Quick & Easy Chicken Parmesan Casserole Recipe (2024)

Last Updated: October 26, 2020 By Linnie 21 Comments

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Chicken Parmesan Casserole recipe that is the easy gluten-free dish your whole family will be talkin’ about. Bake it up and devour!

(Gluten-Free, Low-Sugar, Nut-free, Dairy-Free friendly)

As one of our most popular recipes is this Chicken Parmesan Pasta Casserole – so popular it has earned a facelift! Woot!

This Chicken Parmesan Casserole has had raving review after raving review. For good reason, it is delicious and easy to make.

Both requirements to be allowed on VeggieBalance. We don’t do complicated here.

This is all we’ve got to do to have this gooey Chicken Parmesan Casserole on the table.

Cook the pasta. Simple enough.
Add your cooked chicken, sauce and gluten-free breadcrumbs.
Add more sauce.
Top with cheese andddddd BAKE.

Can you handle that? I think we all can handle that.

Now you are more than welcome to not bake in the casserole dish to save time from pan to belly but the baking does something beautiful.

The pasta and sauce meld together with the tomatoey and basil goodness. Bonus: This dish is super easy to serve straight away. Place it on the dinner table and watch your family devour. Dinner success.

TIP: When using gluten-free pasta, after you cook and drain, RINSE THE PASTA OFF.

Yes, I’m slightly yelling at you about this tip. Because it is important. Gluten-free pasta is delicious but you’ve got to learn how to work with it. Rinsing the pasta off will get rid of the extra starch and prevent the pasta from grouping together into a gloopy mass.

Yep. Gloopy is not a word I’ve ever used here before. But in this context its perfect.

If you’d like to take an extra step, you can use our homemade spaghetti sauce in this dish instead of store bought.

I’ve made this Chicken Parmesan Casserole many ways.

Roasted the chicken, homemade marinara sauce.
Store bought roasted chicken, homemade marinara sauce
The normal lately? Store bought roasted chicken and store bought marinara sauce.

It was a progression into lazier cooking. Is that even possible?? I’m pretty lazy already.

Whatever cook level you may be at in your life at this point, this Chicken Parmesan Pasta Casserole is divine and will earn a place on the weeknight dinner rotation just like it has for so many others.

Chicken Parmesan Casserole Recipe

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Gluten-Free, Low-Sugar, Nut-free, Dairy-Free friendly

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Chicken Parmesan Pasta Casserole is the easy gluten-free dish your whole family will be talkin’ about. Baked it up and devour!

Quick & Easy Chicken Parmesan Casserole Recipe (4)

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Yield: 8

Prep Time:10 min

Cook Time:40 min

Total Time:50 min

Ingredients:

2 skinless chicken breasts, cooked, shredded into pieces. (apprx 2 cups)
2 1/2 cups marinara sauce (or try our homemade spaghetti sauce recipe)
4 cupsfavorite gluten-freepasta, cooked
1 cup frozen spinach, thawed
1 cup Parmesan cheese, shredded (or dairy-free alternative)
1/3 cup cornmeal / gluten-free breadcrumbs
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
1/2 teaspoon dried basil

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
2. In a large bowl combine sliced chicken, cooked pasta, spinach, marinara sauce and 2/3 cup parmesan cheese.
3. Mix until combined.
4. Spread the pasta in a 8x8 casserole dish.
5. Spread breadcrumbs over pasta. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top.
6. Cover casserole dish with foil. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake uncovered for another 10 minutes for cheese to brown and casserole is bubbly.

Author: Linnie

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Nutrition Information:

Serving size: 1
Calories: 330
Other nutrition information: Fat: 12 g Saturated fat: 4 g Unsaturated fat: 5 g Trans fat: 0 g Carbohydrates: 11 g Sugar: 0 g Sodium: 569 mg Fiber: 2 g Protein: 21 g Cholesterol: 58 mg

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Cricket says
November 4, 2015 at 5:49 pm
Yes! Thank you so much for posting this. I am always looking for gluten free recipes that are actually comforting. Look one definitely looks it. I’m adding it to my meal plan for next week!
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- Lindsay says
  November 4, 2015 at 6:20 pm
  Yay! Hope you enjoy it Cricket. 🙂
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Lauren Deegan says
February 16, 2016 at 12:43 pm
This was one of the best gluten-free recipes I found online, absolutely delicious! Hope you post more gluten-free recipes in the future.
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- Lindsay says
  February 16, 2016 at 4:12 pm
  Thanks Lauren! So glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
  All of Veggie Balance recipes are gluten-free as of September 2014. There are plenty of gluten-free recipes to rummage through. Hope to see you around here more. <3 🙂
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Stacey says
April 7, 2016 at 6:19 pm
Is this healthy? And do you use the homemade spaghetti sauce with this?
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- Lindsay says
  See Also
  Chopped Cooked Chicken Recipe
  April 7, 2016 at 6:45 pm
  Hi Stacey! It is skinnier than the traditional Chicken Parmesan Casseroles I’ve seen. It also does have minimal cheese as well vs. traditional dishes. The nutrition information is below the recipe. I have made it with my homemade marinara sauce and also with store bought. Sometimes I add mushrooms to the sauce and it adds an additional kick to this dish I love, sometimes I don’t. It is a very versatile dish. 🙂
  Hope this help and you get a chance to make it!
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Melissa says
May 11, 2016 at 4:03 pm
Could this be made ahead of time and reheated?
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- Lindsay says
  May 14, 2016 at 4:10 pm
  Yes! Of course, fresh right out of the oven is the preferred time to serve. However, this is definitely can be reheated again.
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Melanie says
September 9, 2016 at 5:44 pm
Do you think it would be okay to not even bread the chicken???
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- Lindsay says
  September 14, 2016 at 1:53 pm
  Yes most definitely! I’ve made it that way before when I was not feeling that extra step. 😉
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Anna says
December 15, 2016 at 4:51 pm
Could this put in the freezer & baked at a later time?
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- Lindsay says
  December 16, 2016 at 7:33 pm
  I personally have not tried this. I would say it’s definitely worth a try, I think it would be OK still.
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  - Alice says
    March 28, 2018 at 6:33 pm
    I was wondering if you mix the breadcrumbs and the cornmeal or just use one or the other
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    - Lindsay says
      March 30, 2018 at 3:51 pm
      I use one or the other. The gluten-free breadcrumbs I’ve purchased in the past were actually cornmeal lol so I just use cornmeal more often for that reason when breading things. Hope this helps! 🙂
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Erin Rae Schaufler says
May 3, 2018 at 6:18 pm
could i throw in some raw broccoli and carrots? Do you think the carrots would cook in time if I cut them small enough?
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- Lindsay says
  August 2, 2018 at 6:13 am
  Mmm… If you cut them extremely small (like almost shaved) yes I think it would work. TO be safe I’d quickly microwave or steam them because nothing worse than crunchy carrots in a casserole. 😉
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Jennifer says
August 6, 2019 at 5:52 pm
When do you add the oregano & basil? They are in the ingredient list, but I didn’t see the step where you add them.
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Molly Walker says
July 20, 2020 at 10:33 am
Can I make this without the pasta? Then cook pasta and add casserole on top? No one else in the family likes gluten free pasta!
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- Lindsay says
  August 1, 2020 at 3:24 am
  Yeah that could probably work.
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Lauryn says
July 22, 2020 at 10:40 am
Is it ok to use fresh spinach instead?
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- Lindsay says
  July 24, 2020 at 2:07 am
  Yes I have many times myself
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