Like the owner and head chef from OTIS Dining Hall (Damian Brabender), I have a thing for KFC. Although for me, it’s more of a deep-abiding adoration. I know I shouldn’t eat it too often, but I can’t help buying it when I think about it for too long on a Friday. Fridays are my traditional takeaway dinner day. I spent the day practising medicine at Canberra Hospital and Health Services in ACT Pathology. Yes, I know, practising medicine and eating KFC don’t go together.
Recipe
Leftover KFC casserole
When I buy a 21-piece bucket I consume the thigh and wing pieces after purchase and then put away the breast and other pieces into the refrigerator. Leftover KFC makes for a delicious chicken casserole.
- 8 Leftover KFC pieces
- 1 handful Parsley
- 2 Large mushrooms
- 1 small tin Green peppercorns
- 1 cup White wine
- 1 handful Cashew nuts
- 1 tin Cream of chicken soup
- 2 sticks Celery
- 1/2 Onion
- 1 cup Frozen vegetables
- In a casserole or sturdy baking dish place the leftover pieces of KFC
- Add some sliced flat mushrooms
- Toss in the cup of frozen vegetables plus some sliced celery and onion and poke the vegetables in between the pieces of KFC.
- Pour over a can of condensed cream of chicken soup and rinse out the can with a little white wine and pour that in too. You want to ensure the liquid gets about halfway up the side of the baking tray so there is sufficient water to keep everything juicy and moist.
Sprinkle in your nuts, well not your nuts but some cashews and if you can throw some cash around, some Queensland nuts from the genus Macadamia.
- Open the tin of green peppercorns and pour them in.
Once everything is in the baking tray, seal it with a lid if it has one or cover in aluminium foil and make sure it is a snug fit.
- Place in a hot oven 200 °C/400 °F for one hour.
- After one hour remove the lid and sprinkle on a little grated cheese and then return to the oven for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Once the cheese has become brown and crispy remove the tray from the oven and allow the casserole some rest.
- Serve up on a plate and shoot a photograph.
- Eat the meal.
- Wash the dishes and write the recipe.
- Write a blog post and share it later.
In the old days, I could eat a 21-piece bucket in one go. Now I prefer to leave leftovers so I can keep enjoying the chicken and the herbs and spices!
Photographs
This was my dinner on Friday night. I decided after a piece of good news that I’d spoil myself with some KFC.
This is the leftover KFC casserole after it came out of the oven
This is the leftover KFC casserole ready to be eaten
Questions and answers
Why do you like KFC?
I like the crumb coating and the finger licking good flavour of the 13 herbs and spices. Yes, I like licking my fingers.
Surely KFC is too fatty and greasy?
It certainly is. I don’t eat it every day or every week or every month. I like spoiling myself with flavours I like and things that taste good, especially if it tastes good as I lick my fingers.
Could you make the casserole without KFC?
Sure, you could use any pre-cooked roast chicken. In Australia, that includes Red Rooster and chickens from Coles and Woolworths.
Congratulations Gary! Really not sure about the KFC casserole though 😉
That KFC casserole is one of my shining achievements Beck 🤣
Congratulations on the wonderful news!
Thank you very much 😃
I love the wings and ribs the best! Now you’ve got me craving chicken 😀
I’d love to see your take on homemade KFC Lorraine 😃
Hoooray!
Congratulations on your appointment and Thank You for another great recipe – one post and two great bits of news!!
[I still look forward to my Congee once a week!!]
Thank you very much. I was pretty happy with the news. Now you have me thinking I maybe should make some congee this weekend 😃
haha – gotcha with your own terrific recipe!!
Excellent. I’m glad to hear you are using it. Thanks.
I had difficulty again posing a message so I it got two words out when it went somewhere?? But I wanted to congratulate you on your award. You did so much in Darwin during 2002 for the victims so warmest congratulations Gary. You wont know this but I really dislike KFC. Not because I am a vegetarian (well sort of) but I never ate it all those years ago when I ate meat. But glad you do enjoy it and that’s good.
Thank you very much Sue. That means a lot to me.
I also feel good because I probably eat your share of KFC 😃
I know it’s not good for me, but I do like the flavours.
Ha ha.
Congratulations and well deserved! No wonder you were out celebrating. Love the frugal waste not want not about this recipe.
I did think of Ms Frugal as I posted this!
Congrats Bro! Casserole looks yum! 🙂
I should have added some Jalapeño Spam Brother
Wonderful news indeed. Congrats, Gaz. Long time coming and well deserved given how hard you’ve worked all these years in your field 😊 That casserole looks amazing. The chicken must be soft and tender 😊😊 I too like KFC and must resist each time I walk past a KFC, I must resist to not get the popcorn chicken. Last time I had KFC was probably a couple of months ago 😂 Maybe one day you can try making KFC from scratch 😂😂😂
Mmm… popcorn chicken is so good Mabel. I could have them with potato gems.
Thank you very much for your kind words.
Popcorn chicken is so pricey, though. I wonder how good KFC tastes with cheese.
You’re right Mabel. I would only buy a small box. I think you could have it with potato gems and some blue cheese as sort of a ‘reward’ meal if you’ve been good with your eating habits for a week. At least, that’s how I’d look at it.
Cheers and congratulations ::)
Thank you very much John 😃
Congratulations!
Thank you very much 😃