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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (473g) Recipe makes 4 servings The following items or measurements are not included below: 2 cups chicken
Calories 601
Calories from Fat 278		(46%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 31.0g	47%
	Saturated Fat 17.5g	87%
	Monounsaturated Fat 8.9g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 2.0g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 81mg		27%
Sodium 1479mg		61%
Potassium 993mg		28%
Total Carbohydrate 58.9g		19%
	Dietary Fiber 8.1g	32%
	Sugars 4.5g
Protein 24.9g		49%
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Chicken in a Cloud

Recipe #328828 | 1 hour | 15 min prep | add private note

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By: BecR
Oct 5, 2008

Creamy chicken and veggies nestled in a fluffy cloud of mashed potatoes, topped with melted cheese, true comfort food at it's finest! A simple and easy recipe, this casserole can be assembled in advance and popped into the oven an hour before serving. Serve with warm buttered biscuits.

SERVES 4 -6 (change servings and units)

Ingredients

3 1/2 cups hot mashed potatoes (especially good prepared with chicken broth in place of water, and cream cheese in place of milk & b)
2 cups cooked cubed chicken (3 skinless boneless breasts)
1 (16 ounce) package frozen mixed vegetables, thawed and drained
1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
1/2 cup sour cream
2 tablespoons minced onion flakes (or snipped fresh chives)
1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese

Directions

1
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
2
Butter a 13 by 9 inch shallow baking dish.
3
Spread hot mashed potatoes evenly across the bottom of the baking dish, coming up the sides somewhat to create a shell.
4
In a large bowl, stir together the chicken, vegetables, soup, sour cream, onion or chives, mustard, garlic, and pepper.
5
Spread the chicken mixture on top of the mashed potatoes, and sprinkle evenly with the shredded cheese.
6
Bake uncovered for 45 minutes (or bake for about 1 hour if made ahead and refrigerated), until cheese is melted and casserole is hot and bubbly.
7
Remove casserole from the oven, let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
8
Good served with warm buttered biscuits.

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From: KCHomeCook

On Aug 31, 2009

Instead of the mixed veggies, I just used a mix of carrots, pearl onions and peas. So delicious!

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From: redneck naturalist

On Feb 21, 2009

Great recipe! I honestly don't like mashed potatoes much or cream of chicken soup, but somehow all combined this was delicious! The only substitute I made was using plain yogurt instead of sour cream, turned out great. Thanks for the recipe! Like another reviewer said, would be a great meal to share with someone in need.

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From: Brian H

On Oct 18, 2008

I turned this dish from a cooks dish to a chefs dish. All chefs are cooks not all cooks are chefs !!!! First, I skinned and boned a chicken, cut the chicken into pieces and set on one side till later. The carcass I put into a pressure cooker with 1 pint of water and cooked for 1 hour. Stained the stock, made a roux with butter and flour, added the stock and some cream to make the soup base, (it is not possible to buy condensed soup here in Spain). I used fresh vegetables, diced and added a few mushrooms chopped with some artichote hearts. Finely sliced onions and used those. Frozen veg is not availiable in our village shop. The Spanish say only lazy people use frozen. This may be because many people do not have electricity so cannot use a freezer. Sour cream is not in the shops either so added some lemon juice to fresh cream. Anyway, from this point on I followed the recipe as written. The result was very good, we have eaaten this twice now and it will make an appearence on the table at least once a month. I rated this with four stars as I could not follow the recipe exactly, as above. Don't let my rating stop you lucky people who have all the ingredients in the shops from cooking this dish you will enjoy it. Thanks for the recipe idea. Brian H

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From: Margie99

On May 10, 2009

This was so good. I had leftover mashed potatoes with leeks and didn't want to make potato pancakes. This was a big hit with adults and kids alike. They didn't even realize they were eating 5+ veggies.