Monday Meals: Chicken & Rice Casserole

This isn't my the picture of my casserole (forgot to take one...oops!) Chicken Rice Casserole Ingredients:

• 6 Tablespoons butter


• 8 ounces mushrooms, sliced (3 cups)


• ¼ teaspoon dried rosemary


• ½ cup all purpose flour


• 2 cups chicken broth


• 1 ½ cups half and half or whole milk


• 4 cups chopped cooked chicken


• 3 cups cooked rice


• ½ cup dry bread crumbs


• 2 Tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese


• 1 Tablespoon melted butter

Additions: I added broccoli to my dish like the picture above to be sure we got a veggie in!

Directions: 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a 9x13 baking pan. 2. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. 3. Stir in the mushrooms and rosemary, cook until softened (about 5 min.). Stir in the flour until well blended. 4. Slowly whisk in the chicken broth and the half and half or milk. 5. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook until sauce is thickened and smooth (about five minutes). 6. Mix in the chicken and the cooked rice, combine well. Pour into prepared pan. 7. Mix together the bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese and 1 Tbsp. melted butter, stir well. Sprinkle on top of the chicken and rice mixture. 8. Bake for 25-35 minutes, until the sauce is bubbling and the topping is golden brown. 9. Serve with warm buttered rolls.3

This meal turned out GREAT! It was (fairly) easy to make, but worth the effort for sure! I will be adding this to my list of regular meals per my husbands request :) If you make it, lemme know what you think.

Love, Krystle