Chicken and veggies in a creamy sauce topped with crispy potatoes. My Creamy Chicken and Potato Bake is a whole meal in one dish! Perfect cold day comfort food.
Kind of like a creamy chicken, carrot and spinach casserole, topped with potato gratin!
Chris is an early riser, like 5am most days, and i have been trying to get up a bit earlier too. In an ideal world, I’d go to bed at 10pm, be asleep by 11pm and get up at 6am.
Why is 6am so hard?? Has anyone got any tips? Is anyone else out there a night owl who’s been able to swap it round and get out of bed as soon as the alarm goes off? I’m a snooze button addict (minimum 10 x snooze. I know it’s bad, but that’s how much I hate getting out of bed).
Anyway let’s get on with the recipe. This one uses cooked chicken – so you could use leftover chicken or a rottiserie chicken.
How do you scallop potatoes?
If you are confident you can use a knife and chopping board and slice them on the side. Alternatively you can used a Mandolin (affiliate link) to get the perfect thickness slices. I don’t bother to peel the potatoes. If you’re using baby new potatoes like I have, then you don’t notice the skin.
Worried that buying a mandolin for this recipe might not be worth it? They come in really handy we have quite a few other recipes that use a mandolin; Lancashire Hotpot, Easy Ratatouille, Shoestring Fries or homemade Coleslaw.
All of the filling gets cooked in one pan, before being transferred to a baking dish, and topped with lots of potato slices.
***ONE PAN TIP*** You can also miss out the step of transferring to a baking dish if the frying pan you used for the filling is oven-proof. That’s totally what I would have done if I wasn’t photographing this one.
If you like your creamy chicken dinners, try my Chicken and Mushroom Pie, Creamy Chicken and Mushroom Casserole (I think that would work great as an alternative base for this potato-topped recipe too), Creamy Chicken & Tortellini Soup, Tuscan Chicken or my favourite Creamy Chicken Puff Pie.
The Creamy Chicken and Potato Bake Recipe:
Creamy Chicken and Potato Bake
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 onion peeled and chopped
- 2 cloves garlic peeled and minced
- 3 medium carrots peeled and chopped into small chunks
- 4 tbsp white wine
- 215 ml (1 cup minus 2 tbsp) double/heavy cream
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 100 g (1 packed cup) mature cheddar cheese grated
- 50 g (1/2 cup) Parmesan cheese grated
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- pinch dried thyme
- 375 g (13 oz) cooked chicken approx. 3 chicken breasts, shredded
- 100 g (3 1/4 packed cups) baby spinach leaves
- 350 g (3/4 lb) baby new potatoes thinly sliced (no need to peel)
- 1 tbsp melted butter
- fresh thyme to garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F (fan).
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan. Add the onion, garlic, and carrots and cook on medium heat, stirring regularly until the onion softens.1 tbsp vegetable oil, 1 onion, 2 cloves garlic, 3 medium carrots
- Add the wine, bring to the boil, then simmer for 2-3 minutes. Add the cream and mustard and stir together. Heat through until almost boiling, then stir in both cheeses, along with a good pinch of salt, pepper, and dried thyme.4 tbsp white wine, 215 ml (1 cup minus 2 tbsp) double/heavy cream, 1 tsp Dijon mustard, 100 g (1 packed cup) mature cheddar cheese, 50 g (1/2 cup) Parmesan cheese, ½ tsp salt, ½ tsp pepper, pinch dried thyme
- Add the cooked chicken and spinach and heat through until the spinach wilts.375 g (13 oz) cooked chicken, 100 g (3 1/4 packed cups) baby spinach leaves
- Spoon the chicken mixture into a large baking dish, then layer the potatoes on top, starting from the outside and working inwards. Once covered in the potato slices, brush with the melted butter and sprinkle on a pinch of salt and pepper.350 g (3/4 lb) baby new potatoes, 1 tbsp melted butter
- Place in the oven to bake for 30-40 mins, until the potatoes are tender and golden brown.
- Top with fresh thyme before serving.fresh thyme to garnish
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Equipment:
In order to make this Creamy Chicken and Potato Bake you will need:
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- A good Kitchen knife. I have recently bought this Dalstrong one and love it.
- Chopping Board
- A Mandolin
- Microplane
- Cheese Grater
- Measuring Spoons
- Garlic Press
- AÂ frying pan/skillet
- Wooden or Silicon Coated Spoons. We have just bought these and love them.
- Baking Dish. Note: This is not the exact one we use in the photos but i cant find that one on amazon. This should do the job though.
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could you just use raw thin sliced chicken breasts since it will bake for 40 min,?
Love this recipe i think ive made it like 5 times already🤣
I agree with Craig below – I think this is one of the best meals I’ve ever cooked! Absolutely delicious, and really easy to make. I didn’t have any cooked chicken so poached raw chicken breasts in chicken stock over a low heat for 10 minutes, which worked fine. I will be making this regularly, thank you!
Hi Nicky,
Just made this and it is hands down the best thing I have ever made. The whole family agree. This will definitely be on the menu every week.
Thank you for the recipe!! :):):)
Hello
Delicious! Can you freeze this?
Thanks Sharon, yes, it should should freeze fine. Defrost in the refrigerator and heat back through in the oven until piping hot. It’s a good idea to top with foil up until the last couple of minutes of reheating to stop the potatoes browning too much.
Oh thats great! Thank you very much 🙂
This was delicious but I’d make a few tweaks if I make it next time.
I only had fresh thyme so I used that in it, I’m not sue I enjoyed the flavour so may omit it next time. I increased the Dijon to a tbsp and I could only mildly taste it with all the cream in the recipe. I’d reduce the parmesan next time too as it was a little too much.
Thank you for the recipe xx
So yummy ! I make this all the time
Thanks Danielle,
So glad you’re enjoying the recipe 🙂
Thanks
Chris & Nicky
This was absolutely delicious. A really good balance of flavours and textures, with the white wine, cream and two cheeses giving a lovely creamy taste.
Instead of using pre-cooked chicken I chopped up two large chicken breast fillets into small bite sized pieces then sautéed it first, setting it aside in a dish to continue as your recipe. I then returned the chicken to the pan with the spinach and then into the oven. Very easy to make and this will be a firm favourite mid week dinner. Great recipe, thanks.
Hi Cherry,
So glad you enjoyed the recipe.
Thanks
Chris & Nicky
love it! Exactly what I had in the fridge and easy to make. thanks!
Hi, I want to make this for a casual dinner next week. Can it be assembled a day ahead and then topped with potatoes and cooked in a disposable aluminum pan the day of?
Hi Charlene, yes, it should be fine for you to make the base ahead, then cool, cover and refrigerate it. It’s a good idea to slice the potatoes just before you bake it – as they’ll turn brown otherwise. Top with the sliced potatoes, butter and seasoning, then bake as per the recipe. Hope that helps 🙂
I’ve made this multiple times and it’s always a hit! I usually use chicken stock instead of wine and cream cheese instead of the heavy cream just because I always have those in the house. The veggies I throw in varies based on what’s in the fridge. Sometimes if I have it on hand, I use a little smoked cheddar which is amazing. I use an oven safe skillet and just leave everything in there instead of transferring it all to a baking dish…. why dirty another dish!?