Heart Healthy Cracker Barrel Copycat Chicken Casserole
Looking for the best copycat recipes from Cracker Barrel? This delicious Cracker Barrel copycat chicken casserole has been transformed into a heart-healthy Cracker Barrel copycat chicken casserole recipe. It's so good you'll swear it's the real thing.
Cooking MethodCasserole
Ingredients
- --Cornbread:
- 1 cup yellow cornmeal
- 1/3 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 tablespoon sugar (or equivalent sugar substitute)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil (or equivalent butter substitute)
- 3/4 cup low fat buttermilk
- 1 egg (or equivalent egg substitute)
- 1/2 cup melted margarine (or equivalent butter substitute)
- --Chicken Filling:
- 2 tablespoons margarine (or equivalent butter substitute)
- 1/4 cup chopped yellow onion
- 1/2 cup celery, sliced thin
- 1 3/4 cup low sodium chicken broth
- 1 can low fat cream of chicken soup
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 1/2 cups cooked chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces
Instructions
Cornbread:
- Mix all except melted margarine (or equivalent butter substitute) together in mixing bowl until smooth.
- Pour into greased (or sprayed) 8-inch square baking pan and bake at 375 degrees F for 20 to 25 minutes until done.
- Remove from oven and let cool completely.
- When cool, crumble cornbread and place 3 cups of cornbread crumbs in mixing bowl.
- Add 1/2 cup melted margarine (or eqivalent butter substitute) to crumbs and mix well, set aside
Chicken Filling:
- In saucepan on medium low heat, place margarine (or equivalent butter substitute) and saute onion and celery until transparent, stirring occasionally.
- Add chicken broth, low fat cream of chicken soup, salt and pepper.
- Stir until well blended and soup is dissolved completely.
- Add chicken; stir and blend until mixture reaches a low simmer.
- Cook for 5 minutes, then remove from heat.
- Place chicken mixture in greased 2 1/2-quart casserole dish or individual casserole dishes (about four).
- Spoon cornbread crumb topping on top of chicken mixture; do not stir into chicken filling.
- Place baking dish in preheated oven at 350 degrees F for 35 to 40 minutes. The crumbs will turn a golden yellow.
- A side order of country green beans or salad makes for a hearty meal.
