Adventure #7: Buffalo Chicken Casserole & Cheddar Bay Biscuits

            This past weekend Garrett and I successfully completed adventure #7. Garrett is a fan of spicy foods while I like anything covered in cheese, so for this adventure we made buffalo chicken casserole and cheddar bay biscuits. This adventure was not much of a challenge for us. For once, we were finished cooking before 10 o’clock!

            As usual, this adventure began with step one, shopping. Garrett had to work, so I completed this step solo. Thankfully, I already had many of the ingredients at home and the rest were not too hard to find. The full list for both the buffalo chicken casserole and cheddar bay biscuits is as follows

 

Buffalo Chicken Casserole

1 ¼ lb boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into 1-inch strips

1/3 cup Franks hot sauce
5 cups red potatoes, grated
1 cup light ranch/blue cheese dressing
½ cup cheddar cheese, shredded
1 (10 oz) can condensed cream of chicken soup
½ cup panko

Cheddar Bay Biscuits

2 cups Bisquick mix
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1 ½ cups cheddar cheese, shredded
2/3 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon dried parsley
1 teaspoon garlic salt

 

            My shopping list consisted of the chicken breast, hot sauce, cream of chicken soup, Bisquick mix, and red potatoes. All of the ingredients were easy to find, but I guess I could say there were two that gave me some “trouble.”

Once I made it to the aisle with the hot sauce, I had two options in front of me: Franks original hot sauce or Franks buffalo style hot sauce. This is when I wished Garrett were with me since he is usually the decision maker in these situations. Nevertheless, I decided to get the buffalo style sauce since were supposed to be making buffalo chicken casserole. Seems fitting, right?

            The final dilemma involved the Bisquick mix. When I made it to the appropriate aisle, I found the original Bisquick pancake mix as well as some packages of Bisquick mix specifically for cheddar biscuits. However, the packages were those “just add water” mixes, so that didn’t seem right. This left me with the decision of making the biscuits the hard way or taking the easy way out. I decided to do it the hard way despite the fact that I was skeptical of biscuits made out of pancake mix. Nevertheless, I paid for the groceries, drove home, and waiting for Garrett to arrive so that together we could embark on step 2, cooking.

            Once Garrett arrived, we began to prepare the casserole. There were only five steps involved with this dish, but I will admit that Garrett did most of the work. Garrett cut the chicken breast into strips and also grated the potatoes while I prepared the rest of the ingredients. I combined the chicken strips and hot sauce in a small bowl and then placed them in the baking dish. The potatoes, dressing, cheese, and soup were then combined and poured on top of the chicken. Finally, the dish was covered with foil and placed in the oven to bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

            While the casserole was baking, we prepared the cheddar biscuits. This was a very simple process. Basically, all of the ingredients except for the butter, parsley, and garlic salt were combined in a large bowl, creating the dough. Lumps of dough were placed on a cookie sheet which then went into the oven for 10 minutes. It was also during this time that we removed the foil from the casserole and returned it to the oven to bake for an additional 20 minutes.

            While the casserole and biscuits baked, I combined the melted butter, parsley, and garlic salt in a small bowl. After 10 minutes, the biscuits were removed from the oven and covered with the garlic spread. They were then placed back into the oven for an additional 5 minutes.

            When the timer sounded, both the casserole and the biscuits were removed from the oven. We allowed them to cool for several minutes and then began eating around 7 o’clock! Sadly, this was a huge accomplishment for us.

            Garrett, who will eat anything, liked the casserole while I thought that it was lacking in flavor. However, we both agreed that the biscuits turned out really well, so we decided to keep that recipe. Overall, adventure #7 was a success!


The complete recipe for buffalo chicken casserole can be found here http://holycannolirecipes.blogspot.com/2011/05/buffalo-chicken-potato-casserole.html

The complete recipe for cheddar bay biscuits can be found here http://penniesonaplatter.com/2010/10/27/cheddar-bay-biscuits/