Print the recipe!  chicken noodle casserole

Easy and fast!  This recipe is basically a chicken version of tuna noodle casserole (found here) adapted to be a food storage meal.  Since my family isn’t too crazy about tuna I was excited to try this recipe made with chicken; it turned out well and everyone liked it!

8 servings

Ingredients:

12 oz. wide egg noodles, cooked

1 TBS powdered butter

5 TBS flour

1 can evaporated milk

1 (14 oz.) can chicken broth

2 (12.5 oz.) cans chicken

1/4- 1/2 cup freeze dried onion flakes (rehydrated) (*or 1/2 a small onion, chopped)

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1/2 tsp. salt (* in place of the salt and pepper I used one tsp. of Good Seasons Dressing mix)

1/4 tsp. pepper

For the bread crumb topping:

1 TBS oil (whichever type you prefer)

1/2 – 1 cup homemade bread crumbs

1- 2 TBS Good Seasons dressing mix (*or Italian seasoning)

Instructions:

Begin by rehydrating the onions.  Start the water to boil to cook the egg noodles. In a small bowl combine the flour and butter powder.  Mix into this about 1/4 cup of evaporated milk and whisk until smooth.  In a large skillet, heat the remaining evaporated milk, onion and garlic powder and stir into this the flour and butter mixture.  Add in the can of chicken broth and bring to a low boil until sauce is thickened.  Add canned chicken to the sauce followed by the cooked noodles and stir all together.  Transfer to a baking dish and top with bread crumb mixture.  Bake at 375 for about 15 minutes until bread crumbs are toasted.

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In to bake at 375 about 15 minutes until nicely toasted…

Enjoy!

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Notes:

• In your planning to use as a long term recipe, remember you can utilize the water in the cans of  chicken to rehydrate your onions to save water.

• To make the homemade bread crumbs, dry your bread well in a low temp. oven for an hour or two (200 degrees or so),  then use a manual food mill (or food processor) to grind into crumbs.

• Fast but not “pantry meal” fast:  The only thing that holds this meal back from being a go-to pantry meal is the preparation ahead of time in making the breadcrumbs.  If you have the breadcrumbs ready to go it can be ready to bake in 15 minutes.