Rice Monterey Jack Casserole Recipes

MONTEREY CHICKEN & RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly spray a 9x13-inch pan with cooking spray.
• In a large bowl, combine cooked rice, cooked chicken, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, drained spinach, 1 cup cheese, garlic and 1/2 can of French's French Fried Onions.
• Pour into prepared pan.
• Sprinkle remaining shredded cheese and onions on top of rice mixture.
• Bake, uncovered, for 40 to 50 minutes.

GREEN CHILI RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine all ingredients. Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until heated through.

MONTEREY CHICKEN RICE-A-RONI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º F. Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Prepare Rice-A-Roni according to package directions. Add soup, sour cream, spinach, garlic, chicken, cheese, and half of the fried onions. Stir to combine.
• Spread rice mixture into prepared pan. Top rice with the remaining fried onions.
• Bake uncovered for 30 minutes.

BAKED RICE WITH GREEN CHILIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix all ingredients in an ungreased 2 quart casserole.
• Bake uncovered about 30 minutes or until heated through.

MONTEREY JACK CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350*.
• In skillet, brown ground beef.
• Add onion; reduce heat and saute 5 minutes.
• Drain excess fat.
• Place 2 cups of crushed corn chips in bottom of greased 1 1/2 quart dish.
• Layer ground beef over chips.
• Pour enchilada sauce over beef.
• Top with cheese.
• Bake 20-30 minutes or until bubbly and heated through.
• Sprinkle remaining corn chips over top of casserole.
• Bake additional 5 minutes.
• Top individual servings with sour cream, if desired.

MEXICAN SOUR CREAM RICE

Steps:

• In a large pot, bring the rice and chicken broth to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 20 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a 1-1/2 quart casserole dish.
• In the pot with the cooked rice, mix the sour cream, green chile peppers, 1/2 cup Monterey Jack cheese, corn, and cilantro. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer to the prepared casserole dish, and top with remaining cheese.
• Bake uncovered 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until cheese is bubbly and lightly browned.

RICE & MONTEREY JACK CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Combine sour cream, rice and chiles arrange in layers with cheese in an ungreased 1-1/2 quart casserole dish. Bake at 350 degrees until heated through, about 15 minutes. From "5 Ingredients or Less!" Copyright Gooseberry Patch. Used with permission of the publisher, Gooseberry Patch. All Rights Reserved.