{"id":269,"date":"2006-02-26T21:25:01","date_gmt":"2006-02-27T03:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/wordpress\/?p=269"},"modified":"2006-02-26T21:25:01","modified_gmt":"2006-02-27T03:25:01","slug":"chicken-rice-casserole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/2006\/02\/26\/chicken-rice-casserole\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicken rice casserole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a classic.\u00c2\u00a0 Kevin&#8217;s asked me a couple times what it is I do with the delicious free range chickens I get in bulk from a local organic farmer.\u00c2\u00a0 In the winter I&#8217;ll typically thaw one out and drop it in the crockpot with a little salt and pepper before I head out the door to work, and it makes a very tender main course by the time dinner rolls around.\u00c2\u00a0 When I have more time on the weekends, I&#8217;ll bake one in the oven and get the skin nice and brown and crisp.<\/p>\n<p>Leah and I rarely scarf down even half the meat on these (usually ~4 to 5 .lb) birds, so there&#8217;s chicken leftover.\u00c2\u00a0 Today Leah came up with a great idea for a casserole.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ll jot the recipe down her for posterity (and for Kevin).\u00c2\u00a0 It was patched together from a couple different sources.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Chicken rice casserole<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16 oz. diced cooked chicken<\/li>\n<li>1 C. long grain brown rice<\/li>\n<li>8 oz. sliced mushrooms<\/li>\n<li>10.5 oz. condensed cream of chicken soup<\/li>\n<li>10.5 oz. condensed cream of celery soup<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 C. plain breadcrumbs<\/li>\n<li>2 T. grated parmesan<\/li>\n<li>1 T. butter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Cook the rice according to the instructions.\u00c2\u00a0 Use chicken broth instead of water if you have it.\u00c2\u00a0 Get a big bowl and throw in the cooked rice, cooked chicken, soup, and mushrooms and stir it all together.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Grab a 9&#8243;x13&#8243; casserole dish, grease it, and spread your mixed ingredients into it.\u00c2\u00a0 Mix the breadcrumbs and the cheese in another bowl, then melt the butter and dump it over that mixture.\u00c2\u00a0 Spread that topping over the ingredients in the casserole dish, and then bake the whole thing in a 400\u00c2\u00b0 oven for 35 to 45 minutes, until it bubbles and the topping is browned.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I wanted to add some slivered almonds, but I didn&#8217;t have any around.\u00c2\u00a0 That would&#8217;ve made a nice addition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a classic.\u00c2\u00a0 Kevin&#8217;s asked me a couple times what it is I do with the delicious free range chickens I get in bulk from a local organic farmer.\u00c2\u00a0 In the winter I&#8217;ll typically thaw one out and drop it in the crockpot with a little salt and pepper before I head out the door [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,9,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-drink","category-meals","category-recipes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9oLlO-4l","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicheplayer.net\/avablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}