Almost every child who leaves house longs for their mother’s kitchen, and if they are lucky enough and their mother really loves to cook then this is longing on an even higher level.
Although she always tried to surprise us with new flavors and combinations, I will always really long for those simple dishes … the kind of food that we often eat and that she prepares with such a crazy ease, because just like that, today is the day for easy Casserole dish, the dish that is so simple that it doesn’t need a recipe.
My list of her dishes is huge, but one recipe will forever smell of mom and her love given to us through her cooking for years and that is the Loaded Baked Chicken Potato Casserole.
I often prepare this dish myself but I never expect the taste that I remember from my home. When I wish to eat that, then She steps on stage and again, for the umpteenth time, brings me back to the round table in the living room.
It’s nice to make Sunday dinner special and spend that time with the closest people….Some meals are just like that, slow and scented with linden that is brought by wind, smiling and cheerful….
Loaded Baked Potato & Chicken Casserole
Ingredients:
2lbs chicken breast
8 potatoes
1/3 cup Olive Oil
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 TBS fresh Ground Pepper
1 TBS Paprika
2 TBS Garlic Powder
6 TBS Hot Sauce
{Toppings}
2 cups Shredded Cheese
1 cup crumbled Bacon
1 cup diced Green Onion
Instructions:
Preheat oven 500F
In a large bowl mix Olive Oil, Salt, Pepper, Paprika, Garlic Powder & Hot Sauce
Cube the potatoes & add to the bowl
Coat a 9×13 dish with cooking spray
Add potatoes, allow for excess sauce in the bowl
Bake the potatoes for 45 minutes, stir every 15 minutes
Cube the chicken & add it to the bowl with the left over sauce
Mix together cheese, bacon & green onion in a small separate bowl
Once potatoes are done, add the uncooked marinated chicken
Then layer the toppings over the chicken
Bake for 15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked
Enjoy !