If there is one thing I REALLY love to do, it’s cooking. The other is creating something easy like this cheesy chicken and rice casserole dish. This week I wanted to make a new casserole because I REALLY like them. They are always easy to make, and always really good! I ended up creating the Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole bake.
How to Make Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole Dish
To make this delicious recipe, I added in all of my favorite ingredients to give it an amazing flavor. It’s also important to be filling and kid friendly as well. One of the main ingredients I use in the majority of my dishes is Country Crock Original Spread. I have used this for years in replacement of butter for a few reasons:
- Zero gram trans fat per serving
- Contain no partially hydrogenated oils
- Has no cholesterol
- 70% less fat per serving than butter
- 30% fewer calories per serving than butter
With all of the other things out there for us to use, I always go back to Country Crock. It’s just always been a staple in our house.
What ingredients are needed for cheesy chicken and rice casserole?
To make this delicious recipe we need to get our ingredients together. For this recipe you will need:
- chicken breasts
- cream of mushroom soup
- bell pepper
- cream cheese
- red onion
- Louisiana Hot Sauce
- rice (cooked)
- Country Crock Original Spread
- Monterrey Jack cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
How do I make a cheesy chicken and rice casserole?
Heat your oven to 350. Then take your 2 grilled chicken breasts and allow them to slightly cool. Shred chicken breasts and place to the side in a mixing bowl.
Finely chop your pepper and onion and sauté in 2 Tbsp Country Crock for 5 minutes until soft.
Add cream cheese into the onion and pepper and mix well.
Pour into the large bowl with chicken. Mix in rice, hot sauce, cream of mushroom soup, ½ cup Monterrey Jack cheese, and salt and pepper. Mix well.
Pour mixture in a 9 x 13 dish, and cover with the remaining cup of shredded cheese and add salt and pepper to taste. Bake for 30 minutes, and allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving.
Also, a great dish to make ahead and freeze for later! I love trying new dishes, and I love it even more when I make a new dish and it’s a big hit with the family. If you have never tried Country Crock Original Spread, give it a try! You will love the benefits of adding this into your family recipes!
You might also like this cheesy chicken spaghetti squash.
Cheesy Chicken and Rice Casserole Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 grilled chicken breasts
- 1 8 oz package cream cheese
- 1 10 oz. can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 medium green pepper
- ½ red onion
- 1/4 cup Louisiana Hot Sauce optional
- 2 cups rice cooked
- 2 Tbsp Country crock
- 1 1/2 cup shredded Monterrey Jack cheese
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat your oven to 350.
- Take your 2 grilled chicken breasts and allow them to slightly cool. Shred chicken breasts and place to the side in a mixing bowl.
- Finely chop your pepper and onion and sauté in 2 Tbsp Country Crock for 5 minutes until soft.
- Add cream cheese into the onion and pepper and mix well.
- Pour into the large bowl with chicken. Mix in rice, hot sauce, cream of mushroom soup, ½ cup Monterrey Jack cheese, and salt and pepper. Mix well.
- Pour mixture in a 9 x 13 dish, and cover with remaining cheese and add salt and pepper to taste. Bake for 30 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes before serving.
This is absolutely drool worthy! It looks so good and something I know that my husband especially would love. Guess it’s time to go shopping, haha!!
It’s so yummy!!
Thank you for making my day better! Now, I have dinner plans that my kids will love – and me too!! Delish ~
Laura you will LOVE this, it is a great recipe!
This looks delicious! I’m always on the lookout for different things to do with chicken! Will definitely give this a try!~~Angela
It’s a must try, a new favorite for us!
WHY have I never thought of adding hot sauce to a chicken + cheese casserole? I’m going to give your recipe a try for a tailgate this weekend.
PS – Everyone LOVED your potato salad recipe!
Thanks so much! You are really going to like this for tailgating! It will go fast!
I’m with Geralin: I love the idea of adding the hot sauce to this casserole.
And as temps decline and fall approaches, I’m getting totally in the mood for casseroles and soups!
I always get sad about summer ending, but the food – casseroles, all things pumpkin, chili – it’s definitely a cheering thought!!
Oh you are going to be happy about this one. My husband cringes when I “make something up” in the kitchen, but he’s always happy once he tries it! You are going to love it.
Yum! Perfect family fall meal.
It really is!
Looks wonderful! I am pinning this recipe for sure!
Thanks so much Lauren!
This looks great for a fall evening. I printed it and pinned it. I will fit in into my meal plan, soon.
That’s awesome Susan, can’t wait to hear what you think about it.
Oh this looks SO GOOD and this is definitely a dinner that my kids would love!
Thanks Danielle, it was scarfed down by my two year old, so I bet they will like it, too.
All that cheese makes this look so hearty and tasty!
I know! It is a very filling and delicious dish for sure!
Looks really delicous. Thanks for the recipe.
Thanks Juliana! Hope you make it and let me know what you think.
This looks like something my guys would love. We will have to try it.
I hope your family likes it as much as we do!
This looks delicious. I am 100% certain that my whole family will love it. I am putting it on my menu next week. Thanks for the inspiration!
I hope you try it and let me know what you think!
Jen, you always make the best recipes and they sound fantastic, but this one looks exceptionally delicious! How do you do it?!
Thanks Kim! I guess I just love to eat 🙂
Can’t wait to make this.
Lisa you will LOVE this recipe. It really is good!
I’m making this now. Is that 2 cups of cooked rice or 2 cups of raw rice, then cooked?
Thank you
That’s for you to add two cups of cooked rice – meaning cook the rice and then add it to the casserole. 🙂