Chicken Noodle Casserole For Two
This Chicken Noodle Casserole for Two is a simple dinner made with egg noodles that are lathered in a cream sauce along with veggies and topped with buttery cracker crumbs!
A COMFORT MEAL FOR TWO-ISH
This Chicken Noodle Casserole is extremely flavorful, hearty, and filling. Creamy, with that buttery cracker topping, it is definitely comfort food! The response for more recipes for only two people has been so positive that I am trying to create more. For this recipe I took my popular recipe for Chicken Noodle Casserole and scaled it down a bit to serve two very generous portions (or enough to serve two for dinner tonight and two for lunch tomorrow!)
Made exactly as written, excellent and perfect for 2. Thank you for a casserole that is quick, easy and will go into regular rotation!
– Paula
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
It’s not always easy to get a recipe to make an amount exactly for two people because some people like larger portion sizes than others. For example, two college roommates may want larger portion sizes than maybe two retirees. We also need to work in the confines of using baking dishes that most people own (which are an 8×8-inch and a 9×13-inch baking dish.) So I have to make sure I am accounting for the general public at large and not using an odd size baking dish that the average home cook does not own.
I would recommend that if you do happen to own a smaller baking dish, you could cut this in half if you don’t want any leftovers at all.
NOTE: I have put this for 4 servings in the recipe card below.
This casserole is a great way to use up any leftover chicken or random veggies you may have in the fridge, just throw them in there! I think this would also be good with some sautéed onions and/or mushrooms.
Sure thing. This would also be great with leftover turkey or even canned tuna.
Sure, if you don’t want to use the egg noodles, you could use other longer pasta. Linguine or fettuccini should also work.
If you want to swap the Ritz crackers out, you can. Try using Panko bread crumbs or plain saltines or club crackers instead.
Leftover casserole should be kept in the refrigerator (covered) for up to 3 days, or can be frozen for up to 3 months.
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (SEE RECIPE CARD BELOW FOR THE FULL RECIPE)
- diced cooked chicken– if you need to canned chicken, you can. I would probably just use one (12.5 ounce) can of canned chicken (drained well). If you like a lot of chicken, you could use two.
- cream of chicken soup– if you don’t like to use the canned stuff, you can make your own homemade cream of chicken soup.
- egg noodles– cooked and drained. I used about a ½ of a 12 ounce bag.
- frozen mixed vegetables– you can use the mixed veggies or the frozen peas and carrots. Use whatever frozen veggies you like, it doesn’t have to be mixed veggies.
- shredded cheddar cheese – this is optional if you aren’t a cheese fan or use a cheese that you know you will enjoy. Gruyere is delicious in this as well!
- sour cream – inevitably someone tells me their husband doesn’t like sour cream so I will say to use whatever you normally use in place of sour cream. Plain Greek yogurt works and you could probably try mayonnaise. Other than that, I’m out of ideas. For those of you with picky eaters, perhaps you can chime in here on what you use.
- milk – please do not use skim milk here, it is just far too watery and doesn’t add any creaminess or flavor.
- garlic powder and onion powder – I chose a simple seasoning here but please use your favorite seasonings. I know a lot of people love Mrs. Dash garlic and herbs with my other chicken noodle casserole recipe so feel free to play around with the seasoning.
- Ritz crackers – as I mentioned above, bread crumbs, panko bread crumbs, saltines or club crackers can all be substituted.
- butter– use real butter here, not margarine or you won’t achieve the crunchy topping that is desired.
HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN NOODLE CASSEROLE FOR TWO
Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray an 8×8-inch or 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray and set aside. In a large bowl, stir together the diced chicken, cream of chicken soup, cooked noodles, mixed vegetables, cheddar, sour cream, milk, garlic powder, onion powder, and black pepper until well combined. Add the mixture to the prepared baking dish.
In a small bowl, stir together the crushed crackers and butter. Add the mixture to the top of the casserole.
Bake, uncovered, for 30-35 minutes until lightly browned on top and bubble along the edges. Serve immediately.
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Chicken Noodle Casserole for Two
Ingredients
- 2 cups diced cooked chicken
- 10.5 ounce can cream of chicken soup
- 6 ounces egg noodles, cooked and drained (½ of a 12 ounce bag)
- 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables (or peas and carrots)
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ cup milk
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 16 Ritz crackers, crushed
- 2 Tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray an 8×8-inch or 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl, stir together 2 cups diced cooked chicken, 10.5 ounce can cream of chicken soup, 6 ounces egg noodles, cooked and drained, 1 cup frozen mixed vegetables, 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, 1/2 cup sour cream, 1/2 cup milk, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon onion powder, and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper until combined well.
- Add the mixture to the prepared baking dish.
- In a small bowl, stir together 16 Ritz crackers, crushed and 2 Tablespoons butter, melted. Add the mixture to the top of the casserole.
- Bake, uncovered, for 30-35 minutes until lightly browned on top and bubble along the edges. Serve immediately.
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Notes
- Please refer to my FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions) and ingredient list above for other substitutions or for the answers to the most common questions.
- If you have a smaller dish, you could even cut this recipe in half to make an even smaller portion if you prefer. I tried to use a baking dish that most people would already own.
Nutrition
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Ran across this recipe today while looking for something new and different, I had leftover chicken in fridge and wanted to use up. After reading the recipe I decided to give it a try and I had all of the ingredients. Made as wrote, nothing extra added.
Well I was shocked when my husband went back for seconds, and afterwards he said that it was really a “good recipe”, and I should pass it on to my sister to try!
Thank You, now I’m looking at your other recipes to try something else! *****
Excellent, excellent!! Great flavor and we had just enough leftover for lunch the next day which is plenty for us! Also, thank you for using a baking dish most of us own. A lot of these recipes for two use some small obscure size pan that I don’t own. I don’t mind it making a little extra. I just don’t want a huge 9×13 pan worth of food LOL. Love your site and how user friendly it is with tour great recipe directions and all your photos and videos. Makes it so much easier to follow along!
That makes me so happy to read Belinda! Thank you so much for taking the time to come back and comment!
Can I bake this in my Cuisinart oven? It has regular bake setting and it is about the size of a toaster oven.
I’m sorry, I’m not familiar with that particular appliance 🙁
Made exactly as written, excellent and perfect for 2. Thank you for a casserole that is quick, easy and will go into regular rotation! ❤️
SOOO helpful. Appreciate all the positive comments that included following your recipe exactly as printed.
This dish is one of our new favorite meals. I double it to feed our family of 4 & rarely have leftovers.
This was so good! My husband made it for dinner tonight. We have some leftover for lunch tomorrow yay! I’m so tired of making so much and freezing so much! This works out perfect for us! Thank you!
Thanks so much Sharon!! I love hearing that! It is hard to make casseroles that are truly for two while also using baking dishes that most people own so while this technically makes 4 average servings, it’s not making a TON of leftovers. Thank you for taking the time to come back and comment!
LOVE the meals and desserts for two, now that hubby and I are retired,and the kids left the nest!
Made this recently and it is my new favorite chicken casserole. Truly fabulous. Thank you, Brandie!
Yay! Love hearing that!! Thanks so much Liz!
Very tasty. Followed the directions exactly and it turned out exactly like the pictures. We enjoyed it very much.
This was a yummy meal. Thank you.
Thanks so very much Deb! That means a lot to hear!
Excited to try this one. We LOVED the original and was wondering if you could still make that one but freeze half of it prior to cooking?
I don’t see why not!
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this recipe is absolutely delicious! I really like recipes for two but don’t have many of them. I added caramelized onions & pimientos. thank you for this one.
This was so good and I love your recipes for 2! This one will definitely go in my normal rotation, thank you!
Thanks so very much Jenny!!
Brandie, each recipe my wife & I have tried from you is a winner. I recently retired, so the cost caused us to watch our budget. These recipes for 2 are awesome because we both over cook. Especially me, and since I retired I am trying my hands at cooking to help her out. She still works. Do you have a book of all of these recipes for 2?
Hi George! Thanks so very much! That really means a lot!! I do not have a cookbook for these recipes. Maybe one day I’ll have time to work on that!
Thanks so much for these smaller recipes Brandie! We have loved all of them! Had to make this one last night and it did not disappoint! Thank you!!!
I have been following you for years, Brandie. And I just want you to know how much I appreciate your recipes. There’s just two of us and it’s sometimes difficult to scale down recipes. I love your progression photos and the recipe ingredients photos have saved my bacon on more than one occasion! Thanks for all you do (and this recipe will be on the menu soon). I’ll come back and rate it..
Glad for the Recipe for Two as we live on a sailboat with limited refrigeration and this way we have no leftovers! Thanks for thinking of us!
Love the recipes for 2. Great idea not wasting so much food.
Thank you for the casserole for 2. It is just me and I usually scale the recipe down to an 8×8 pan, although I have two 6×6 pans and sometimes use those if I am adding extras. I haven’t made this particular recipe yet, but I can tell by reading the ingredients it will be delicious.