Yesterday I was having the in-laws over for dinner. Dinner was going to be my Baked Potato Soup & the movie was going to be How to Train Your Dragon. I got all the ingredients several days ahead but failed to review the recipe. Silly me! i got home & was ready to cook - only to be reminded that my favorite potato soup recipe is a Slow Cooker recipe! Um, honey, think your in-laws will mind eating at 2 am?! Ha. Just kidding. I know it can be adapted to the stove, but i didn't know how to do that (& didn't think of it at first!). And i know there are a million stovetop potato soup recipes but i like THIS one! =) So i decided to cook this casserole i'd been wanting to make instead. I'd already bought the ingredients but wasn't sure how it would turn out. I had nothing to worry about. It was AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got this recipe from a new cooking blog i found & i am sure i will be using many more of her recipes. YUM!
Chicken, Mushroom, Broccoli & Rice Casserole
adapted by For the Love of Cooking
(i forgot to take a picture of it & it was gone in a flash! her pic is way better anyway!)
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
1/2 onion, chopped
1 6-8 ounce can of mushrooms, chopped
1 stalk of celery, chopped
1 box Long Grain & Wild Rice, prepared per instructions*
2 cups chicken breast, chopped
1 6-8 ounce can of water chestnus, chopped
1 cup of broccoli florets*
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) cream of chicken soup
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) cream of celery soup
1/4 cup light mayo
salt & pepper to taste
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare rice per instructions. In a medium saucepan, cook onions & celery until soft. Add mushrooms & cook a bit longer (if your mushrooms are fresh & not canned, you should do them first). Steam broccoli until just fork tender, and then cool. In a large bowl combine ALL ingredients & mix well.
2. Pour into a baking dish & bake uncovered for 30 minutes. Let cool a few minutes before serving.
*I wasn't sure about the box rice & figured i'd end up using my regular white rice. I am so glad i didn't! Uncle Ben's Long Grain & Wild Rice was the only brand i could find. It takes 5 minutes & i tasted it before it went in the bowl with everything else...so good!! Definitely use this kind of rice! :)
*The only thing i would change about this recipe...i would use more broccoli. Maybe 2 cups. But i like broccoli! :)
SO good!!!! 4 of us ate it & there were no leftovers! So you might wanna double it! It was amazing! :)
P.S. The movie How to Train Your Dragon was also a hit! We absolutely loved it!!
P.S. The movie How to Train Your Dragon was also a hit! We absolutely loved it!!
yum!
ReplyDeleteYum! Anything with rice, and I'm in! I'll have to try this.
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! Gonna have to try it.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you liked it. Thanks for the shout out and link back to my site.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds and looks delicious! I will be trying this next week for sure!
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