Million Dollar Chicken Casserole

🧂 Ingredients

• 1½ lbs chicken breasts

  (or thighs, cooked and shredded or chopped)
• 4 oz cream cheese

  (softened, at room temperature)
• 1 cup cottage cheese
• ½ cup sour cream
• 10.5 oz cream of chicken condensed soup

  (do not add milk or water)
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• ½ teaspoon onion powder
• ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 32 Ritz crackers

  (*see notes)
• 5 tablespoon butter

  (salted, melted)
• 1 tablespoon fresh parsley

  (optional, chopped for garnish)

Instructions

• 1 Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C) and shred or chop your cooked 1½ lbs chicken
  breasts.
• 2 Place the softened 4 oz cream cheese into a large mixing bowl and mash to
  soften. Add the 1 cup cottage cheese, ½ cup sour cream, 10.5 oz cream of chicken
  condensed soup, and seasoning (½ teaspoon garlic powder, ½ teaspoon onion
  powder, and ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper). Mix until thoroughly combined.
• 3 Add the chicken to the cheese mixture and stir until evenly distributed.
  Transfer into a 9x9 baking dish.
• 4 Crush the 32 Ritz crackers and add them to a small mixing bowl. Pour the melted
  5 tablespoon butter in with the crackers and stir to coat the cracker topping.
• 5 Sprinkle the topping over the chicken casserole and bake uncovered at 350°F
  (175°C) for 40 minutes.
• 6 Remove the casserole from the oven when done, garnish with chopped 1 tablespoon
  fresh parsley if desired, and serve immediately.

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