Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole with Buttery Ritz Topping

by HomeCooking
Prep: 15m
Cook: 30m
poultry
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Ingredients
Servings:6
1cupsour cream
10 3/4ozcondensed cream of chicken soup
1tbsppoppy seeds
1tspdried dill
4cupcooked chicken
3cupcooked rice
1 1/2cupbutter crackers
1/2cupbutter
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Instructions
  1. 1

    Mix up the filling

    In a large bowl, stir together the sour cream, undiluted cream of chicken soup, poppy seeds, and dill until smooth. Fold in the cubed cooked chicken and cooked rice until everything's well coated. Rotisserie chicken works beautifully here.

  1. 2

    Add the buttery topping

    Spread the chicken mixture into a greased 11x7-inch baking dish. Crush the butter crackers into coarse crumbs, stir them together with the melted butter, and sprinkle the mixture evenly over the top.

  2. 3

    Bake until bubbly

    Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for about 30 minutes, until the edges are bubbling and the cracker topping is golden brown. Let it rest a few minutes before serving so the filling sets up.

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Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole with Buttery Ritz Topping

Created by: HomeCooking

Prep Time: 15m
Cook Time: 30m
Servings: 6

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 10 3/4 oz condensed cream of chicken soup
  • 1 tbsp poppy seeds
  • 1 tsp dried dill
  • 4 cup cooked chicken
  • 3 cup cooked rice
  • 1 1/2 cup butter crackers
  • 1/2 cup butter

Instructions

  1. Mix up the fillingIn a large bowl, stir together the sour cream, undiluted cream of chicken soup, poppy seeds, and dill until smooth. Fold in the cubed cooked chicken and cooked rice until everything's well coated. Rotisserie chicken works beautifully here.
  2. Add the buttery toppingSpread the chicken mixture into a greased 11x7-inch baking dish. Crush the butter crackers into coarse crumbs, stir them together with the melted butter, and sprinkle the mixture evenly over the top.
  3. Bake until bubblyBake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for about 30 minutes, until the edges are bubbling and the cracker topping is golden brown. Let it rest a few minutes before serving so the filling sets up.

Notes & Tips

This is the casserole that shows up at every church potluck back home, and there's a reason folks keep making it — creamy filling, that buttery cracker crunch on top, and dinner on the table in under an hour. The poppy seeds give it a little nutty pop that makes it feel special without any fuss. Weeknight shortcut: grab a rotisserie chicken and a pouch of precooked rice and you've got just 15 minutes of hands-on work. Don't crush those crackers too fine — you want craggy, buttery bits, not dust. Leftovers reheat like a dream for lunch the next day.