Cozy Season Is Casserole Season—These Are Our Food Editors’ Favorite Recipes
Cozy season is upon us, which means that warm, comforting, and easy is what I’m looking for every night of the week. Nothing checks off all those boxes for the Delish Test Kitchen team quite like a casserole. They require minimal cleanup, are often one-pan stars, and remind us of sitting around the dinner table after a busy autumn day. We’ve created countless casserole recipes over the years, but these 14 recipes hold a special place in our hearts. They’re the ones our food editors keep coming back to again and again, whether they are familiar family favorites or creative recipes that, once created, we couldn’t stop thinking about. Looking for your new comfort food staple? Keep reading on to discover just why these casseroles are a favorite among our kitchen (and readers) year after year.
Classic Lasagna
We took a couple shortcuts for this recipe by using store-bought marinara and boxed pasta sheets. Trust us, it saves a ton of time without sacrificing any flavor. Our Visual Director Rebecca Simpson Steele says that her family begs her to make this monthly—make it once, and you might be in the same boat.
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Beef Noodle Casserole
What’s an easy weeknight dinner without beef, noodles, and gooey cheese? This version of beef noodle casserole combines a shelf-stable favorite—cream of mushroom soup—along with tomato sauce, lots of garlic, sweet onion, and sharp cheddar cheese. The only prep work requires cutting onions, chopping garlic, and grating the cheese.
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Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Instead of rolling all of the enchiladas, this casserole untraditionally speeds up the process by layering everything together in the pan. Skip the store-bought and make your own homemade enchilada sauce. You can adjust the heat up or down according to your preference, and the flavor is 10x better.
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Tater Tot Chicken Pot Pie
Wondering what could possibly make a classic chicken pot pie even more delicious? Enter: tater tots! Picture a creamy and comforting casserole made with onions, peas, and tender chicken, all topped with a crown of crispy potato tots. Digital Food Producer Camille Lowder loves it because of the best-of-both-world's combo of crunchy, seasoned potatoes and pie filling in every bite.
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Ritz Cracker Chicken Casserole
When the weather gets cold, your dinner making-mojo is low, or when comfort food is just what’s on the menu, you need a casserole. And if that casserole is easy, creamy, chicken-y, and cheesy, like this one is? With a crunchy topping? Your oven should already be preheating. 😉
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Chicken Fajita Casserole
If you turn your head every time a sizzling plate of fajitas passes, then this recipe is the low-lift one-pan version you need. Chipotle chile- and cumin-seasoned chicken breast is nestled into fire-roasted tomato rice before being topped with strips of jalapeño, bell pepper, and sweet red onion, then smothered with a three-cheese blend and baked to create this chicken fajita casserole.
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Overnight French Toast Casserole
We've got three words for you that are going to change your breakfast and brunch game forever: Overnight. French. Toast. It's comically delicious, thanks to a long overnight soak in a heavy cream-infused custard, which transforms the sliced challah into a pudding-y delight.
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Chicken Tamale Pie
A lot of tamale pies come with the cornbread layer on top. But we strongly feel that it should be on the bottom, where it can get crispy and absorb all the flavors of the topping. Instead of making a batter from scratch, we upgraded a box of muffin mix with some sour cream and canned corn, and we highly recommend it.
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Funeral Potatoes
The story goes that these bubbling beauties were named so after becoming a traditional comfort food for post-funeral gatherings. They are basically comfort in a pan, but we prefer (and suggest we all) eat them on happier occasions, especially Thanksgiving, Christmas, or any time comfort food is an absolute necessity.
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Ravioli Lasagna
Italian night is better when your two favorite pastas—ravioli and lasagna—combine. Make them in a casserole dish, and you've got a comfort food combination that is as easy to create as it is to devour.
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Taco Lasagna
This hearty Tex-Mex taco lasagna hits so many of the classic casserole notes: Cheesy? ✔️ Perfect for a crowd? ✔️ Flavor for days? ✔️ Great (greatest?) way to stretch a pound of ground beef? ✔️ The list goes on and on.
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Sloppy Joe Casserole
Being on Team Casserole doesn’t stop us from appreciating the iconic sloppy Joe sandwich as a pasta sauce or a cheesy meatball bake, it just gives us more ways to celebrate the combination of ground beef and tangy sauce. More than just delicious, this casserole is flexible, freezable, and ready to serve on a busy weeknight for dinner.
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Hamburger Casserole
You may have heard the term “hamburger casserole” used to describe similarly cozy recipes using ground beef and elbow macaroni. But instead of the classic tomato-based goulash, this version is made with a sauce reminiscent of your favorite fast food secret sauce—pickles included.
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Chicken Broccoli Casserole
Comfort food at its finest, this casserole makes weeknight dinner an absolute breeze. Filled with chicken, broccoli, rice and plenty of cheese, this hearty bake is basically a leveled up, heartier version of our broccoli cheddar soup you can enjoy all year round.
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