Chicken and Biscuit Casserole

Description

A kind of marriage between the traditional chicken pot pie and chicken and dumplings. My family begs me to make this!

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup butter
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • ½ cup chopped onion
  • ½ cup chopped celery
  • ½ cup chopped baby carrots
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 4 cups chicken broth
  • 1 (10 ounce) can peas, drained
  • 4 cups diced, cooked chicken meat
  • 2 cups buttermilk baking mix
  • 2 teaspoons dried basil
  • ⅔ cup milk

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×13 inch baking dish.
  2. In a skillet
  3. melt the butter over medium-high heat. Cook and stir the garlic
  4. onion
  5. celery
  6. and carrots in butter until tender. Mix in the flour
  7. sugar
  8. salt
  9. 1 teaspoon dried basil
  10. and pepper. Stir in broth
  11. and bring to a boil. Stirring constantly
  12. boil 1 minute
  13. reduce heat
  14. and stir in peas. Simmer 5 minutes
  15. then mix in chicken. Transfer mixture to the prepared baking dish.
  16. In a medium bowl
  17. combine the baking mix and 2 teaspoons dried basil. Stir in milk to form a dough. Divide the dough into 6 to 8 balls. On floured wax paper
  18. use the palm of your hand to flatten each ball of dough into a circular shape; place on top of chicken mixture.
  19. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Cover with foil
  20. and bake for 10 more minutes. To serve
  21. spoon chicken mixture over biscuits.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Cook Time: 40 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Servings: 6

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