Chicken Brown Rice Casserole Recipes

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.

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.

Steps:

• Add salt and pepper to chicken thighs and cook until browned for about 10-15 minutes.
• Add pre-cooked, instant brown rice and chicken broth, (or bouillon cubes already dissolved in the water), and chopped garlic.
• Cover and let it simmer in low heat, until rice has absorbed the chicken broth liquid.
• Add zucchini slices (or chunks), corn kernels if you like, and jarred salsa.
• Continue simmering a few more minutes until flavors blend and zucchini is cooked, crispy tender but not over cooked.
• UPDATE NOTE: Thanks to Tinkerbell and CJAY for your suggestions about the brown rice cooking time. I made this recipe using "Success" instant, pre-cooked brown rice according with the package directions for microwave cooking this time, and this dish was done faster and easier than with the regular brown rice taking longer to absorb the liquid. I also added 1 chopped garlic clove to add flavor and it was very good.
• Thanks for your reviews, photos and suggestions.

Steps:

• Spray a 9x13" baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
• Bring broth to a boil in a medium pot. Once boiling, add rice. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer, covered, for 45 minutes. Meanwhile, cook broccoli according to package directions and set aside.
• In a medium pan, heat one teaspoons olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and sauté under tender, about 5-6 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside.
• In the same pan, add remaining teaspoons of olive oil and cook diced chicken breast over medium-high heat until cooked through. Season with ½ teaspoons of salt. Remove from pan and set aside with onion mixture.
• To make the cheese sauce, whisk together ½ cup of milk and flour. Add to pan along with the other 1½ cups of milk. Whisk for about 5 minutes over medium heat, or until sauce has thickened. Remove from hear and add yogurt, 1 cup of cheese, remaining 1/2 teaspoons of salt and pepper to taste.
• Pre-heat broiler. In a large bowl, stir together rice, broccoli, onion mixture, chicken and cheese sauce. Pour mixture in the greased baking dish. Top with remaining ½ cup of cheese and broil casserole until cheese is melted.

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.