Chicken and celery casserole

The ultimate in comfort food, this hearty chicken casserole will warm you up on cold winter nights.

Recipe «Chicken and celery casserole» presented in category Recipes / Soups, to prepare this dish you will need no more 1:20 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 1/2 cup plain flour, 1kg chicken thigh fillets, chopped, 60g butter, chopped, 1 large brown onion, diced, 4 rashers bacon, rind removed, diced , 1 1/2 cups water, 410g can cream of celery soup, 2 carrots, peeled, diced , 3 celery sticks, diced, 1/2 cup grated cheese.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup plain flour 
• 1kg chicken thigh fillets, chopped 
• 60g butter, chopped 
• 1 large brown onion, diced 
• 4 rashers bacon, rind removed, diced 
• 1 1/2 cups water 
• 410g can cream of celery soup 
• 2 carrots, peeled, diced 
• 3 celery sticks, diced 
• 1/2 cup grated cheese 

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180ºC. Place flour, and salt and pepper into a plastic bag. Shake to combine. Add chicken to bag. Toss to coat. Place chicken into an 8-cup capacity ovenproof casserole dish in a single layer.
2. Melt butter in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Cook onion and bacon, stirring, for 5 minutes or until soft. Add to chicken. Add remaining flour (from bag) to frying pan. Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
3. Combine water and soup. Pour into frying pan, stirring until mixture just comes to the boil. Pour over chicken. Add carrots and celery. Stir to combine. Cover. Bake for 1 hour or until chicken is cooked through.
4. Remove lid. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake, uncovered, for a further 10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Serve.