You know I often take requests from people like yourself. Last year, yes, last year, a gentleman asked me to recreate the Cracker Barrel Broccoli Cheddar Chicken. He called me to leave me a request for this recipe.
Broccoli cheddar chicken is easy to make and is the perfect dish for during the week. It’s a great one dish recipe and is done in less than an hour.
Who doesn’t love the meals at the Cracker Barrel? This recipe was one that was requested by a fellow viewer much like yourself. This dish was a little difficult for me to crack, as it is served on certain days.
This Cracker Barrel Broccoli Cheddar Chicken recipe is incredibly easy to put together, and once you place it in the oven, you are free to do other things. I love how this dish sneaks in broccoli. I think if you made some rice to go along with this dish you would have a quick and easy meal.
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Ingredients
Here’s a list of what you need:
- Chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
- Cheddar cheese soup mix (condensed soup can)
- Milk
- Ritz crackers
- Butter
- Frozen broccoli
- Shredded cheddar cheese
- Seasoned salt
How to Make Cracker Barrel Broccoli Cheddar Chicken
- Prepare the Cheddar cheese soup according to directions on the can.
- Place chicken breasts in a baking dish.
- Sprinkle seasoned salt on the chicken.
- Pour ¾ of the prepared soup over the chicken breasts.
- Add broccoli to chicken that has been covered with the cheddar soup.
- Melt butter and combine with crushed Ritz crackers. Sprinkle buttered crackers over the broccoli.
- Add remaining soup and bake at 350 degrees for approximately 45 minutes or until the chicken is done.
- Remove the dish from the oven and sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese.
Cracker Barrel Broccoli Cheddar Casserole is a dish you don’t want to miss. This is the perfect dish to sneak in some broccoli for your family. I like to bring this dish to a family potluck, the dish always comes back empty.
When I make it at home, I find that this recipe reheats very well. It is delicious reheated as it was on the first night.
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Cracker Barrel Broccoli Cheddar Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 1/2 pounds chicken breasts 4 portions, boneless and skinless
- 10.25 cans cheddar cheese soup
- 1 1/2 cup milk
- 1 1/2 cups Ritz Crackers crushed
- 4 tablespoons melted butter
- 8 ounces broccoli frozen
- 4 ounces shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Make can of Cheddar cheese soup mix according to package directions (one can of soup mix to one can of milk). Place chicken breasts in a 9 by 13-inch baking dish. Season the chicken with seasoned salt. Pour 3/4 of the prepared soup over the chicken breasts.
- Add broccoli to chicken that has been covered with the cheddar soup. Melt butter and combine with Ritz crackers, sprinkle buttered crackers over the broccoli. Add remaining soup mix, and bake for approximately 45 minutes or until the chicken is done. (Check chicken by cutting the thickest part and look to see that the chicken is uniform in color). When the chicken has been removed from oven sprinkle with shredded cheddar cheese.
Fern
Do you crush the crackers or put them in whole?
Carmen Torres
I just had this meal at Cracker Barrel and I know it was not made with Ritz crackers. It was made with some type of bread crumbs.
CC
I am a store manager and it IS those familiar buttery round crackers that we use!
pluckiducki
Is it a whole stick of butter or 1/2 a stick? The written recipe says one thing but the video another. Looks yummy!
diane
This is so wrong as I work there for 15 years. just wish people would not say it is there recipe try saying it is some what like theres
Ruth Shapovalov
I’m going to try this but I will buy non-MSG filled soup! 🙂 I know I can get cream of mushroom that doesn’t have MSG; not sure about cheddar.
stephaniemanley
For the cheddar why not create a white sauce that you add some cheese to?
Virginia Trudeau
This recipe was awful. Not at all like Cracker Barrel’s rich, creamy, flavorful casserole. The recipe turned out thin, bland and quite runny.
stephaniemanley
I am sorry you didn’t enjoy the casserole. I don’t know how it would have turned out thin.
laura
going to try tonight but hubby hates broccoli so I will sub corn in its place
Susan
Thank you for the recipe, I’m preparing this tonight. My cousin told me about it and said that it has become one of her family’s favorites.
Sue Jones Harper
made this for dinner this week…. AMAZING!! tastes just like my favorite at Cracker Barrel!
stephaniemanley
I am so glad to hear that you enjoyed the recipe.
Sherri Head
I didn’t have the cheese soup so I used cream of chicken & sprinkled French’s dried onions over them…then I sprinkled a little mozzarella cheese on the broccoli…after it came out of the oven I sprinkled the shredded cheddar on & covered it wirh foil & let it sit till the cheese melted…oh & I used the honey wheat ritz…yumm-o!
Stephanie
That does sound really good!
Ivie Rush
Stop attacking the woman,,,,damn,,, all you need is the recipe,,,thanks Mrs. Lady….
candice
Can this be done in the crock pot?
Stephanie
I don’t think the crackers will stay crisp in the crock pot. I bet the chicken would do ok in there.
Sue Jones Harper
I would think it would make it to watery….
Tara
When I made this recipe i altered it slightly.. I make the cheddar cheese soup with about 3/4 can of milk instead of a whole can it just seems to thicken it up better this way.. Also I pour the entire soup mixture over the chicken and then push broccoli down into the soup all over not just on top of the chicken like in the video.. Then i top with the cracker/butter mixture and it seems to get crispy this way instead of soggy with the extra soup poured over it.. Delicious!!
Mildred Kimber
It’s how ever you prefer because my sister in law use cheddar broccoli soup. and it was good
Dawna Baldridge
What size ia the casserole pan?
Stephanie
I used a 9 by 13 inch pan.
Stephanie Manley
13 x 9 inch pan.
Joanie
Wish you would post the nutritional values. Thanks
Kim
Do you thaw the frozen broccoli first or just put in on still frozen????
Stephanie Manley
Don’t put it in completely frozen, it is ok to use if it is still slightly frozen.
nikkibiird
So which soup is correct? Recipe says cheddar cheese soup…video says cream of chicken soup!
Terrellgram
Cheddar cheese soup is the correct soup. She mistakenly said cream of chicken.
Joanna
I’m not sure if you did or not,
but when you were putting the chicken in the dish, it did not appear that you
took the time to wash your hands between the time you put the chicken in and
picked up & used the all-purpose seasoning.
Just a suggestion…you might want to make a statement that whenever you
are using any kind of meat (ESPECIALLY chicken/poultry) you want to make sure
that you wash your hands well so there’s no cross-contamination. Just my thoughts on how I viewed the recipe. This looks good…I love Cracker Barrel, I’ll
have to try this (even though this is very similar to a recipe I already
make…it was one that I made up myself).
Stephanie Manley
I appreciate the suggestion. While I wash my hands between the steps, you may not see it in editing. I appreciate the suggestion you offer. It is difficult trying to make the videos short enough to keep interest, and long enough to keep all crucial steps.
Thank you.
Mildred Kimber
keep repeat the meat section and you can clearly see the edited of the film and i thought she was very professional in the video very good editing the way the professional do it and you don’t question if they wash their hand when you see it.
Stephanie
I think some folks think that video needs to catch every step. I tend to think video should be more about catching the highlights. You really don’t want to see every single step. It is about as exciting as watching paint dry.
patstrothman@yahoo.com
Bonnie from Iowa listen to the video, she gave alternate directions with cream of chicken soup
Bonnie from Iowa
You made a mistake in the video and said ” I made my soup according to
package directions and that was one can of cream of chicken
soup……..should have been cheddar cheese soup. Just wanted you to know……it might be good with cream of chicken soup too! Would need to add cheese though.