Broccoli Chicken Curry Casserole – a creamy delicious curry dish made with fresh broccoli, chicken, and a crispy cheese topping.
This Broccoli Chicken Curry Casserole is an awesome addition to the dinner table! It’s super easy to make and is a delicious, family favorite!
One of the first dishes that my mother-in-law ever made us was this Broccoli Chicken Curry Casserole. I had never, ever heard of it and I will be honest was a little put off by the cooked broccoli and the fact that it was a casserole. But because it was my mother-in-law, I had to try it and like it…lol. Well at least try it, right?
With the delicious crispy bread crumbs and cheese, I knew I would at least like that. I took that first bite, expecting mushy broccoli and I got the opposite. The broccoli was cooked but not ever done and the creamy curry filling was a perfect balance with the chicken and crumb topping.
This casserole is my to-go-to dish to take to family and friends when they are in need of a meal. One because it freezes great and two it is so comforting, yet not your traditional casserole.
My son, Madden is by far our pickiest eater and he devours bowl full after bowl full.
So advice to all you married people out there, try your in-law’s dishes, you may just be surprised I know I was. Enjoy this amazing dish from Jeanne’s oven to yours. XOXO San
How do you make Broccoli Chicken Curry Casserole?
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Place all of the broccoli florets at the bottom of the 9×13 pan.
In a mixing bowl combine chopped chicken, mayo, cream of chicken soups, curry powder and granulated garlic.
Stir together until combined.
Spread evenly over broccoli florets.
Top with shredded cheddar, you can add more or less depending on your taste.
Top cheese with bread crumbs and place in oven and bake for 35-45 minutes.
Remove from oven and serve after letting it rest for 5 minutes.
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Broccoli Chicken Curry Casserole
Ingredients
- 4 cups broccoli florets
- 1 cup mayo
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
- 2 cans cream of chicken soup
- 1 Rotisserie chicken, all bones and skin removed, coarsely chopped or 3 chicken breast, boiled until completely cooked and coarsely
- 1 cup bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place all the of the broccoli florets at the bottom of the 9×13 pan.
- In a mixing bowl combine chopped chicken, mayo, cream of chicken soups, curry powder and granulated garlic. Stir together until combined.
- Spread evenly over broccoli florets. Top with shredded cheddar cheddar, you can add more or less depending on your taste. Top cheese with bread crumbs and place in oven and bake for 35-45 minutes.
- Remove from oven and serve after letting it rest for 5 minutes.
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This post was recently updated since its original post date of February 2017.
I have been making this a long time and like you said it is really good!
It is so good and glad I finally tried it.
Such a flavorful broccoli recipe.
Do you cover the 9 x 13 pan while baking? Sounds delish.
Do not cover the pan – leave uncovered. Enjoy!
This sound positively delicious!! I’m a sucker for a new casserole recipe
An absolute hit with the kids and us. Daughter said the dish looked like sagebrush, with the broccoli dotting a sandy colored landscape! So we’ll dub it ‘sagebrush casserole’ around here!
Grease/butter/spray the pan or no?
I don’t but you could use Pam cooking spray.
I’ve made this a dozen times for my husband from his mom’s similar recipe. Your recipe was my best one ever, and I even made my own cream of chicken soup. I was out of the canned and found “cream of chicken substitute” -super easy and tasted much better than the canned. I steamed the broccoli-still firm when I put it in pan. Do you not have to cook it first? Mom-in-law uses frozen brocc., but I prefer fresh. I’m so glad you said to mix the chicken with the mayo & soup, then pour over broccoli. I was unclear about putting the chicken in first, then the broccoli…I finally got it right with your recipe, and we loved it. He even ate a bowlful the next morning for breakfast! I also put tabs of butter on top of the bread crumbs. Thank you!
do you cook the broccoli first or just put it in raw?
Put it in raw.
Suddenly had a craving for this- haven’t had it since I was a kid! Does the recipe call for granulated garlic or sugar?
LOL! Garlic, sorry switched recipe cards this week and not everything was smooth! xo
Your recipe is so good…delicious flavor all the way to the yummy crispy topping! Thx, again!
Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it!
The meal is delicious, I added half a teaspoon of paprika, doubled the garlic, and added ground pepper. Your calorie calculation is very low though. I think you forgot the high calorie mayonnaise!
Not sure if the counter was not working right when you checked, but it should be correct now! We did edit this a little but it is showing us the 1 cup of mayo has about 1500 calories. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Very delicious, this recipe is very similar to how my Mom made it for our family only that instead of bread crumbs we’d buy plain bagels for the topping.
We take 3 whole bagels, butterfly slice them then cut them into square cubes about the size of a coin… toss them into a large bowl of melted butter (maybe 1 to 2 tablespoon) and a pinch of salt and spread them over the top of the casserole.
I love this twist with the bagels, I will be trying it, thank you!
Must parboil the broccoli or cover for the first 15 minutes. The broccoli was tough and the sauce sat on top of the broccoli and did not penetrate. I used Campbells condensed. Should I add a can of water to the condensed soup?
No, I have made this casserole hundreds of times – if you chop your broccoli you will be fine, you do not need to boil.