BBQ Chicken Grilled Cheese Casserole is an easy weeknight dinner recipe using shredded rotisserie chicken and loaded with BBQ sauce, bacon, cheddar and mozzarella.
BBQ Chicken Grilled Cheese Casserole is a fun chicken casserole recipe the whole family will love.
This baked grilled cheese is loaded with chicken, bacon and cheese and bursting with BBQ flavour.
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This simple dinner recipe takes less than forty minutes from start to finish and serves six people.
To make this grilled cheese casserole, I started by dumping some shredded rotisserie chicken into a large mixing bowl along with some diced red onions, real bacon bits and BBQ sauce.
I stirred all of the ingredients together until they were well combined.
Then I spread six slices of bread with margarine and cut them in half.
I lay the pieces of bread, margarine side down, in a single layer in the bottom of a greased 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
I sprinkled some shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese on top of the bread.
Then I spooned the chicken mixture on top of the cheese being sure to spread it out as evenly as possible.
I sprinkled some more shredded cheese on top of the chicken.
Then I spread six more slices of bread with margarine and cut them in half.
I lay the pieces of bread, margarine side up on top of the cheese.
Then I placed the dish in the oven and baked the casserole until the top layer of bread was golden brown.
This cheesy chicken casserole is a fun twist on the classic grilled cheese.
If you are looking for a simple and delicious recipe using rotisserie chicken, then you need to try this BBQ Chicken Grilled Cheese Casserole!
Another tasty chicken casserole recipe. Check out this Chicken Casserole with Broccoli and Biscuits!
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BBQ Chicken Grilled Cheese Casserole
BBQ Chicken Grilled Cheese Casserole is an easy weeknight dinner recipe using shredded rotisserie chicken and loaded with BBQ sauce, bacon, cheddar and mozzarella.
Ingredients
- 2 cups chicken shredded, cooked
- 1 cup red onion, diced
- 1/2 cup real bacon bits
- 1/2 cup BBQ Sauce
- 12 slices bread
- 1/2 cup margarine
- 4 cups shredded mozzarella cheddar cheese blend
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- Dump shredded chicken, diced red onions, real bacon bits and BBQ sauce into a large mixing bowl.
- Stir until ingredients are fully combined.
- Spread 1/4 cup of the margarine on 6 of the slices of bread.
- Cut the slices of bread in half.
- Place the pieces of bread, margarine side down, in a greased baking dish.
- Sprinkle 2 cups of the shredded cheese on top of the bread.
- Spoon chicken mixture on top of cheese and spread it out as evenly as possible.
- Sprinkle the remaining 2 cups of shredded cheese on top.
- Spread the remaining 1/4 cup of margarine on the last 6 slices of bread.
- Cut the slices of bread in half.
- Place the pieces of bread, margarine side up, on top of the cheese.
- Place the dish in the oven and bake until the top layer of bread is golden brown. 20-24 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Paige
Sunday 11th of August 2019
The bottom layer of bread and the barbecue filling was really good! Next time I will either leave the top layer of bread off, mix the bread in with the cassarole or wrap it in crescent rolls. The top layer of bread was a little hard to eat.
Will definitely make again, it was very good!