Ritz Chicken (including original and gluten-free)

I saw this last year on Studio 5 and it looked so yum (and easy!)

I made it that very night.  I later found out that it's a more well-known dish

than I'd realized.  In it's original form, it's Poppy Seed Chicken-

but I didn't have poppy seeds the first time and have never used them!

Here it is:

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Ritz Chicken Casserole

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Ingredients:

1 pound diced chicken (cooked)

1 can cream of chicken soup

8 oz. sour cream

1 1/2 c. crushed Ritz crackers

1/2 c. melted butter

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Directions:

*You may cook chicken prior (bake/fry/whatever), or you may also

break up pieces of a pre-cooked chicken-

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1. Pre-heat oven to 350.

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2. Combine chicken, soup and sour cream, place in 9x9 baking pan

or 2 qt. casserole.

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3. Combine crackers and butter and sprinkle over chicken.

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4. Bake uncovered for 20 mins or until hot throughout.

(This is delish over rice or with noodles- it is rich, though, so you don't need alot)

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Original Version: Poppy Seed Chicken

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Recipe is the same except it includes 2 T. poppy seeds which are added

to the cracker/butter mixture on top of the chicken.

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Gluten-free version can be found HERE

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Healthier Take: On Studio 5 they made a healthier version by adding

3 c. steamed broccoli to the chicken mixture

and keeping the soup and sour cream low-fat.