Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole
Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole is From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 5 minutes. Head to the store and pick up cheddar cheese, ground pepper, water, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the mixed vegetables you could follow this main course with the Pumpkin Pie Dessert as a dessert. It will be a hit at your Autumn event.
Instructions
Heat the oven to 375 degrees F. Stir the soup, water, rice, onion powder, black pepper and vegetables in a 2-quart shallow baking dish.
Top with the chicken. Cover the baking dish.
Bake for 50 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and the rice is tender. Top with the cheese.
Let the casserole stand for 10 minutes. Stir the rice before serving.
Serve with a Caesar salad. For dessert serve frozen Italian-style water ice or gelati.
Alfredo: Substitute broccoli flowerets for the vegetables and substitute 1/4 cup grated Parmesan for the Cheddar cheese.
Add 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese with the soup.
Sprinkle the chicken with the remaining Parmesan cheese.
Lower Fat: Use Campbell's 98% Fat Free Cream of Chicken Soup instead of regular soup and use low fat cheese instead of regular cheese.
Mexican: In place of the onion powder and black pepper use 1 teaspoon chili powder. Substitute Mexican cheese blend for the Cheddar.
Italian: In place of the onion powder and black pepper use 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, crushed. Substitute 1/3 cup shredded Parmesan for the Cheddar.