Cheesy Wild Rice Casserole Food

CHEESY WILD RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Spray an 8x8 cooking dish with non-stick spray. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Cook your chicken of choice before you assemble your casserole. This recipe isgreat for using a store bought rotisserie chicken, it tastes amazing and cutsout a lot of the work. You can also put your chicken in a crockpot to cookduring the day to speed this process up.
• You also need to fry up the bacon, you can do it in the beginning or whilethe dish is baking. Cook and crumble it for the garnish.
• In the prepared baking dish, combine the Wild Rice & seasoning packet,chicken broth, cooked and diced chicken, diced apple, milk, and 1 cup ofshredded cheese. Stir gently.
• Cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
• Then, remove foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
• Next, top casserole with remaining ½ cup cheese and crumbled bacon. Bake an additional 5 minutes.
• Serve immediately and enjoy!

CHEESY WILD RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a 2-quart casserole, combine rice mix and seasoning packet with mushrooms. In a medium saucepan, combine water, spinach, onion, butter, mustard, and nutmeg. Bring to boiling; remove from heat. Stir mixture; pour over rice mixture. Stir in cream cheese.
• Bake, covered, in a 375 degree F oven 20 minutes. Stir mixture. Cover; bake 15 to 20 minutes more or until rice is tender. Stir again. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.Makes 6 to 8 servings.

CHEESY WILD RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a 2 qt casserole dish, combine rice mix and seasoning packet with mushrooms.
• In a medium saucepan, combine water, spinach, onion, butter, mustard, and nutmeg.
• Bring to boiling; remove from heat.
• Stir; pour over rice mixture.
• Stir in cream cheese.
• Bake, covered in a 375 degree oven for 20 minutes.
• Stir mixture.
• Cover;bake 15-20 minutes more or until rice is tender.
• Stir again.
• Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

WILD RICE CASSEROLE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bring chicken broth to a boil in a medium saucepan.
• In a 1 1/2 quart baking dish, mix chicken broth, uncooked wild rice, water chestnuts, 2 tablespoons butter and salt.
• Cover, and bake in the preheated oven 30 minutes.
• While rice mixture is baking, melt remaining butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Place mushrooms and onion in skillet, and slowly cook and stir until tender. Stir mushrooms and onion into the wild rice mixture, cover, and continue baking 30 minutes, or until liquid has been absorbed.

WILD RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place rice in a strainer or sieve and rinse with cold water for about 1 minute, scouring rice with fingers; drain.
• Place rice in a saucepan with the broth and salt; bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover, and cook for 40-45 minutes or until tender and most of liquid is absorbed.
• If when tender, any liquid remains, drain it.
• Cook the mushrooms, onion, celery, green pepper, and garlic in butter in a skillet until the onions are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Mix together the rice, vegetables, and cheese, and spread in a greased 2-quart casserole.
• Cover the pan and bake at 325F for 35-45 minutes or until the casserole is heated through nicely.
• Garnish with toasted almonds before serving.

CHEESY CHICKEN AND WILD RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 11x7-inch (2-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. Cook rice as directed on package, using 2 tablespoons of the butter and 1/4 teaspoon of the salt.
• Meanwhile, in 12-inch skillet, melt remaining 1/4 cup butter over medium-high heat. Cook mushrooms, leek and garlic in butter 3 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Reduce heat to medium. Stir in flour. Gradually add milk; heat to boiling. Cook 5 minutes, stirring constantly, until thickened. Remove from heat; stir in 1/2 cup of the cheese.
• In large bowl, mix cooked rice, milk mixture, chicken, broth, pepper and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt until blended. Spoon into baking dish. Sprinkle with almonds and remaining 1/2 cup cheese. Bake uncovered 20 to 25 minutes or until thoroughly heated and cheese is melted.

CHEESY CHICKEN & WILD RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook rice mix according to package directions.
• Saute onion seasoning blend in butter in skillet until tender.
• Combine all ingredients and bake (uncovered) in 1-1/2-quart casserole at 350 degrees F until hot throughout, 30-40 minutes.