Easy Chicken Rice with a kick Casserole. Is there anything more comforting than a chicken & rice casserole? It's the type of recipe we turn to time after time again during the fall and winter, just like roast chicken or our tortellini soup. Placed in greased casserole dish then topped off with a bag of Mexican shreaded cheese.
No need to precook the rice or brown the chicken first - just mix My fear about using cream of chicken in this was that I didn't want the dish to be too "chickeny"… I wanted there to be some other flavor kicking.
Place the chicken on the rice mixture.
Season the chicken with additional black pepper and This chicken recipe perfectly fits the bill!
You can have Easy Chicken Rice with a kick Casserole using 13 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Easy Chicken Rice with a kick Casserole
- Prepare 1 1/2 pounds of boneless, skinless chicken.
- Prepare 1 cup of long grain rice (uncooked).
- It's 1 3/4 cups of chicken broth.
- Prepare 1 can of cream of mushroom condensed soup.
- You need of Spice Mix.
- It's 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper (adjust heat level to taste).
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of chili powder.
- You need 1/2 teaspoon of ground black pepper.
- You need 1 teaspoon of smoky paprika.
- It's 1/4 teaspoon of ground cumin.
- Prepare 1 teaspoon of onion powder.
- You need 1 teaspoon of garlic powder.
- It's to taste of salt.
And, since I didn't have ALL the prescribed ingredients on-hand, I The pepper jack cheese gives it a little kick, too! And, the Italian seasoning gives it a great flavor! Indulge in a comforting, hearty chicken and rice casserole with this versatile recipe from Food.com. Add salt & pepper to taste.
Easy Chicken Rice with a kick Casserole step by step
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Put all spice mix items in a small bowl..
- Thoughly mix the spices together. Set aside..
- Put the soup, broth and a pinch of the spice mix in another bowl..
- Whisk the soup and broth together..
- Place the rice into a 9 by 13 cake pan. I'm using Jasmine rice this time..
- Pour the soup mixture over the rice. Give it a little stir to even it out..
- Place the chicken pieces on top..
- Sprinkle the remaining spice mix over the whole thing..
- Cover TIGHTLY with foil..
- Bake 1 hour..
- Fluff the rice, cover loosely, let sit for 5 more minutes, so rice can absorb any other liquid..
- Serve.
- Garnish - if desired, parsley, cilantro, green onion/scallion.
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