Casserole Recipes

A good casserole is the workhorse of the family kitchen: one dish, one oven, dinner for six, and leftovers that somehow taste better the next day. These are the classics — chicken and rice, tater tot, King Ranch, tuna noodle — tested and written down the way our grandmothers actually made them.

Most of these casseroles follow the same friendly formula: a protein, a starch, something creamy to bind it, and a topping that goes crunchy in the oven. That's also what makes them so easy to adapt to whatever's in your fridge — each recipe includes a substitution table so you can swap with confidence.

Nearly every recipe here can be assembled a day ahead and refrigerated unbaked, or frozen for up to three months — which makes this page a favorite for meal preppers and anyone feeding a crowd.