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Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 2 cups torn bread 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil Coarse salt and ground pepper 4 cups packed flat-leaf spinach, washed 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, minced 1/4 cup white wine 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups half-and-half 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1 cup shredded rotisserie chicken
Cook’s Notes Assemble and refrigerate this, uncooked, a day ahead. Add bread before baking.
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Recipe Summary Servings: 4 med106243_1010_ayc_chicken_casserole.jpg
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Recipe Summary Servings: 4
Recipe Summary
Servings: 4
Servings: 4
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Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 cups torn bread 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil Coarse salt and ground pepper 4 cups packed flat-leaf spinach, washed 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, minced 1/4 cup white wine 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups half-and-half 1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice 1 cup shredded rotisserie chicken
Directions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. In a medium bowl, combine bread with 1 tablespoon oil; season with salt. Set aside. In a medium pot, heat 1 1/2 teaspoons oil over medium-high. Add spinach; season with salt. Cook, stirring, until wilted, 2 minutes. Transfer to a colander, let cool, then squeeze out water. Coarsely chop.
Wipe pot clean and heat 1 1/2 teaspoons oil over medium. Add onion, garlic; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion is soft, about 8 minutes.
Add wine to pot and cook until almost evaporated, about 5 minutes. Add flour and cook, stirring, 30 seconds. Gradually whisk in half-and-half. Add lemon juice and bring mixture to a boil over high.
Remove from heat and stir in chopped spinach and chicken; season with salt and pepper. Transfer to a 2-quart baking dish and top with bread pieces. Bake until bread is golden brown and mixture is bubbling, 8 to 10 minutes.
Cook’s Notes Assemble and refrigerate this, uncooked, a day ahead. Add bread before baking.
Cook’s Notes
Assemble and refrigerate this, uncooked, a day ahead. Add bread before baking.
Reviews (15)
Add Rating & Review 430 Ratings 5 star values: 77 4 star values: 144 3 star values: 129 2 star values: 63 1 star values: 17
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Add Rating & Review 430 Ratings 5 star values: 77 4 star values: 144 3 star values: 129 2 star values: 63 1 star values: 17
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430 Ratings 5 star values: 77 4 star values: 144 3 star values: 129 2 star values: 63 1 star values: 17
430 Ratings 5 star values: 77 4 star values: 144 3 star values: 129 2 star values: 63 1 star values: 17
430 Ratings 5 star values: 77 4 star values: 144 3 star values: 129 2 star values: 63 1 star values: 17
5 star values: 77 4 star values: 144 3 star values: 129 2 star values: 63 1 star values: 17
Martha Stewart Member Rating: 5 stars 04/02/2019 »-(¯`v´¯)-» I made this and it was like a casserole of Spinach Artichoke Dip! I had read all the reviews of how bland this was.... So I spiced it up with sauteed mushrooms, more garlic, cayenne pepper, parm cheese (1 cup!) 1 can of artichoke hearts (drained, patted dry and chopped) I used 1/2 bag Frozen spinach that I cooked off the water in a frying pan and added the artichoke hearts to. I used sour dough AND pumpernickle bread with lots of spices, s&p and Parm cheese on top! I made more that I needed toasted them for extras! YUMMLY CHUMMLY!! »-(¯`v´¯)-» Martha Stewart Member Rating: 5 stars 01/27/2019 I liked it, its mild tasting and delightful; hubby liked more lemon juice in it for brighter flavor, I like extra olive oil, salt and pepper on rustic bread to top the casserole before baking. Crunchy bread and creamy chicken/spinach go really well together. Martha Stewart Member Rating: 5 stars 10/05/2018 This was a great recipe to use up some rotisserie chicken meat. I used sourdough on top. I added mushrooms, that’s the only addition I made. The suggestion of an herby bread, olive or something flavored sounds great. I would definitely add mushrooms again. I’ll try adding parmesan cheese or blue cheese, that sounds wonderful. I’d also add peas. Maybe a small amount of red pepper for a kick. This is great, but I’d definitely doctor it up a little. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 08/19/2017 Martha I love yo in but this recipe is plain boring. It's a good idea starter tho. I used some day old homemade herb bread and added a lot of things to the casserole also including some herbs like Tumeric and salt and pepper and I didn't drain the spinich instead I added it towards the end after the wine cooked down a bit and cooked off the juices with the meat and onions and other goodies I added like purple colliflower, corn, green onions, mushrooms and coconut now milk and cream, and then layered some peppered cheese before I topped it with bread. Martha Stewart Member Rating: 4 stars 07/12/2017 i also found the white roux sauce to be flavourless, as well as a bit thin (for my tastes anyway.) I added mushrooms and that helped some. I had used up the last of my powdered garlic and onion in mixing this together so i rummaged through the spice rack and decided on a bit of Italian seasoning. About half a teaspoon. I then added about half a tablespoon of liquid smoke. Then...i let it sit in the refrigerator for a few hours until it was time for me to run it through the oven. I found that it had thickened up quite a bit. I still would add more to it though, maybe increase the onion, spinach and chicken all together. The end result was very nice though. I personally am not a fan of Italian Seasoning, but my dinner guests raved over this dish. I think this dish is an excellent choice that one can tweak to make their own! If anyone is interested, i used chicken breast i had cooked with a sous vide cooker. Martha Stewart Member Rating: 3 stars 05/07/2014 This recipe was good but does need a bit of help as I also found it a little lacking in flavor. Don't be shy on the garlic, definitely needs more. I might try adding mushrooms and peppers as suggested below. I too added parm cheese which was perfect. Pair with a crisp salad and bold wine and you have a nice weekday meal. Very easy to make. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 01/26/2014 This was easy enough but too bland even though I doubled the garlic and used salt and pepper liberally, as indicated at different steps in the recipe. If I made it again I'd add mushrooms, maybe some roasted red pepper for color balance and definitely more spice. I used shredded Parmesan on top of the bread topping, and that helped. My husband and I both added some Sri Racha -- which I almost never agree with! -- after just one bite and that doctored it nicely. Martha Stewart Member Rating: 5 stars 01/04/2014 FANTASTIC casserole. We used crunched up some saltines on top in addition to the bread. Very good. Very easy. Loved it and so did everyone else. Martha Stewart Member Rating: 4 stars 10/02/2013 Really great casserole! Reheats great as well. I added bleu cheese to add a little zip and it made it even better. I used sourdough for the torn bread which turned out to be a yummy way to use the round loaf ends. I will definitely be making this again soon. Martha Stewart Member Rating: 4 stars 01/08/2013 I'm not a health nut but I don't see the point of 1 1/2 cups of half and half. I doubled the recipe and I used half a cup of half and half, half a cup of 1% milk. It was delicious and it didn't taste like a light diet dish because it still has olive oil and 1/2 cup of half and half in it. Martha Stewart Member Rating: 5 stars 10/01/2012 I agree. This recipe should be doubled. My daughter and I killed it and I wanted to have enough for leftovers. I browned one large chicken breast. I also did not have any wine on hand and used chicken stock. Trader Joe's Olive baguette was perfect in this dish. I am going to make this over and over again this winter. Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 08/28/2012 Delicious, easy and worth making. I pretty much doubled the recipe, though only had 2 cups of half and half, so added 2 1/2 tbsp on flour. Added some parmesan cheese to the bread - very good. Will be making this again Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 01/05/2011 Super yummy! Instead of getting a rotisserie chicken, I roasted two chicken breasts and shredded. I also used 3/4 cup 1% milk and 3/4 cup half Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 12/09/2010 This got rave reviews at our dinner table! I also suggest doubling this so you can enjoy it for more than one meal. The only change I made to what is written here was that instead of using half Martha Stewart Member Rating: Unrated 10/25/2010 Very tasty. I didn't have white wine on hand, so substituted it with 1/8 cup chicken broth and 1/8 cup white wine vinegar. As always, I used more garlic than the recipe called for. I will definitely be doubling this recipe the next time I make it!Martha Stewart Member
Rating: 5 stars 04/02/2019
»-(¯v´¯)-» I made this and it was like a casserole of Spinach Artichoke Dip! I had read all the reviews of how bland this was.... So I spiced it up with sauteed mushrooms, more garlic, cayenne pepper, parm cheese (1 cup!) 1 can of artichoke hearts (drained, patted dry and chopped) I used 1/2 bag Frozen spinach that I cooked off the water in a frying pan and added the artichoke hearts to. I used sour dough AND pumpernickle bread with lots of spices, s&p and Parm cheese on top! I made more that I needed toasted them for extras! YUMMLY CHUMMLY!! »-(¯v´¯)-»
Rating: 5 stars
Rating: 5 stars 01/27/2019
I liked it, its mild tasting and delightful; hubby liked more lemon juice in it for brighter flavor, I like extra olive oil, salt and pepper on rustic bread to top the casserole before baking. Crunchy bread and creamy chicken/spinach go really well together.
Rating: 5 stars 10/05/2018
This was a great recipe to use up some rotisserie chicken meat. I used sourdough on top. I added mushrooms, that’s the only addition I made. The suggestion of an herby bread, olive or something flavored sounds great. I would definitely add mushrooms again. I’ll try adding parmesan cheese or blue cheese, that sounds wonderful. I’d also add peas. Maybe a small amount of red pepper for a kick. This is great, but I’d definitely doctor it up a little.
Rating: Unrated 08/19/2017
Martha I love yo in but this recipe is plain boring. It’s a good idea starter tho. I used some day old homemade herb bread and added a lot of things to the casserole also including some herbs like Tumeric and salt and pepper and I didn’t drain the spinich instead I added it towards the end after the wine cooked down a bit and cooked off the juices with the meat and onions and other goodies I added like purple colliflower, corn, green onions, mushrooms and coconut now milk and cream, and then layered some peppered cheese before I topped it with bread.
Rating: Unrated
Rating: 4 stars 07/12/2017
i also found the white roux sauce to be flavourless, as well as a bit thin (for my tastes anyway.) I added mushrooms and that helped some. I had used up the last of my powdered garlic and onion in mixing this together so i rummaged through the spice rack and decided on a bit of Italian seasoning. About half a teaspoon. I then added about half a tablespoon of liquid smoke. Then…i let it sit in the refrigerator for a few hours until it was time for me to run it through the oven. I found that it had thickened up quite a bit. I still would add more to it though, maybe increase the onion, spinach and chicken all together. The end result was very nice though. I personally am not a fan of Italian Seasoning, but my dinner guests raved over this dish. I think this dish is an excellent choice that one can tweak to make their own! If anyone is interested, i used chicken breast i had cooked with a sous vide cooker.
Rating: 4 stars
Rating: 3 stars 05/07/2014
This recipe was good but does need a bit of help as I also found it a little lacking in flavor. Don’t be shy on the garlic, definitely needs more. I might try adding mushrooms and peppers as suggested below. I too added parm cheese which was perfect. Pair with a crisp salad and bold wine and you have a nice weekday meal. Very easy to make.
Rating: 3 stars
Rating: Unrated 01/26/2014
This was easy enough but too bland even though I doubled the garlic and used salt and pepper liberally, as indicated at different steps in the recipe. If I made it again I’d add mushrooms, maybe some roasted red pepper for color balance and definitely more spice. I used shredded Parmesan on top of the bread topping, and that helped. My husband and I both added some Sri Racha – which I almost never agree with! – after just one bite and that doctored it nicely.
Rating: 5 stars 01/04/2014
FANTASTIC casserole. We used crunched up some saltines on top in addition to the bread. Very good. Very easy. Loved it and so did everyone else.
Rating: 4 stars 10/02/2013
Really great casserole! Reheats great as well. I added bleu cheese to add a little zip and it made it even better. I used sourdough for the torn bread which turned out to be a yummy way to use the round loaf ends. I will definitely be making this again soon.
Rating: 4 stars 01/08/2013
I’m not a health nut but I don’t see the point of 1 1/2 cups of half and half. I doubled the recipe and I used half a cup of half and half, half a cup of 1% milk. It was delicious and it didn’t taste like a light diet dish because it still has olive oil and 1/2 cup of half and half in it.
Rating: 5 stars 10/01/2012
I agree. This recipe should be doubled. My daughter and I killed it and I wanted to have enough for leftovers. I browned one large chicken breast. I also did not have any wine on hand and used chicken stock. Trader Joe’s Olive baguette was perfect in this dish. I am going to make this over and over again this winter.
Rating: Unrated 08/28/2012
Delicious, easy and worth making. I pretty much doubled the recipe, though only had 2 cups of half and half, so added 2 1/2 tbsp on flour. Added some parmesan cheese to the bread - very good. Will be making this again
Rating: Unrated 01/05/2011
Super yummy! Instead of getting a rotisserie chicken, I roasted two chicken breasts and shredded. I also used 3/4 cup 1% milk and 3/4 cup half
Rating: Unrated 12/09/2010
This got rave reviews at our dinner table! I also suggest doubling this so you can enjoy it for more than one meal. The only change I made to what is written here was that instead of using half
Rating: Unrated 10/25/2010
Very tasty. I didn’t have white wine on hand, so substituted it with 1/8 cup chicken broth and 1/8 cup white wine vinegar. As always, I used more garlic than the recipe called for. I will definitely be doubling this recipe the next time I make it!
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