Brunswick Chicken Casserole
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Boasting the same flavor profile as a Brunswick stew, this easy Brunswick chicken casserole recipe includes tender chicken and vegetables in a deliciously-seasoned barbecue sauce.
- It’s so easy to make. One of those recipes where you dump all of the ingredients into a large bowl, give them a stir, and then transfer them to a casserole dish to bake. That’s it!
- The ingredients are so simple yet flavorful. You’re gonna need frozen baby lima beans, a frozen gumbo vegetable blend, frozen Southern hashbrowns, diced tomatoes, barbecue sauce, diced chicken breast, and a dry Italian dressing mix. Can you taste it already?
- This Brunswick chicken casserole is the perfect hands-off weeknight supper. It’s got everything you need in a hearty and filling main dish, like chicken, vegetables, and seasonings. Gotta love that!
- The leftovers are freezer-friendly. Although I don’t know about y’all, but we rarely have casserole leftovers in this household with hungry mouths to feed!
- It’s so easy to adapt and you can add different veggies, meat, or flavorings. But more on that is below.
Have I convinced y’all to try this casserole now? Head to the bottom for some suggestions on how to make this recipe work for you and your family. Serve it with cornbread, jalapeño cornbread muffins, Dutch oven bread, buttermilk biscuits, or homemade dinner and this will be one of your favorite meals.
Recipe Ingredients
- Frozen lima beans
- Frozen gumbo vegetable mix
- Frozen Southern hash browns (the cubed potatoes variety).
- Diced tomato can
- Italian dressing mix
- BBQ sauce
- Diced chicken breast
Helpful Kitchen Tools
How to Make Brunswick Chicken Casserole
Take all of your ingredients and stir them together in a large bowl until well-mixed.
Pour this into a 3-quart baking dish or casserole dish and cover with foil.
Bake at 350 for 45 to 60 minutes or until chicken is done and vegetables are tender.
Before serving, stir it again really well to evenly distribute the sauce.
Storage
- Store leftover casserole in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Simply reheat them in the microwave.
- You can also freeze leftovers for up to 3 months. Thaw them overnight in the fridge before reheating them in the microwave.
Recipe Variations
Let this recipe work for you… here are some variations:
- Swap the lima bean packet for the frozen or canned beans of your choice, like butter beans, black beans, chickpeas, kidney beans, or cannellini beans.
- Swap the gumbo vegetables for a different frozen mixed vegetable blend. The gumbo mix includes celery, corn, bell pepper, and okra. But some other vegetables that work include carrots, parsnips, cauliflower florets, diced mushrooms, frozen peas, and green beans.
- Use the meat of your choice. You might like to use shredded rotisserie chicken, diced chicken thighs, or any leftover cooked chicken really. Otherwise, use canned shredded chicken breast, pulled pork, or beef, as you’d use in a traditional Brunswick stew recipe. Another option is sliced andouille sausage or a combo of sausage and chicken for a gumbo casserole.
- Add some heat, with 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper or a drizzle of hot sauce.
- Another way to add heat is to use a fire-roasted diced tomato can instead.
- Add some spices to give it more of a gumbo flair, like 2 teaspoons of Cajun seasoning, Old Bay seasoning, or Creole seasoning.
- Add a cornbread topping like Miss Paula Deen, using a corn muffin mix.
Recipe FAQs
What goes with Brunswick chicken casserole?
This is the perfect main dish as is. But if you like, you can serve it with a side dish like cornbread, jalapeño cornbread muffins, Dutch oven bread, buttermilk biscuits, or homemade dinner rolls. It also works great served on a bed of rice, like a plate of chicken gumbo. Another option is to add a garnish of chopped green onion or fresh parsley.
You may also like these comforting chicken casserole recipes:
Chicken and Smothered Okra Casserole
Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Casserole With Rice
Ingredients
- 3 cups frozen cubed hash browns
- 2 cups frozen lima beans
- 1 12-ounce bag gumbo vegetable mix
- 1 14-ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1/2 to 1 cup BBQ sauce
- 1 0.7-ounce packet Italian dressing mix
- 1 to 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces
Instructions
- Place all ingredients in a large bowl and stir until very well mixed.3 cups frozen cubed hash browns, 2 cups frozen lima beans, 1 12-ounce bag gumbo vegetable mix, 1 14-ounce can diced tomatoes, 1/2 to 1 cup BBQ sauce, 1 0.7-ounce packet Italian dressing mix, 1 to 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces
- Pour into a greased 3-quart casserole dish or 9x13 baking dish and cover it with foil.
- Bake at 350 for 45-60 minutes or until veggies are tender and chicken is cooked through.
- Stir well before serving.
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“The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children.”
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Thank you, thank you for sharing YOU with us. I have kept the e-mail that shows pictures of you and your beautiful farm. You should roll down a hill when sitting in the tire! Your recipes are ones I wished I had, but now I do! Katy is precious – God was good and selected HER for YOU and your family. We should all remember…”You can do nothing without the help of God. Without Him you are nothing.”
Thank you Jeanette, we have truly been blessed by her!!!
My beautiful daughter is 37 and she has grown up to be my “dream catcher “. She gets a dream her mind and she makes it happen. Like a couple years ago when she & my 3 grandchildren moved from Virginia to Idaho. We are here visiting now, and it is really a awesome state. So different from Virginia but i can understand why she calls idaho home now. That’s my independent girl.
Love your recipes…this sound like a plan for dinner after sightseeing today!
🙂 I hope you enjoy your visit Virginia!!!
Thank you for sharing a wonderful story and recipe. I am so thankful you are in my life.
Thank you Bonita, I am blessed to have you in mine as well!!
As always, love your stories and your yummy recipes. Thank you for sharing -such a blessing!
Thank you Debbi!!!
What a lovely idea: paying tribute to your family by sharing special memories of each of them! What a beautiful little baby your Katy was, and only growing in beauty and grace as the pictures you share will attest! I had to laugh and shed just a few tears as I read your memoir of Katy as a baby, for as I read it, it was like you were sharing stories about my beloved older daughter, Erin. Let me start by stating that both my girls were colicky; Erin had some endurance, let me tell you. Like a switch was flipped, that girl would be absolutely calm, peaceful and enjoying cuddle time with m2 , and boom! For weeks, as soon as the clock hit 7PM, all hell would break loose and she would start crying, only to escalate into hours of colic. It was exhausting, night after night until we finally tried to put her in her swing as a last resort. That swing did absolutely nothing to soothe her during the daytime hours, but for whatever reason, she finally settled
Oops, somehow I hit ‘send’ before I finished my story- please forgive the typos. Anyway, after many years of praying for a child and fertility treatments, my husband and I were blessed with our daughter, Erin. She was such a precious answer to prayer (and still is, 14 years later!). When she was 2 weeks old, she started with colic that would last for 6 months. She slept in her swing until she was 6 months old, for that was the only relief she could get from colic. I laughed when I read your story about Katy kicking her blankets off, because Erin did the exact same thing. Exactly how you described it, is exactly how she did it. We would laugh as we watched her pull her legs up in a perfect 90-degree angle and kick those blankets off. It took me a few years before it finally hit me: I wondered if all those times I kept putting those blankets on her, if I was aggravating her colic? I guess I’ll never know, but it was a fun trip down memory lane, reading your story about Katy and her blankets. And, 14 years later, Erin still kicks her blankets off, too!
It is the oddest of things to me Sharon. LOL, but that is Katy, she is her own person. Oh my goodness, I remember the colic. Brady had a fierce case of it and there were some days I would wonder if we would survive 😉
The picture of Katy in the pink dress is precious. She looks the same. Great smile as a baby too. I enjoyed your message.
Thank you Amy!!
This is a terrific recipe! I fixed it tonight for my family and they loved it! I added a little extra okra because we can’t get enough of it. The 1/2 cup of bbq sauce was just right for us. Next time we’re thinking of adding some sliced kielbasa to it. Yum!!!
I am so glad you liked it Jane!!