Pumpkin Chicken n Rice Casserole
Pumpkin Chicken n Rice Casserole

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, pumpkin chicken n rice casserole. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Pumpkin Chicken n Rice Casserole is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Pumpkin Chicken n Rice Casserole is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.

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To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have pumpkin chicken n rice casserole using 12 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Pumpkin Chicken n Rice Casserole:
  1. Take 2 c uncooked rice- I used a combo of quinoa white n brown
  2. Take 4-5 chicken breasts
  3. Take 1 jar sunripened tomatoes
  4. Prepare 4 oz cream cheese
  5. Get 1 regular can of pumpkin
  6. Make ready 1 can coconut milk
  7. Get 1-2 c spinach leaves
  8. Make ready as needed BBQ sauce
  9. Get olive oil
  10. Prepare salt and pepper
  11. Make ready seasoned bread crumbs
  12. Make ready parmesan cheese

I would know all about this because growing up I had about five foods I would actually. This Chicken And Rice Casserole is the easiest and most delicious weeknight dinner ever! Rice, chicken, and broccoli all conveniently cooked at the same time Many (the majority) of Chicken and Rice Casserole recipes I've seen call for cooked rice and cooked chicken and blanched vegetables. Sadly, my squash was taking FOREVER to roast, so I served the chicken and sauce over the cauliflower rice instead.

Steps to make Pumpkin Chicken n Rice Casserole:
  1. Cook rice as usual
  2. Add olive oil to pot and cook chicken on med heat until done adding salt and pepper to taste. Add small amt of BBQ sauce to last few min of chicken cooking.
  3. Preheat oven to 375
  4. Use pot used for chicken and add coconut milk, pumpkin, whole jar of sunripened tomatoes, and cream cheese. Cook on low. Add BBQ sauce, pepper, and seasoning salt to taste. Stir until well blended.
  5. Layer casserole dish
  6. Layer casserole dish in this order: rice, chicken, spinach, and pumpkin sauce.
  7. Sprinkle on top parmesan cheese and seasoning breadcrumbs.
  8. Cover with aluminum foil and cook in oven for one hour

This chicken and rice casserole definitely hearkens from the days of canned soup mania and it has stayed popular to this day. If you are wanting the really retro taste, then you have to sprinkle crushed saltines or Ritz crackers on top at the end with the cheese. For this chicken and rice casserole I like to use use medium or long grain white rice. This chicken and rice casserole is frequently requested by my husband who grew up calling it "Forgotten Chicken." Simple and satisfying! This yummy chicken and rice casserole needs to bake for a loooong time.

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