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Budget Meal: Chicken-Broccoli Bake

June 27, 2014 by Robin 2 Comments

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Chicken-Broccoli Casserole with Italian Cucumbers. A hearty casserole with a creamy chicken sauce, topped with broccoli and cornbread stuffing. This cheap and easy recipe will feed a family of 4 for only $4.36. #easyrecipe #chickenrecipe #casserole 

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Chicken-Broccoli Casserole (Feed 4 for $4.36) Cheap and Easy Recipe

Casseroles make the best week night meals. There’s usually little prep work involved, you just dump and bake. Most casseroles contain everything that you need for a balanced meal.  They’re hearty, so you know that everyone’s bellies will be full. And the best part, they are usually made using just one dish, so you have less dishes to do.

Chicken-Broccoli Casserole (Feed 4 for $4.36) Cheap and Easy Recipe

This dish is really easy to make, even when you make own condensed cream of chicken soup.

All there is to it, is mixing together the condensed cream of chicken soup and milk in the bottom of a 9×9 casserole dish. Then just stir in your diced chicken and top with broccoli.

Chicken-Broccoli Casserole (Feed 4 for $4.36) Cheap and Easy Recipe

Then you’ll top that off with some cornbread stuffing and pop into the oven for about 30 minutes.

Chicken-Broccoli Casserole (Feed 4 for $4.36) Cheap and Easy Recipe

When it’s done baking, dish it out, and serve it with some Italian cucumbers.

*This recipe can also be doubled and froze. 

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Chicken Broccoli Casserole

Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time29 minutes mins
Total Time40 minutes mins
Course: Entree
Cuisine: American
Keyword: casserole, chicken casserole
Servings: 6
Calories: 492kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 pkg (6 oz) cornbread stuffing
  • 1 can (10.5 oz) cream of chicken soup or homemade cream of chicken soup
  • 10.5 ounces milk
  • 1 ½ cups chicken cooked & shredded
  • 1 bag (12 oz) broccoli florets thawed

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F.
  • Prepare stuffing according to package directions.
  • Mix together soup and milk in the bottom of a 8×8 casserole dish.
  • Stir in chicken and top with broccoli and prepared stuffing.
  • Bake 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool 5 minutes before serving.

Notes

*The Nutritional Facts that have been calculated on this recipe are only estimates.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 492kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 53g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 11g | Monounsaturated Fat: 23g | Cholesterol: 50mg | Sodium: 21mg | Potassium: 75mg | Fiber: 0.01g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 82IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 61mg | Iron: 0.01mg

MEAL PLAN IDEA

Entrée: Chicken Broccoli Casserole 
Side Dish #1: Italian Cucumbers
Drink: Milk or Water

 

**Italian Cucumbers – cover 1 large sliced cucumber with Italian salad dressing and refrigerate 30 minutes before serving.

How to get these prices:

  • Cornbread Stuffing – (6 ounces for $0.69) purchased from a discount grocery store (Aldi’s)
  • Condensed Cream of Chicken Soup – (1 cup for $0.40) made from scratch. Recipe found HERE.
  • Milk – (1 gallon for $1.99) purchased on sale from a discount grocery store (Aldi’s)
  • Chicken – ($0.79 per pound) purchased on sale for a grocery store chain (Kroger).
  • Broccoli– (12 ounces for $0.89) purchased from a discount grocery store (Aldi’s).
  • Cucumber – (1 for $0.49) purchased on sale from a discount grocery store (Aldi’s)
  • Italian Dressing – (16 ounces for $1.00) purchased from a dollar store (Dollar Tree).

Savings Tip:
This may be a little out of your comfort zone, but it’s a great way to save money.  When you’re shopping and you find an item that is about to expire or looks a little bruised and beat up, ask for a discount. You’ll be surprised at how many times you’ll hear ‘yes’.

What is your go-to meal when funds are tight?

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Filed Under: Feed 4 for 5, Food Tagged With: casserole, chicken, entrée, simple

Comments

  1. the cape on the corner says

    July 2, 2014 at 5:55 pm

    not sure if you got my first comment…this looks deelish!
    b

    Reply
  2. Antionette Blake says

    July 3, 2014 at 3:37 pm

    Always looking for easy and inexpensive meals – thanks for the share. Have a Happy 4th – I hopped over from Katherine's Corner.

    Reply

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