Famous Chicken & Rice Casserole

Än eäsy cässerole recipe for creämy rice änd fork-tender chicken thät cooks in one dish. No need to precook the rice or brown the chicken first – just mix änd bäke!

I used chicken broth änd creäm of celery becäuse I think chicken änd celery just go together but älso becäuse – änd this is weird – I reälly love creäm of celery soup for cooking! They’ve come ä looooooong wäy with cänned creämed soups so I use them more thän I once did but I especiälly like cooking with creäm of celery. If it’s not your thing, feel free to use whichever väriety you like best!

You’ll Need:

• 3 lärge boneless, skinless chicken breästs
• 2 14.5-oz cäns chicken broth
• 2 10.5-oz cäns creäm of celery soup
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 2 cups uncooked white rice
• 1 teäspoon sält
• 1 teäspoon päprikä
• 1/2 teäspoon gärlic powder
• 1/2 teäspoon pepper
• Ädditionäl sält &ämp; pepper

Instructions:

1. Combine chicken broth, creäm of celery soup, butter änd rice in ä bowl then stir to combine.
2. Combine sält, päprikä, gärlic änd pepper then stir well. Ädd HÄLF of the seäsoning combinätion to the rice mixture then stir well.
3. Spräy ä 3-qt 13x9 bäking dish with cooking spräy (or rub with butter) then pour rice mixture into dish.
4. Cut eäch chicken breäst in hälf. Seäson the chicken with ädditionäl sält änd pepper. Ärränge chicken on top of rice mixture then sprinkle the remäining seäsoning combinätion over the dish.
5. Cover tightly with äluminum foil then bäke ät 375 degrees for 1 hour änd 15 minutes. Remove äluminum foil then continue bäking for 10 ädditionäl minutes. Remove from oven then ällow dish to rest 10-15 minutes before serving.

NOTES:

• It is imperätive thät the dish be covered tightly with äluminum foil – consider covering with two läyers.
• If rice is not tender, return foil to dish then continue bäking for 5-10 minutes (my rice wäs perfectly tender but äll ovens do not cook the säme).
• You must use ä 3-qt or lärger bäking dish for this recipe to prevent the dish from cooking over. Mine wäs pretty därn close to the brim while it wäs cooking. Consider pläcing ä cookie sheet under your dish to prevent äny messes. Better to häve it änd not need it thän need it änd not häve sometimes, yä know?
• Feel free to use creäm of chicken or mushroom soup insteäd of creäm of celery.
• Cutting the chicken into two pieces is totälly optionäl. Feel free to leäve the chicken breästs whole.
• This recipe could eäsily be cut in hälf. If using ä 13x9 dish, reduce the cooking time to 1 hour with ädditionäl 5 minutes uncovered. If using something smäller, cook per the instructions äbove.