Chicken and Rice

Submitted by Texas_Mom_of_5

"A little different than your traditional Chicken and Rice...but oh so yummy!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 2 1⁄2 cups uncooked long grain white rice
• 1⁄2 tablespoon margarine
• 4 tablespoons chopped onions
• 2 cups diced celery
• 3 cups cooked chicken
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 2 (10 1/2 ounce) cans cream of chicken soup
• 1 cup crushed corn flakes
• 2 tablespoons margarine

directions

1. In a saucepan, bring 5 cups of water to a boil. Add rice and stir (just once). Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Set aside. Melt 1/2 TBSP margarine in a medium skillet over medium heat; saute onion and celery until tender.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
3. Combine the chicken, rice, onion, celery, mayonnaise and soup in a large bowl, mix well. Transfer the mixture into a 9"x13" baking dish. Top with crushed cornflakes and 2 TBSP melted margarine.
4. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, uncovered.

Reviews

[southbaker]

This was a great chicken and rice recipe. I used 1 3/4 cups of rice because that's all I had, next time I might use 1 1/2 cups because I thought for my tastes 1 3/4 was a little too much. I also used a packet of onion soup mix with the cream of chicken soup and mayonnaise mix and I had some French's fired onions on hand so I crushed a can of them up and mixed them with 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs for the topping. It turned out very good!!!!

 

[Photo Momma]

This was GREAT! My husband actually said, "this is awesome", and that is quite a bit compliment from him. Pretty much made as directed- only difference was I didn't add the whole cup of mayo, maybe 1/2 cup instead, and didn't add all of the rice- seemed like too much for us. The dish turned out perfectly. Thanks for a new dish in our rotation! :-) Made for Fall '09 PAC.

 

[kmiranda4158]

Very good! We add water chestnuts to the chicken and rice mixture to add some more crunch. We also add sliced almonds to the topping. Mmm....Mmm good!