Microwave Chicken & Potato Casserole with Swiss Cheese
Submitted by blt
Layers of tender chicken, sliced red potatoes, carrots, and sweet peas blanketed in creamy Swiss cheese sauce. Made entirely in the microwave for a fast weeknight dinner.
YIELD
4 servingsPREP
30 minCOOK
30 minREADY
90 minThis is retro microwave cooking at its finest, and yes, it actually works.
Chicken breasts cook up tender and juicy, red potatoes get soft without ever seeing the inside of an oven, and everything gets layered with a silky Swiss cheese sauce you make right in a measuring cup.
The whole thing comes together in about 30 minutes of actual cooking time, with no oven preheating and no stovetop mess.
It’s the kind of recipe your mom might have clipped from a magazine in 1985, and it still delivers.
Let it rest for 10 minutes after cooking, and you’ve got comfort food that tastes way better than microwave cooking has any right to.
Pro Tips
- Cut potatoes thin (⅛ inch) so they cook through properly in the microwave. Thick slices will stay crunchy.
- Rotate the dish every few minutes for even cooking. Microwaves have hot spots, and rotating prevents some pieces from overcooking while others stay raw.
- Vent the plastic wrap by folding back a corner. This lets steam escape and prevents the wrap from collapsing onto your food.
- Use skim milk as called for to keep the sauce light, or swap in whole milk for a richer result.
- Let it rest covered for the full 10 minutes. This isn’t optional. The casserole finishes cooking during this time and the layers set up.
Ingredients
Directions
Arrange chicken on a micrwave safe platter with thickest portions outside; cover with wax paper.
Microwwave at high 8 to 9 minutes, turning breasts over and; rotating dish every 3 minutes, let cool.
Cut chicken into bite-size pieces.
Place carrots and 2 teaspoons water in 2 1/ 2quart casserole; cover with plastic wrap and vent.
Microwave at high 2 minutes.
Add potatoes; cover and microwave at high 6 to 8 min.
Drain.
Combine flour and 2 teaspoons milk in a 2 cup glass measure.
Microwave at high 2 to 3 min, stirring every min.
Add cheese, sage, poultry seasoning and salt.
Stir until cheese melts.
Place half of chicken pieces in thee2½ quart casserole; layer with half of potato mixture.
Sprinkle with half of the peas; top with half of cheese mixture, spreading evenly.
Repeat layers and cover with plastic wrap.
Vent. microwave at high 6 to 7 min.; rotate dish a half turn after 3 min.
Let stand covered 10 min. before serving.
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