Easy Chicken Pot Pie Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1 lb chicken breast
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup (cream of chicken can be substituted if you don't like mushroom)
• 1 (7/8 ounce) packet instant chicken gravy
• 4 ounces cups water
• 1 medium onion
• 1 (16 ounce) package mixed vegetables
• 5 medium potatoes (in a hurry? use some thawed french fries)
• 1 (12 ounce) can flakey biscuits
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 teaspoon italian seasoning
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt (i recommend the california style with chunks of garlic and parsley)
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon salted butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 combine broth, butter, pepper, garlic salt, red pepper, italian season and chicken in baking dish.
• 3 bake 25 minutes.
• 4 once chicken is cooked remove from baking dish and place in freezer for quick cooling and save liquids. (can be done the night before!).
• 5 put the liquid in a bowl and add gravy, soup, and flour. mix until smooth.
• 6 peel and chop potatoes. rinse and put in a saucepan.
• 7 add liquid mixture and water to potatoes and boil 15 minutes or until potatoes soften but don't lose their crispness.
• 8 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 9 peel and chop onion.
• 10 chop cooled chicken into small pieces. (use your best judgement -- you know if you like big chunks or not :) ).
• 11 pour liquids, potatoes, mixed veggies, onion, and chicken into large baking dish.
• 12 bake 35 minutes.
• 13 bake biscuits according to package directions -- (i know it says not to say that, but canned ones are the easiest and you don't need any other ingredients, and they all have different directions. i don't recommend baking the biscuits on top of the casserole because they come out half mushy -- and nobody likes mushy biscuits. usually they're 400 degrees and if its 450 you can still bake both at the same time by just taking 8 or 10 minutes off the casserole bake time -- but watch closely!).
• 14 remove from oven. allow to cool 5 minutes. enjoy!