Homey Chicken and Rice Casserole Recipe

I hate when people change the recipe but I'm going to be one of those people because I used what I had in my pantry and fridge. I used full fat everything, subbed swiss cheese and used fried onions ( the kind in the can) to top. Used the basic recipe to make. Very good! Had leftover chicken to use up and this was a great jumping off recipe. Thanks so much, hubby says thanks too!

Totally nailed it — flavor on point.

I made two individual casseroles for hubs and me. I did away with the cream of chicken soup,simply because I hate cream of soup in a can. I added 1/2 brick of cream cheese,1/3 cup of hot water with 1/2 teaspoon of chicken flavor Better than Boulion as a replacement. Full fat ingredients for the rest and replaced my casserole with califlower rice,and used brown rice for hubs casserole. I used crushed salad croutons for the topping,for his and for mine left it out. Comfort food at its best!

Soooo good and so easy! My picky daughter had 2 helpings! Nobody in my house like mushrooms so I omitted them. I used 1.5 cups chicken broth and 1 cup minute rice. It was done in 5 minutes. I sautéed a tablespoon of minced garlic in with the onion fit about 5 minutes. I used leftover grilled chicken and wanted to use it up. I cubed 2 cups of chicken. Added rest of ingredients plus a handful of cheddar cheese. I felt that for our taste it was a little too creamy so I threw in the pot 1/2 cup uncooked minute rice, hoping that the excess creaminess would cook the rice. You know what? It did!! It came out perfect!! It was soooo good! Definitely on our rotation!

Super delicious!! We are gluten/dairy intolerant so used almond milk and used cashew cream cheese instead of sour cream, and added some cream of mushroom. Made it stove top (no cheese or croutons) came out spectacular..will definitely make again!!

Love the fact that you cook the rice and chicken first and then just heat it in the oven. Casseroles where its cooked in the oven either the rice or the chicken is usually not done or overcooked. I sliced up chicken breasts and sautéed them in the frying pan with some spices instead of shredding the chicken although rotisserie chicken is a good idea that I might use next time. I also didn't have enough chicken broth on hand so I had to use mostly water with a touch of chicken broth, creole seasoning, onion powder, and salt to cook the rice. Finally, I didn't have enough cream of chicken soup either (made this for 30 people and didn't have to run back to the store) so I added a some cream of celery and cream of cheddar. Turned out great! Of course, I added garlic and herb seasoning (a staple of southern cooking ;), omitted the mushrooms, and if I made this again I would probably add a celery stalk or two and sauté with the onions. Great recipe, would use again with these tweaks!

I didn't have the Cr. of Chicken soup so I made my own using bouillon in my own white sauce. I left off the cheese and didn't use the milk. I thought it would make it too runny. I used Trader Joe's 21 Seasoning Salute and a bit of salt and it turned out great! Oh and i didn't have mushrooms so I substituted slightly steamed broccoli that was cut very fine. It was gooood!

Really good! My husband is a chef and he liked it! I chunked the chicken as I don’t like the shredded texture. I also added garlic. Highly recommend seasoning and baking your own chicken to add to this recipe! I baked chicken breast and seasoned with rosemary garlic, lawreys, salt and pepper.

Very good! I don’t care for mushrooms so they were omitted. I had instant rice so didn’t have to wait long for it to be done. Also used sea salt and crushed fried onions on top. Will definitely make again.

Very good base for this casserole. I sauteed onion, celery and garlic in butter, in a separate pan cooked 2 cubed chicken breasts with 1/4 tsp oregano, basil, onion salt and garlic powder and added to onion mixture, I also steamed broccoli and carrots and added to onion mixture as well. I used regular cream of chicken soup and sour cream, not fat free, omitted the seasoning salt because I didn't have any (but seasoning from chicken was great). Seemed runny to me, but the rice soaked up the access fluid during baking and texture was perfect. My husband really enjoyed this recipe, would be great with ham instead of chicken as well! The cheese and croutons were a perfect topping!

This was very good. I used a whole large chicken breast and fried it in a skillet and then just cut it into strips and did everything else as directed but instead of using crushed croutons I used Panko crumbs. It turned out very well. I was afraid my husband wouldn't like it because it was nice and creamy, but he did. And there's enough for another meal.

I made this exactly to the recipe. My husband and granddaughter and her husband absolutely love this. Also I took it to a potluck dinner and it disappeared. Everyone just loved it.

It was delicious! I substituted stock for broth because it was earlier in the week in a different recipe. No salt or pepper used

Did not have cream of chicken so I added cream of mush

Very good!!

Replaced the chicken broth with water and used cream of mushroom instead of cream of chicken. Halved the seasoned salt as I don't use it often. Came out responsibly well.

The taste was ok, but it was very,very dry. More moisture and maybe some type of vegetable might improve

Added celery, more cheese and croutons. Used brown rice too.??

My husband isn’t a big chicken fan but loved this recipe. I didn’t use low fat anything. Also I was out of croutons so I smashed Ritz butter crackers and topped with those. Definitely will make again.

I had some of this leftover and my grandson ate it all and loved it. He said it reminded him of his late mom's chicken and rice. Thanks for giving him that memory.