Southern Chicken Casserole
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5 Ingredient Chicken Casserole #chicken #casserole #easymeal
Ingredients:
1 to 1.5 lbs of Cooked Chicken Breast
2 – 8 oz blocks of Cheddar and Mozzarella or 4 cups of cheese
2 – cans of cream of chicken
6 oz of heavy cream
3-4 cups of uncooked rice
1 tbsp ranch season
2 tsp French fry seasoning
The seasoning: you can whatever you want I just came up with what was in my pantry. Get creative here and season it with what you like.
Instructions:
1. Rinse the rice off with water until the water runs clear and then cook it and let it cool slightly.
2. Then shred your cheese and then cube up the chicken that pre-cooked from Just Meats or you can cook your own.
3. Get a large mixing bowl and simply add all your ingredients in: rice, chicken, 1 ½ cups of the cheese, 2 cans of cream of chicken soup, 6 oz heavy cream, and your seasoning and then mix together.
4. Spray a large baking dish, this one in the video is a 9 x 13 staub baking dish. Spray the inside of the dish and pour in your mixture and spread out the casserole mixture and top with the rest of the cheese which is most of it. The reason you add 1 ½ cups of cheese with the casserole is to help bind it together and have cheese inside the casserole.
5. Bake for 30-35 minutes until all the cheese is melted and is starting to get bubbly and its warmed all the way through.
6. This served 10 people.
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Hear me out- Same everything but with hash browns instead of rice.