Early California Casserole Recipes

CALIFORNIA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large skillet, cook beef, green pepper and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink and vegetables are tender; drain. Stir in the next 11 ingredients. Add noodles. , Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Cover and bake 50 minutes. Sprinkle with cheese; bake 10 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.

CALIFORNIA EGG BAKE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, sour cream and salt; stir in the tomato, onion and cheese. Pour into a greased 2-cup baking dish. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.

CALIFORNIA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 1 1/2 quart casserole dish.
• Bring chicken stock to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat. Add rice, reduce heat to low, and cook until the liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes. In a medium bowl, mix together the sour cream, green chilies, green onion, salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Spread half of the rice into the bottom of the prepared pan. Spread with half of the sour cream mixture, and then half of the cheese. Repeat layers ending with cheese on top.
• Bake uncovered for 45 to 50 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the cheese is melted and bubbly. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

CALIFORNIA CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350'F.
• In greased 9"x13" glass dish, mix together the soup, mayonnaise, spices, onion and lemon juice.Spread evenly in bottom of pan.
• Spread chicken over the soup mixture. Do not stir. Sprinkle the vegetables over top of the chicken. Again, do not stir.
• Lay cheese slices over top of the vegetables breaking several slices in half to cover entire surface.
• Stir together the corn flake crumbs and butter until well blended. Spread the crumb mixture over the cheese, leveling to make an even top.
• Bake uncovered for 30 minutes until heated through and the soup mixture has formed a custard with the chicken and vegetables.

CALIFORNIA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large skillet combine turkey, salt, sugar, tomato sauce and tomato paste. Bring to a boil stirring to break up the meat. Simmer uncovered for 15 minutes.
• Combine cream cheese, sour cream, olives and green onions in a bowl, set aside.
• Coat a 13 x 9" baking dish with cooking spray. Place 1 cup of sauce in the bottom of the dish. Layer noodles, sauce, and cream cheese mixture. (I've only ever made this with egg noodles, which only makes one layer of each item. If you use lasagna noodles, repeat layering until noodles are gone.) Top entire casserole with shredded cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until bubbly.
• Makes 12, 3x4 inch servings.

EARLY CALIFORNIA CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Boil Chicken Breasts until cooked Prepare Spanish Rice mix according to directions (using the Stewed Tomatoes, if called for) Shred and/or chop the Chicken Breast. Mix Chicken Breast and Spanish Rice together, salt and pepper to taste Preheat oven to 350 F Lightly spary casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray (or your prefered method of non-sticking the dish) Lay 1/3 of the Chicken - Rice mixture in the casserole dish. Follow this with 1/3 of the Sour Cream, then 1/3 of the Green Chilies, and finally 1/4 of the Monterey Jack Cheese. Repeat this to make 3 series of the layers, covering the top with the remaining cheese. Place in 350 F oven until browned over the top (about 30 minutes)