Chicken And Mushroom Rice Casserole For Dummies

Total Time: 1 hr 27 mins Preparation Time: 12 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons butter, divided
• 2 tablespoons hot water
• 1 tablespoon chicken base (or a boullion cube)
• 2 (10 3/4 ounce) cans cream of mushroom soup
• 1 (4 -6 ounce) can sliced mushrooms
• 2 cups brown rice (not instant) or 2 cups rice (not instant)
• 1 1/2 lbs chicken parts (of any type, bone, skin, or not, frozen is assumed in cooking time)
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375.
• 2 grease 3 quart (13x9x2 ideally) casserole with butter, save remaining.
• 3 in a vessel than can hold and measure more than 4 cups, mix hot water with chicken base until dissolved.
• 4 add cream of mushroom soup.
• 5 add sliced mushrooms.
• 6 add water to measure 4 cups total.
• 7 stir mixture thoroughly.
• 8 add rice directly into mixture, mix well.
• 9 pour mixture into greased casserole.
• 10 press chicken into mixture in casserole until partially covered. (as much or as little as you can fit or want, the rice is great alone as well) i prefer 5-6 frozen chicken thighs.
• 11 distribute remaining butter over top of casserole.
• 12 cover with foil.
• 13 bake for 75 minutes or until chicken is cooked.
• 14 salt & pepper to taste, if necessary.
• 15 optional: if chicken is boneless, cut chicken into pieces with kitchen shears while still in casserole. stir and serve.