chicken always turns out so tender and juicy! It always makes for a happy household and a clean plate! :)
