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Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole

Easy like Sunday morning



Hands on: 15 min

Hands off: 1 hr



Ingredients:


2 chicken breasts (2 lbs chicken)

1 large broccoli crown

2 cups rice

3 cups chicken stock

1 cup milk

1 medium onion, diced

3 cloves garlic, minced

2 cups shredded cheese (cheddar, gouda, parmesan)

1 tbsp flour

2 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

1 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp black pepper


Cooking:


Warm chicken stock in dutch oven or casserole dish over medium burner. Add rice and let sit.

Melt 1 tbsp butter in separate pan on stove over medium burner. Saute diced onion and garlic until onion is translucent, about 5 min. Add onion and garlic to rice and stock and stir.

Chop broccoli into small florets. Add to dish, covering top evenly but not mixing in.

Heat 1 tbsp butter in pan over medium high burner. Cut chicken into 1/2” pieces and cook in pan until browned on all sides, about 10 min. Add to dish over the broccoli, spreading evenly across the top.


Sprinkle 1 tbsp flour evenly across chicken. Top with 1 cup of the cheese and add 1 cup milk, pouring over entire dish.

Cover and bake for 45 min. Remove from oven, mix well and add remaining 1 cup cheese, sprinkling evenly across the top of the dish.


Bake additional 15 min uncovered.


Optional: brine chicken breast in pickle juice overnight prior to cooking for


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