Chicken Brown Rice Casserole Recipes

CHICKEN & BROWN RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In casserole dish, mix together all ingredients except chicken.
• Place chicken on top.
• Cover and bake at 350º-400º for 1 hour 15 minutes or until rice and chicken are cooked.

CHEESY BROWN RICE, BROCCOLI AND CHICKEN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Lightly grease 10-inch round baking dish with olive oil; set aside.
• Microwave frozen broccoli on microwavable plate uncovered on High 4 minutes; set aside.
• In 10-inch skillet, heat a few teaspoons of the olive oil over medium-high heat until hot. Add chicken, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Cook until golden on outsides and no longer pink in center. Remove chicken to plate. Add onion to the still-hot pan; season with salt, and cook until onion begins to soften and become translucent. Add garlic; cook 60 seconds. Add 2 tablespoons of the olive oil, followed by flour, and stir to make a roux. Cook the roux 1 to 2 minutes or until lightly golden. Gradually beat in the chicken broth with whisk, followed by the milk, and simmer until slightly thickened into a gravy.
• Either in the skillet (if large enough), or a large mixing bowl, mix the chicken, gravy, broccoli, brown rice, and half of the cheese. Pour mixture into baking dish. In small bowl, mix bread crumbs and melted butter; add remaining cheese, and spread the mixture on top of casserole.
• Bake about 20 minutes or until top is crisp and golden and casserole is bubbling around edges. Let sit a few minutes before serving.

ONE-POT CHICKEN AND BROWN RICE

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or heavy pot, heat oil over medium-high. Season chicken with salt and pepper and place, skin side down, in pot. Cook until golden brown on both sides, 10 to 12 minutes total. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon fat from pot; add onion and celery. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook 20 minutes.
• Add carrots, bay leaf, and 1 3/4 cups water; stir in rice and season with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Cover and cook until rice absorbs almost all the liquid, 40 to 45 minutes. Let stand, covered, for 10 minutes before serving.

CHICKEN, VEGETABLE AND BROWN RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a 9x13" or larger casserole dish stir together rice, soup, water, 2 tablespoons of dill weed, 1 teaspoon of paprika, salt and pepper to taste, celery, onion, and carrots.
• make sure rice is covered by liquid.
• Skin chicken pieces and place meat side up on top of rice and vegetable mixture, leaving about 1" between pieces.
• Cover casserole dish tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour.
• After 1 hour, remove casserole from oven and check chicken for doneness by piercing thickest pieces and looking for clear juices.
• If juices are pink or unclear put casserole back in oven and bake until juices run clear.
• Meanwhile in a medium saucepan melt butter or margarine over low heat.
• Remove pan from heat and add in the crushed crackers, remaining 2 tablespoons of dill, and remaining 2 teaspoons of paprika.
• Stir well until butter is absorbed and mixture is moist.
• Remove casserole from oven and discard aluminum foil.
• Spoon cracker mixture over chicken pieces only and spread.
• Place casserole back in oven and bake 10-15 minutes more or until cracker mixture is firm but not dry.
• Remove casserole from oven and let stand 10 minutes or until liquid is absorbed into the rice.

EASY BAKED CHICKEN, RICE, AND BROCCOLI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
• Combine chicken, soup, broccoli, rice, and water in a bowl; mix thoroughly. Transfer mixture to the prepared baking pan and cover with foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Uncover, stir, top with Cheddar cheese, and cover again. Continue to bake until chicken is no longer pink in the center, rice is tender, and cheese is melted and bubbly, about 10 minutes more.