Chicken, broccoli, cheese, and a creamy sauce – what’s not to love about chicken or turkey divan? If you make it when you have leftover cooked chicken or turkey, it’s an easy meal to put together.
Of course, the big issue with this dish is making sure that creamy sauce is gluten free. My mom always used cream of chicken soup, but most brands contain gluten (as well as other unwanted ingredients). Making your own creamy soup is easy, though. You can find a recipe here and linked to in the recipe below.
Are you dairy free? No problem, you can still make this recipe work for you. The cream soup recipe can easily be made with almond milk (or other milk substitute) and oil rather than butter. This casserole is topped with shredded cheese, but you can use a cheese substitute or omit the cheese. You might like to add some other kind of topping such a gluten-free bread crumbs mixed with a little oil.
Because this recipe is great with chicken or turkey, it’s a great way to use leftover Thanksgiving turkey.
Easy Chicken or Turkey Divan
Ingredients
- 2 - 3 cups cooked chicken or turkey, cut in bite size pieces
- 4 cups broccoli pieces
- 1 recipe cream of chicken soup
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/3 cup milk or milk substitute
- 3/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease a 2 quart casserole dish.
- Steam the broccoli until tender but crisp.
- Place the chicken and broccoli mixed together in the casserole dish.
- Prepare the cream of chicken soup recipe as directed. Thin the soup with additional 1/3 cup milk.
- Spoon the soup evenly over the chicken and broccoli and top with the shredded cheese.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until hot through.
I have also seen a recipe for “cream sauce” using pureed steamed cauliflower and chicken broth…it works pretty well. The Paleo Mom website is where I saw it…on her turkey pot pie recipe.
I made this with Pacific brand cream of mushroom gf condensed soup and the family loved it! I put in some cauliflower too since I did not have enough broccoli. Thanks!
Chicken Divan is my son’s favorite dish. He request it every birthday. I have continued to make this even after my Celiac diagnosis…I made own soup too. I am going to try your soup recipe…looks good and easy. The original recipe given to me many years ago called for mayonnaise. You used four cans of soup and filled one of the cans with mayonnaise. I never used that much …just until it whitened. .Do not use miracle whip. At the end I squeeze a bit of fresh lemon in the sauce …maybe a tablespoon.. I never measure it…too taste. I also put a little bit of sauce on the bottom of the pan. I have never brought this dish anywhere that people did not eat it all and request the recipe…the mayonnaise adds a richness. The original recipe called for Campbell soup, My husband can’t tolerate the salt so I have made my own soup for years…now I just thicken it with different flours…gluten free. Thank you so much for this website. The recipes are great and have helped so much in this new life. I probably had it my entire life and have always had ‘stomach issues’…hospitalized twice this year until I was diagnosed…what a relief. It is wonderful to finally feel well.