I’m not just talking about kids, we all know that kids tends to be super picky when it comes to food, I’m talking about our older family members. For me, my husband has been a culinary challenge for the past 15 years. He’s come a long, long way from the super picky guy I’ve met, but he is still not even close to be an adventurous foodie.
It’s very unlikely that he will ever be an adventurous foodie like I am, but I am still very proud of how far along he’s come. When I first met my husband, he ate so few things and I could count them on my two hands. I distinctly remember him refusing to eat simple ingredients like tomatoes, mushrooms, broccoli, along with most other veggies.
The first time I made my Chicken Stroganoff for him, his first instincts was to pick out the mushrooms and not touch them. But, since we just started dating, he didn’t want to hurt my feelings so he tried them. That was the first dish that started opening his eyes to more food and ingredients he thought he hated. He polished off every single bite and definitely started trusting me with food.
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Creamy Chicken Mushroom Rice Casserole
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 45 mins
- Total Time: 1 Hours
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
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Creamy Chicken Mushroom Rice Casserole. Delicious, creamy, cheesy rice casserole recipe made with lots of mushrooms and chicken. #rice #casserole #chicken #dinner
Ingredients
- Salt
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- 5–6 chicken tenders
- Fresh cracked black pepper
- 2 tsp fresh thyme
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 1 Tbsp corn starch
- 2 cups shredded Italian cheese mix
- 8 oz baby bella mushrooms
- 1–2 Tbsp vegetable oil for cooking
- 3 cups cooked rice
Instructions
- Slice mushrooms and set them aside until ready to cook.
- Preheat the oven to 350 and grease a 9×9 casserole dish.
- Preheat a cooking pan over medium heat. Add some oil and let it heat up.
- Cook chicken tenders, seasoned with some garlic powder, salt, and pepper, until just done. Take out the tenders and set aside.
- Add mushrooms to the pan where you cooked the chicken. Season with some salt, pepper, and garlic powder and mix well. Saute mushrooms until just done as well. Take the mushrooms out of the pan.
- Dice cooked chicken tenders and add it to a mixing bowl. Add cooked rice and mushrooms to the bowl as well. Add 1 cup of shredded Italian cheese mix and mix well.
- In the same pan where you cooked chicken and mushrooms, heat up chicken stock and heavy whipping cream.
- Combine corn starch with a splash of chicken stock and stir until combined. Quickly stir the corn starch mixture into the stock/heavy cream mixture.
- Stir in salt, pepper, and thyme. Bring to simmer and take off heat.
- Combine the sauce with the rice mixture in the bowl. Stir well and transfer into the prepared casserole dish.
- Spread the casserole mixture evenly and top off with remaining cheese.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes.
- Category: Dinner
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 servings
- Calories: 380 kcal
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 142mg
- Fat: 21g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 1g
- Cholesterol: 61mg
Keywords: Creamy Chicken Mushroom Rice Casserole
