Old Fashioned Chicken and Rice Casserole

Name: Old Fashioned Chicken and Rice Casserole
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups uncooked white rice; 6 tablespoons butter; 1 onion, chopped; 2 cups celery, chopped; 1 cup red bell pepper, chopped; 1 cup green bell pepper, chopped; 4 cups chicken stock; 1 (22.6 ounce) can cream of chicken soup; 3 cups chicken, cooked and chopped; 1 teaspoon dried thyme; 2 teaspoon's poultry seasoning; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper (or to taste); 2 cups fresh or frozen early peas; 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, shredded; cooking oil to spray the baking dish; 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese, shredded; 1 cup Panko Crumbs

13 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 02:57:14 GMT

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Ingredients

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2 cupswhite rice

uncooked

6 tablespoonsbutter

1onion

chopped

2 cupscelery

chopped

1 cupred bell pepper

chopped

1 cupgreen bell pepper

chopped

4 cupschicken stock

1 x 22.6 ouncecream of chicken soup

can

3 cupschicken

cooked and chopped

1 teaspoondried thyme

2 teaspoonpoultry seasoning

1 teaspoonblack pepper

½ teaspooncayenne pepper

or to taste

2 cupsfresh early peas

or frozen

1 cupsharp cheddar cheese shredded

cooking oil

to spray the baking dish

½ cupparmesan cheese shredded

1 cuppanko crumbs

Instructions

Step 1

In a large skillet, melt the butter, the saute the onion, bell pepper and celery.

Step 2

Saute the onion, bell peppers and celery until tender.

Step 3

Add the rice and stir until starting to brown, stir in the thyme, poultry seasoning, black pepper and cayenne.

Step 4

Mix the chicken stock with the soup and pour it into the skillet with the rice and vegetables. Cook until the rice is beginning to absorb the liquid, about 10 to 15 minutes, stir constantly.

Step 5

Stir in the chicken and cook for 5 minutes until the chicken is heated through.

Step 6

Gently stir in the peas and 1/2 cup of the cheddar cheese.

Step 7

Spray the baking dish with a cooking oil.

Step 8

Pour the casserole mix into a 9X13 baking dish.

Step 9

Mix together the remainder of the cheddar cheese, Parmesan Cheese and the Panko Crumbs. Sprinkle the mix on top of the casserole.

Step 10

Bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until the top begins to turn golden brown.