Chicken and Broccoli Casserole

Chicken and Broccoli Casserole

6 boneless chicken breasts (about 1 pound)
broccoli - fresh
2 cans cream of chicken soup
Parmesan cheese
cheddar cheese, grated
1 cup milk
1/2 cup mayonnaise
1/2 cup miracle whip
4 teaspoons lemon juice

Boil chicken in water. Then cook broccoli until tender (crisp).
Spread broccoli over bottom of 9x13 baking dish. Cut up (or shred) chicken and place it on top of the broccoli.
Combine soup, milk, mayo and miracle whip. Heat in saucepan until warm. Remove from heat and add cheddar cheese and lemon juice. Stir until cheese melts.

Pour sauce over chicken and broccoli. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil and bake @ 350F for 30 minutes; then uncover and bake an additional 30 minutes.

I liked this recipe. A good go-to one, I think. I did, however, make a few changes.

1. We didn't have any mayonnaise and I didn't want to buy a whole jar of it just for one recipe. So I substituted with 1 cup of sour cream instead of the mayo and miracle whip.
2. I bought frozen chopped broccoli. I ended up cooking about 5 cups, which I thought was a lot. I would double that. So that would be a big family sized bag of broccoli or maybe 2 heads of fresh broccoli or something.
3. This recipe didn't say how much cheddar cheese to use. I ended up using about 1 1/2 to 2 cups of cheese. Probably didn't need that much, but I like cheese :)
4. We didn't have any lemon juice either. But I did find a whole lemon in the fridge. So I used my Food Network knowledge to juice a lemon. Microwave for about 10 seconds. Roll lemon on counter to release juices. Cut lemon in half width-wise and squeeze. This used the juice of half a lemon. 

Also, I didn't really feel like this was a one dish meal. I still felt hungry and like it needed something else. It was also a little runny so I'm wondering if this isn't supposed to go on top of rice or noodles or something. Or maybe adding more broccoli would fix that problem. I'm not sure. Enjoy!