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Chicken and Sour Cream Bake (Company Chicken)

Chicken and Sour Cream Bake is a creamy chicken casserole with bacon, slivered almonds and chipped beef. Ony 6 ingredients needed to make this retro favorite.

Prep15 min
Cook2 hr
Total2 hr 15 min
Serves6
Rating5.0

Chicken and Sour Cream Bake (Company Chicken)

Chicken and Sour Cream Bake is a creamy chicken casserole with bacon, slivered almonds and chipped beef. Ony 6 ingredients needed to make this retro favorite.

Chicken and Sour Cream Bake in a baking dish.

Company Chicken Recipe

The chicken is wrapped in bacon, placed on top of chopped chipped beef and then covered in a creamy sauce and sprinkled with almonds. This is a recipe you can find in lots of old church cookbooks. It makes a wonderful family dinner.

Having grown up in the South, I’ve eaten my fair share of chicken casserole and I can say without any hesitation that this is one of my favorites. I love that it only requires 6 ingredients.

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a jar of chipped beef
boneless, skinless chicken breasts
bacon
sour cream
condensed cream of mushroom soup
slivered almonds

Low Slow Cooking

The chicken is wonderfully tender and moist with lots of flavor from the chipped beef. The key to this recipe is cooking the chicken at 300 degrees for a full 2 hours. The lower oven temperature and a long cooking time makes the chicken get extra tender. I’ve even seen some recipes that call for cooking the casserole for 3 hours at 275 degrees.

I think a longer, slower cooking time works really well with both chicken and pork.

How To Make Chicken and Sour Cream Bake

(More detailed instructions in recipe card below.)

Start by roughly chopping the chipped beef and placing in a casserole dish.

Next cut each chicken breast into 2 skinny pieces and wrap a piece of bacon around each one. Place on top of chipped beef.

Mix together sour cream and condensed soup and spread over chicken.

Top with slivered almonds and bake for 2 hours at 300 degrees F.

What To Serve With Chicken and Sour Cream Bake

white rice
peas or green beans
side salad
yeast rolls
Lemon Butter Broccoli

Recipe Tips

Most chipped beef is really salty. I recommend soaking it in warm water for 5 to 10 minutes to remove some of the salt. Drain it and blot it dry with paper towels.

Make It Spicy. If you want your chicken casserole to be spicy, add a pinch or two of crushed red pepper flakes.

Whether it be a Sunday supper, Church Potluck, family meal, or a special occasion, this Company Chicken will get rave reviews.

Storage

Leftovers will keep for 4 days in an airtight container in the refrigerator. Reheat in microwave or cover with foil and reheat in 350 degree oven.

Chicken and Sour Cream Bake with Chipped Beef

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Ingredients

Steps

1
Soak chipped beef in a bowl full of warm water for 5 minutes. Drain and blot dry with paper towels. Roughly chop the chipped beef and place in the bottom of an 8x12-inch baking dish.
2
Cut each chicken breast in half lengthwise so you have 2 long, skinny pieces for each one.
3
Wrap a piece of bacon around each one and place on topped of the chipped beef.
4
Whisk together sour cream and condensed cream of mushroom soup in a medium bowl. Pour over chicken. Sprinkle with almond slivers.
5
Bake uncovered in a 300 degree oven for 2 hours.