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Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole with Mushrooms

April 17, 2015

Poppy seed chicken casserole is a Southern classic. I like to add mushrooms to my version, which is made completely from scratch!
Poppy seed chicken casserole is a Southern classic. I like to add mushrooms to my version, which is made completely from scratch! | recipe from chattavore.com
When I was a kid, I used to occasionally spend the night with my friend Nicole on Saturday nights. We’d go to her church in the morning then after church eat lunch at her grandparents’ house. Since my family had our big family meal on Sunday night, this Sunday-after-church-lunch tradition was a little unfamiliar to me (though I know that a lot of families have a big lunch after church). Another thing that was unfamiliar to me? Chicken casserole.
Poppy seed chicken casserole is a Southern classic. I like to add mushrooms to my version, which is made completely from scratch! | recipe from chattavore.com
Yep. My friend’s grandmother, mom, and aunts were great cooks and there were always lots of delicious things to eat (they had a pretty large family). Ham, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, red velvet cake (which I actually first ate at Nicole’s 9th birthday party). But the dish I remember most was chicken casserole. Shredded chicken in a creamy, savory sauce, topped off with buttery cracker crumbs and baked until golden. It was something that my mom and grandmother had never made, and it was glorious.
Poppy seed chicken casserole is a Southern classic. I like to add mushrooms to my version, which is made completely from scratch! | recipe from chattavore.com
Years later my mom started making it and it became one of her signature church potluck dishes. I remember that every time we had a potluck my cousin Kenneth would make sure that my mom was bringing chicken casserole. Eventually it reached a point where my mom would make chicken casserole just because she knew that people expected it. I mean, it’s just that good.
Poppy seed chicken casserole is a Southern classic. I like to add mushrooms to my version, which is made completely from scratch! | recipe from chattavore.com
Several years back, I heard of something called poppy seed chicken. I was intrigued, as I had fallen in love with poppy seeds when I used to eat copious numbers of poppy seed bagels while working at The Daily Bagel when I was a freshman in college. I love the slightly nutty flavor that they lend to everything, and the rumors about failing drug tests after you eat poppy seeds are supposedly false. Anyway, I was expecting some interesting poppy seed encrusted dish and instead what I discovered was the poppy seed chicken was chicken casserole with poppy seeds.
Poppy seed chicken casserole is a Southern classic. I like to add mushrooms to my version, which is made completely from scratch! | recipe from chattavore.com
Now, most recipes for poppy seed chicken casserole call for canned cream of chicken soup, and I still do a happy dance when my mom makes chicken casserole with that familiar red and white can because it. is. delicious. However, it’s pretty widely known that I can never do things the easy way, so I like to make my poppy seed chicken from scratch. Oh, and I like to add mushrooms, but you don’t have to.

Either way, this poppy seed chicken casserole is rich and delicious (by the way, those are butter beans with bacon on the side).

Yield: 4-8 servings

Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole with Mushrooms

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Ingredients

  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
  • 1/2 medium onion, chopped
  • 4 ounces button or cremini mushrooms, cleaned and sliced (optional)
  • 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup low-sodium chicken stock
  • 1/2 cup milk or heavy cream
  • salt and pepper
  • 3 cups shredded chicken (I used 2 pounds of poached chicken thighs)
  • 1 cup sour cream (1 8-ounce container)
  • 2 tablespoons poppy seeds
  • 1 sleeve Ritz crackers

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Preheat 2 tablespoons of the butter in a 10-inch skillet. Add the chopped onions and cook until translucent. Add the mushrooms and cook until softened. Add one tablespoon of butter to the skillet and allow it to melt. Add the flour and stir to combine. Cook for one minute.
  3. Slowly add the liquid, stirring constantly until smooth. Cook until thickened to the consistency of condensed soup. Season with salt and pepper to taste and remove from the heat.
  4. In a large bowl, combine the chicken, the onion/mushroom "soup" mixture, sour cream, and poppy seeds and stir to combine completely. Pour into an 8 or 9-inch baking dish.
  5. Crumble the crackers into a bowl (this is not how I show it in the pictures, but this is a better way to completely coat the crumbs with butter). Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and pour over the crackers crumbs. Stir to coat the crumbs with butter and sprinkle them over the casserole. Bake for 25-30 minutes until bubbly around the edges. Serve immediately.
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Poppy seed chicken casserole is a Southern classic. I like to add mushrooms to my version, which is made completely from scratch! | recipe from chattavore.com
Poppy seed chicken casserole is a Southern classic. I like to add mushrooms to my version, which is made completely from scratch! | recipe from chattavore.com

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Comments

  1. Ben says

    April 17, 2015 at 11:13 am

    It sounds yummy, but did I miss when and how you add the poppy seeds? Sprinkled on top or mixed in?
    Reply
    • Chattavore says

      April 17, 2015 at 11:37 am

      Oops! Thanks for pointing that out, Ben. The poppy seeds should be mixed in in step 3. I'll fix that when I am at my computer!
      Reply
  2. Kelley Kuhn says

    April 17, 2015 at 7:21 pm

    We can't do any wheat at our house--easy enough to substitute corn starch for the flour in the sauce. Any ida s of a substitute for the ritz? Would smashed potato chips work? Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Looks so yummy!
    Reply
    • Chattavore says

      April 17, 2015 at 8:36 pm

      I think potato chips would be delicious here! I do a hot chicken salad that has crushed potato chips on top and it's great. Tell me how it turns out!
      Reply
  3. Christin@SpicySouthernKitchen says

    April 17, 2015 at 10:50 pm

    Love the buttery cracker topping! This casserole looks amazing!
    Reply
    • Chattavore says

      April 17, 2015 at 11:02 pm

      Thanks, Christin! I love a good buttery cracker topping. I even add fresh crackers to the top when I reheat this casserole. :D
      Reply

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