Broccoli Cheese & Rice Casserole
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
12-15
ingredients
- 4 cups fresh broccoli, chopped
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups cooked rice, packed cups
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup celery, diced
- 1 cup mushroom, chopped
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 1⁄2 cups cheddar cheese, grated
- 1 1⁄2 cups cream
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 1⁄2 cup chicken broth
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- Tabasco sauce
- 1⁄4 cup seasoned bread crumbs
- salt and pepper
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9 x 13 pan.
- Saute onion and celery in butter in a large skillet over medium heat till clear. Add mushrooms and saute till soft.
- Add flour to skillet and stir to make a blond colored roux. Slowly add cream and milk, stirring to incorporate well. Using a whisk makes this quicker. Add basil, thyme and parsley and salt & pepper to taste. Cook over medium heat until thickened.
- Meanwhile, blanch the broccoli by adding it to a pot of boiling water for no more than 2 minutes. This keeps the bright green color.
- In a large bowl, mix broccoli, rice, onion & mushrooms sauce, & cheese. Add chicken broth if mixture seems dry. Season with salt and pepper and Tabasco sauce to taste.
- Pour into greased casserole dish. Cover with bread crumbs.
- Bake 30-45 minutes at 350 degrees until bubbly all the way through.
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I'm "49 & holding" and love to cook. I learned to cook as a child, standing in a chair watching my grandmother. She was very talented in the kitchen and passed her love of food on to me. My DH tells me he would be a much thinner man, if my cooking wasn't so good. We have two kids, both out of high school and getting about on their own. Our son is more interested in cooking than our daughter.
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