OOPS...Chicken Zucchini Casserole

I think that part of cooking is making mistakes, and learning from them. My mistake this time was (hopefully) minor, but we'll see! What I did was add cubed RAW chicken to the casserole, when the recipe calls for COOKED chicken. I'm thinking that if I cook it longer, it will be fine. This is my first time cooking this recipe. I used reduced fat c/o chicken soup, and low fat sour cream. I also only used 1/4 cup of butter and subbed 1/2 cup of water instead. 3/4 cup of butter is just gross...well maybe good, but I'm trying to get smaller, not bigger!

Chicken Zucchini Casserole

Ingredients:

• 1 (6 ounce) package stuffing mix (I used Stove Top)
  
• 3/4 cup butter, melted (again, I only used 1/4 cup, with 1/2 cup water- could try chick broth or milk instead also!)
  
• 3 cups diced zucchini
• 2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast (again, my oops, I used raw)
  
• 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup, undiluted
• 1 medium carrot, shredded (I thinly sliced some baby carrots)
  
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1/2 cup sour cream

Directions:
In a large bowl, combine stuffing mix and butter. Set aside 1/2 cup for topping. Add the zucchini, chicken, soup, carrot, onion and sour cream to the remaining stuffing mixture. Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Sprinkle with reserved stuffing mixture. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees F for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown and bubbly.

I think the reason I forgot to cook the chicken ahead of time was b/c it doesn't specifically say to do it in the instructions. Obviously it does in the ingredients!

The result:

Sorry that the pic just shows the top of the casserole- it really doesn't show you how colorful it is. We really enjoyed this- even my 3 year old. If you don't like Stove Top, it's probably not for you, but it was really good! To make up for my "mistake" of not cooking the chicken, I cooked it at 350 for 1/2 hour covered, 1/2 hour uncovered, and then 15 mins at 400. That seemed to do the trick. I really don't think I'll bother to cook the chicken ahead of time next time either- unless I use canned chicken (the ultimate time saver for casseroles). There was nothing that I didn't like about this casserole. I'll definitely be making it again.