Smoked Gouda and Spinach Rice Casserole

Chabear01's Note:

My DBIL works in the rice industry here in our area where they had a contest for winning recipes, the company then sent home some of the best recipes with their employees. Here's one more that my DS has tried and her family really enjoyed. Serving sizes, preparation and cooking times are questimated since DS did not include them with her recipe to me, and I have yet to make this up...will revise when I do.

• Total Time: 40 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 7-8

Yield: 1.0 cup

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup finely chopped shallot (one large shallot will do)
• 2 cups mushrooms , sliced
• 3 cups hot cooked long-grain rice
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen chopped spinach , thawed and drained
• 2 cups shredded smoked gouda cheese
• ¾ cup whipping cream
• salt and pepper

Directions:

1. Preheat broiler.
2. Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat, add shallots and mushroom, saute about 6 to 8 minutes or until tender.
3. Add hot rice, spinach, 1 1/4 cup gouda, and the cream. Stir until cheese melts and the mixture is heated through.
4. Put mixture into a lightly greased 2 qt casserole, sprinkle remaining cheese over the top, broil about 2 minutes to melt cheese.

Reviews

[gailanng]

A vegetarian's dream that obviously was much enjoyed by Pepper, my cockatiel. How do I know? I walked in only to find him pecking his review on my keyboard.

[Realtor by day, Chef by night]

Yummy! This was delicious. I left out the mushrooms because my little girl doesn't like them and added a couple cloves of minced garlic. It was so rich and creamy. Thanks, ChaCha!

[Kittencalskitchen]

very good and very rich! I made this casserole using regular gouda as my grocery store does not carry the smoked, it was still wonderful, I used about 1/3 cup yellow onion instead of the shallots and also also added in 2 cloves minced garlic and some cayenne pepper, thank you for sharing this Chachie!