Recipe: Delicious chicken and rice casserole

chicken and rice casserole. This is a casserole that meal packs a lot of flavor in a filling one dish dinner. This chicken and rice casserole dinner from Delish.com is the easiest decision you'll make all week. Is there anything more comforting than a chicken & rice casserole?

Your family will love the cheesy filling and buttery, crunchy Ritz topping! This yummy chicken and rice casserole needs to bake for a loooong time. That's sort of sad if you live in the Philippines, but really happy if you live anywhere else. You can have chicken and rice casserole using 8 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of chicken and rice casserole

1. You need 5 of med.size boneless chicken.
2. You need 1 of minute rice.
3. Prepare 2 can of cream of celery.
4. You need 1/4 of onion diced.
5. It's 5 clove of of garlic diced.
6. You need 2 tbsp of butter.
7. It's 1 of McCormick montreal chicken spice.
8. Prepare 1 of tumeric spice.

And then, like a true casserole lover, smother it with cheese or sour cream or something really bad for you. This Chicken and Rice casserole, while not a traditional hot dish, does contain the requisite components of one: creamy sauce, starch, protein and veggies. Though without the canned soup nor tater tots, like in Meggan's Cowboy Casserole, I can't really see that it would be considered one. Everyone loves this dish—I consider it the best chicken and rice casserole recipe because it's a tasty combination of hearty and crunchy ingredients mixed in a creamy sauce.

chicken and rice casserole step by step

1. make minute rice in med sause pan.
2. cook chicken in pan with water until done.
3. when chicken done cut in pieces.
4. in small pan saute onions,garlic with butter till onions are opaque.
5. layer the rice first the a can of soup and spread evenly .put on half the chicken.
6. pour over the sauted onions ,garlic and spread evenly ..
7. shake on spices only a few each.
8. repeat rice ,soup and chicken and shake on more Montreal chicken spice.
9. set oven at 350.
10. cover casserole with aluminum foil ,with a sharp knife make slits in foil .bake for 45min..
11. eat and enjoy as we did.

It's a time-tested classic. —Myrtle Matthews, Marietta, Georgia. How to Make Chicken and Rice Casserole. First, note that we use chicken thighs, instead of the more popular (and more expensive) breasts. The thighs have more flavor and are a little fattier, so they won't dry out with long cooking. The chicken pieces are browned in olive oil, removed, and then the onions.