Baked French Onion Rice Food

BAKED FRENCH RICE

Steps:

• Combine soup and butter, stir well.
• Drain mushrooms and water chestnuts, reserving liquid.
• Add enough water to liquid to make 1 1/2 cup.
• Add mushrooms, waterchestnuts, liquid and rice to soup mixture.
• Pour into 9X12 greased baking dish.
• Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

FRENCH ONION RICE (RICE COOKER)

Steps:

• Wash the cup of rice thoroughly - five times should do it to get the water clear. Don't skip this step! (Note: use a regular English measuring cup, not the plastic cup that comes with your rice cooker).
• Put the rice and the soups in the rice cooker. Float the butter on top. Close the cooker. If using a fuzzy logic cooker press the regular rice menu option and start, or just press ON if using a kettle style cooker. It should take anywhere from 55 minutes to an hour to complete.

FRENCH ONION, RICE AND VEGETABLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Combine soup, water and rice in pan, bring to boil, stir once. Cover, reduce heat and simmer 45 minutes. Stir to mix; pull off heat and let set for 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine all canned vegetables in a bowl to mix evenly, set aside.
• Combine yogurt and spices until well mixed, fold into rice until well distributed.
• In a 9 x 13" baking dish layer ½ of the vegetable mixture, then ½ the rice mixture followed by ½ the cheese. Repeat 1st two layers. Evenly intersperse French fried onions for next layer, top with remaining cheese.
• If you made this ahead of time and it is just coming out of the refrigerator, place in a cold oven and bake for 45 min at 475 degrees. Otherwise it might be bubbly and done after 30 minutes or so.
• I served this as a side for a store bought roast chicken that I reheated at the same time until the bird had an internal temp of 165 degrees.
• The next night --
• we had French Onion, Rice and Vegetable Casserole - Revisited --
• ½ pan Leftover French onion, rice and vegetable casserole.
• 1 pkg chicken gravy.
• 2 Tbsp Au Jus.
• ¼ C Greek yogurt.
• ½ Chicken leftovers, diced; after roasting a chicken my household usually has half the
• bird eaten, give or take. If you have less than a quarter of your chicken left you
• may need to supplement with additional cooked chicken either you prepare or purchase pre-prepared.
• 2 Tbsp milk.
• 2 tsp pepper.
• Put leftover French onion, rice and vegetable casserole into oven and heat to 375 degrees.
• Fix chicken gravy as directed on package, add Au Jus and stir until mixed. Next you will incorporate the yogurt, chicken, milk and pepper. Cook/keep warm over a low heat until casserole comes to temperature To serve, place helping of casserole on plate topped with chicken mixture. Enjoy!

BAKED ONION RICE WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Sautee rice in butter. Place in casserole dish with other ingredients.
• Bake covered in a 375 degree oven for 45 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed by rice.