Traditional Million Dollar Chicken Casserole is delicious but typically filled with fat and calories. This version of Million Dollar Chicken Casserole is still delicious, but healthy for you. I’ve replaced the Ritz crackers with bacon and used Zero Point ranch instead of cream of chicken soup. This saves you a lot of points and makes this casserole even more delicious.
If you’re looking for an easy weeknight dinner, this is it. You can even make it a day ahead if you know you won’t have time the night of. It’s also great for meal prep and freezing. Bake it on a Sunday, and you’ve got 6 lunches prepared for the week. You can stay on track without sacrificing good food. You’ll look forward to your daily lunches of Million Dollar Chicken Casserole.
For more casseroles that will fill you up, check out these 24 Easy Weight Watchers Casseroles.
Three reasons why you need to make this recipe!
As the title states, it really is worth it.
The flavors of ranch, bacon, chicken, and cheese come together to create a delicious, one pot dinner. This is a one stop shop for your taste buds. Worth every penny!
It’s easy to adjust the Weight Watchers points.
If one serving is too high in points for you, you can easily substitute fat free cream cheese in for the light cream cheese as well as fat free shredded cheese instead of reduced fat shredded cheese. Those two swaps will lower the points without significantly changing the flavor of the dish.
Million Dollar Chicken Casserole is a healthy way to enjoy cheese for cheese lovers.
This dish features several types of cheese, all of it melty and gooey. Exactly how you like it. It’s perfect for the whole family to enjoy.
Ingredients you need to make Million Dollar Chicken Casserole:
- 7.5 oz package of biscuits (The Walmart Great Value brand has a pack of 4 cans, 10 biscuits each in the roll. These cans are 7.5 oz. If you need to buy a bigger can, just weigh out 7.5 oz of dough.)
- 4 oz softened light cream cheese
- 8 oz of cooked shredded chicken (about 2 cups)
- 1/3 cup light sour cream
- 1/4 cup light ranch dressing or Zero Point Ranch
- 5 slices cooked and crumbled Oscar Mayer Original center cut bacon
- 1/2 cup reduced fat shredded cheese
- 4 tsp Everything but the Bagel seasoning
How to make Million Dollar Chicken Casserole (step by step):
- Preheat oven to 375F and spray a 9×13 casserole dish with some cooking spray.
- Cut each of the 10 biscuits into 6 pieces each and spread across bottom of the sprayed dish.
- In a bowl, mix the cream cheese, sour cream, ranch dressing and chicken together with a handmixer and add in 2 tsp of everything but the bagel seasoning.
- Stir well and spoon on to your biscuits making sure it’s spread evenly.
- Sprinkle another 1 tsp of the everything but the bagel seasoning on top.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, remove from oven and sprinkle the cheese, crumbled cooked bacon and the final 1 tsp of seasoning on top and return to the oven for 10 more minutes.
- Let cool for 5 minutes before digging in. Enjoy!
Makes 6 servings. Nutrition info per serving: Calories 287, Fat 15 g, Saturated fat 7.4 g, Carbs 21 g, Fiber 0 g, Sugars 6 g, Sodium 973 mg, Protein 17 g.
Million Dollar Chicken Casserole WW Points
- Biscuit dough 22 points
- Light cream cheese 11 points
- Shredded chicken 0 points
- Light sour cream 5 points
- Light ranch dressing 4 points
- Oscar Mayer Original center cut bacon 5 points
- Reduced fat shredded cheese 7 points
- Everything but the Bagel seasoning 0 points
9 points per serving based on the WW app recipe creator.
If you’re using an older version of WW, check out these points below.
Personal Points- 5-7 depending on your 0PP foods
SP Freestyle- (blue & purple) 5 using WW recipe builder
Smart Points- (green) 7 using WW recipe builder
Points Plus- 7 using PP calculator
Different ways to change up this recipe:
- Use Zero Point Ranch dressing instead of the light ranch. It’ll make each serving 8 points instead of 9 points.
- You can use non-fat Greek yogurt instead of sour cream to lower the points. It will taste the same.
- If you don’t like Everything but the Bagel seasoning, you’re welcome to use whatever seasoning you like. Dill would be a great choice – it will really enhance the ranch flavor.
- You can use turkey bacon instead of regular bacon if you’d like. It’s personal preference.
- If you’re not a fan of chicken, you can substitute extra lean ground beef or lean ground turkey.
Tips and Tricks for Making Million Dollar Chicken Casserole:
- This is a great freeze ahead meal. Bake a few batches of this recipe in alumnum pans, wrap well and store in the freezer for up to 6 months. You can give them away as gifts to new moms, or for someone going through a hard time. To reheat yourself, pull one out the night before and let it thaw in the fridge. When you’re ready for dinner, bake the casserole for about 30 minutes or until heated through.
- You can bake this a day ahead of time. Just follow the directions up until step 6, but don’t bake it the last 10 minutes. Sprinkle with the cheese and seasoning, cover it with saran warp and refrigerate until you’re ready to bake. The next day, let the casserole come to room temperature while the oven is pre-heating. Bake for 20 minutes, until it’s heated through.
- Use shredded rotisserie chicken to save time, rather than cooking the chicken yourself. Costco has a delicious pack of pre-shredded, rotisserie chicken that works great in this dish. If you’re using a full rotisserie chicken, make sure to use only the chicken breast so that it doesn’t add points.
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Million Dollar Chicken Casserole
Ingredients
- 7.5 oz package of biscuits, I use great value from Walmart in the U.S, they come 4 to a pack and have 10 small biscuits in the roll, you can always use a bigger pack and weigh out 7.5oz of biscuit dough
- 4 oz softened light cream cheese
- 2 cups cooked shredded chicken *equal to 8oz
- 1/3 cup light sour cream
- 1/4 cup light ranch dressing, or zero point ranch
- 5 slices cooked and crumbled center cut bacon, low point bacon
- 1/2 cup reduced fat shredded cheese, I use a 3 cheese blend
- 4 tsp everything seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F and spray a 9x13 casserole dish with some cooking spray.
- Cut each of the 10 biscuits into 6 pieces each and spread across bottom of the sprayed dish.
- In a bowl, mix the cream cheese, sour cream, ranch dressing and chicken together with a hand mixer and add in 2 tsp of everything but the bagel seasoning.
- Stir well and spoon on to your biscuits making sure it’s spread evenly.
- Sprinkle another 1 tsp of the everything but the bagel seasoning on top.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, remove from oven and sprinkle the cheese, crumbled cooked bacon and the final 1 tsp of seasoning on top and return to the oven for 10 more minutes.
- Let cool for 5 minutes before digging in. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
hello, i was so looking forward to the recipe but mine was so dry, what happened
Hi Brenda, well it is hard for me to say without being there and knowing what you did 😉 are you sure you used the right biscuits? Mine was a small 7.5oz roll with 10 very small biscuits if you used a bigger biscuit pack then that would make it dry
Have you ever tried this recipe with crscent rolls instead of biscuits?
Hi, no I have not but I have seen others do bubble ups with them and say they turn out well
would like to have the recipe for your ranch dressing
you can find it here on my blog, search it in the search bar 🙂
Hello Kate…loving your recipes! 🙂 Can you use the regular biscuits we can buy in Canada? I don’t see the buttermilk ones here? Thanks for all you do.
Hi Michelle, yes you can use them but they will be a larger pack than the 7.5 oz ones I use from the states, my advice would be to weigh out 7.5oz, then cut your biscuits open in two before cutting each piece into 6 or 8 whatever the recipe calls for, because the biscuits are bigger in those bigger packs but you want enough pieces to spread in your dish if that makes sense
This was absolutely fabulous!
So glad you enjoyed it Tina 🙂
How do you cook your chicken so it can be shredded? Crock pot first? Also wondering. What name brand of biscuits are people using in Canada?
Hi Michelle, yes I use crock with some chicken broth cook on high about 3 hours then shred it, you can buy the Pillsbury biscuit, can the smallest pack you can find then weigh out 7.5 ounces, because this will give you less biscuits I suggest cutting them open first then cut each half into 6 pieces so you have enough to cover the bottom of your dish
You stated that you could use different biscuits and just measure out the right amount. Which is what I did. And mine was really dry as well. It was like I didn’t have enough chicken mixture to cover everything. Bummed.
Hmm, weird..maybe the biscuits were not cut into small enough pieces? It’s really hard for me to say what exactly went wrong without me being there, mine was definitely not dry, I’m sorry it did not work out
Made this last night for dinner and the kids LOVED it! This was the 2nd bubble up we tried this week. Both delicious.
Yay for bubble ups 🙂 so glad everyone enjoyed it
I used the exact biscuits you used but I come up with 31 points in my app for 10. And I used the 7.5 size in the 4 pack roll with 10 biscuits walmart great value brand. Can you please tell me how you got 17 points for them? I came up with 10 points freestyle when I made this. Also are you using fat free sour cream, ranch, and cream cheese? I used light not fat free. It is very delicious and we loved it however I want to make sure I get the points down what you have listed.
Hi Brandy, did you scan it?? My scanner shows 5SP per serving (3 biscuits) then you can change it from 3 biscuits to 10 in the App, giving you 17SP, or use your calculaotr in the app and input the info, it will give you a 5SP reading per serving ( one serving as per can is 3 biscuits) then put your serving at 3 1/3 (since 3 servings would be 9 biscuits) it will once again give you a reading of 17SP sorry but I’m not sure how else to tell you but that’s how I get 17SP and I have no idea how you are getting 31?? I use light cream cheese, a reduced fat cheese and my zero point ranch dressing recipe (see under appetizers for recipe) hope that helps .. I double and triple check everything when getting my point values
Which centre cut bacon do you buy when you cross the border? I cross border shop all the time and would love to know some specifics of what you’re buying. Thanks!
I like Wegman’s brand but if no Wegman’s where you cross then Oscar Mayer do one too and sold at Walmart/Target