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Quick and easy casserole that’s perfect for a busy day, potlucks or a special delivery to family and friends in need of some comfort. Serve with your favorite green veggies and a side salad for one good down home meal. This makes for awesome leftovers too – it’s even better the next day!
This terrific recipe was found on AllRecipes.com, submitted by Katie Benham – it’s her grandmother’s recipe. “I grew up on this recipe, my grandmother got it from a lady from church at a potluck a long time ago! She passed it down to my mom and it’s always been a family favorite.”
What you need: 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into cubes (1 1/2 to 2 lbs), 2 cups instant white rice, 2 cups water, 1 can cream of chicken soup, 1 can cream of mushroom soup, 1 can cream of celery soup, salt and fresh ground pepper to taste, 1/2 cup butter cut into pads.
If you don’t care for canned soup, I have links below to make your own homemade condensed soups.
To make: Grease a baking dish (I use a 9×13 baking dish) well, bottom and sides. Next, place chicken pieces in dish evenly, pour water, rice, soups and desired salt and pepper on top, mix well. Last, top evenly with pads of butter.
Place on middle rack of pre-heated oven (400 degrees F) and bake for 60-75 mins.
Serve with a side salad and your favorite green veggies – broccoli and green beans go well with this dish.
This is one of my husband’s favorite casseroles. He looks forward to having the leftovers for work – he thinks it’s even better the next day…and I agree.
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Ingredients
- 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut into cubes (approximately 1 1/1 to 2 pounds)
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups instant white rice
- 1 (10.75 ounce) can cream of chicken soup, condensed (or make homemade)
- 1 (10.75 ounce) can cream of celery soup, condensed (or make homemade)
- 1 (10.75 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup, condensed (or make homemade)
- salt & fresh ground pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup butter, sliced into pats
Directions
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I follow the recipe as directed. The only thing I do different, I mix everything in a bowl and then transfer it to the baking dish.
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Has anyone tried this with basmati rice? Would I have to cook it beforehand or would it still cook thoroughly with everything else?
Do you cook the rice first?
My primary reason for making this is because I needed to use up some chicken breasts before they went bad. Keeping that in mind, I used 4 instead of 3 like the recipe calls for. I also used regular white rice, because I didn’t know better.. I was horrified to see comments saying that regular rice won’t cook, and the whole dish will be ruined if you use it. I’m happy to say that it turned out perfectly! I also added cheddar cheese in and on top of it before baking. I added Ritz crackers on top once it was done. I’ll definitely be making this again!