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Fast Food for Slow Sundays: Poppy Seed Chicken

I’m starting a new Saturday series here on Hodgepodge based on my Fast Food for Slow Sundays post at Habits for a Happy Home. Yes, it is possible, with a little pre-planning, to feed your family plus some guests – at home, after church. I’ve found a happy medium in sticking with some simple yet delicious basic meals. Meals that are frugal and stretch to feed a crowd. Meals that are filling for all those growly tummies! Since it is necessary for us to live an allergy-friendly lifestyle, we rarely eat out as a family after church. We pile in the family van and head home…

Today, I’m sharing a southern favorite. Comfort food for Sundays. This is an easy casserole to make ahead then warm for Sunday lunch…

I remember that some of my sweet, Sunday school ladies brought us this casserole after I had a baby. It is comfort food at its best.

One evening on Facebook I shared that we were having Italian Stuffed Shells then asked, What are y’all having for supper? Lacey replied Poppy Seed Chicken. I asked that she please, please share the recipe. And she did. See she’s a Phillips. And I used to be a Phillips. We must somehow be related, if not by name then by a love of Poppy Seed Chicken.

First you stir together cream of chicken soup and cream of celery soup. I only had cream of chicken so I used two cans. Then, there’s the sour cream. And a whole stick of melted butter. I’ve always said just add a stick of butter to anything and you have a southern casserole. Lacey understands that too.

Then you spray the 9×13 pan and then you put your cooked chicken in. I pulled some frozen, cooked chicken from a recent big-shop cooking session.

Melt your butter. Mix in 2 tsp poppy seeds. Crumble the sleeve of saltine crackers and mix all together.

Spread the soup mixture over the chicken. Then top it all with the cracker and poppy seed mixture.

: Lacey’s Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole

  1. Tyson (or Kroger brand) bag of grilled chicken chunks (I use already cooked chicken from the freezer)
  2. 1 can cream of chicken
  3. 1 can cream of celery
  4. 1 8oz sour cream
  5. 1 sleeve of saltine crackers
  6. 1 stick of butter
  7. 2 tps poppy seeds

  1. Preheat oven to 350.
  2. Spray a 9×13 casserole dish with non-stick spray; pour chicken on the bottom of casserole dish.
  3. In a bowl, mix the cream of chicken, cream of celery, and sour cream together. Then pour over chicken and cover evenly. *this is the best part and the kids will like helping with this part*
  4. Take one sleeve of saltine crackers and crush them up in the sleeve into little pieces, while melting a stick of butter.
  5. Then add the cracker pieces to the melted butter and add the poppy seeds and stir together.
  6. Coat the crackers with the butter/poppy seeds.
  7. Then top casserole.
  8. Bake for 35 minutes or until golden brown on top and bubbly.

Preparation time: 15 minute(s)

Cooking time: 35 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 6

5 :  ★★★★★ 1 review(s)

Lacey’s note: I usually serve this with rice and a green veggie. It’s always been a big hit with my friends and my college students! Hope you enjoy 🙂

It was absolutely delicious! And now I have something new in my spice cabinet. First time I’d ever bought poppy seeds. Thank you Lacey!

Interested in more ideas for Sunday lunches? All are easily adaptable for any day of the week. Click over to Fast Food for Slow Sundays, the starts of the Hodgepodge road home. Practicing the habit of hospitality and family around the table!

What will be on your table this Sunday?

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  1. Ellen says

    September 10, 2011 at 3:39 PM

    I love, love, love Poppy Seed Chicken! I’ve always used 2 cans cream of chicken soup, and I use Ritz crackers instead of saltines. Wonder if it freezes well? If so, it’s worth making two and freezing one for later!

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    • Hodgepodgemom says

      September 10, 2011 at 10:05 PM

      Oh Ellen. Next time – Ritz crackers it is!

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