Cheesy Rice Casserole

Submitted by luvinmykids

"Just came up with this one when my youngest first started eating table foods."

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 2 cups uncooked rice
• 2 (14 ounce) cans chicken broth
• 2 (15 ounce) cans peas and carrots, drained
• 1 (8 ounce) package monterey jack and cheddar cheese blend
• 0.25 (1 lb) package Ritz cracker

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease a 9x13" casserole dish.
2. Bring rice and broth to a boil in a pot. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 15 minutes.
3. Stir the peas and carrots into the rice. Cover, and continue cooking 5 minutes. Stir in half of the cheese and transfer to prepared baking dish. Sprinkle the top with the remaining cheese and the crushed crackers.
4. Bake 40 minutes in preheated oven, until bubbly and golden brown.

Reviews

[ilosttheratrace]

Way too dry, not very interesting

 

[Posiespocketbook]

Made this today as a side dish to go with our baked chicken. Not a favorite. I felt it was a little on the dry side. I did add some can milk and velveeta cheese to try to add more of a creamier texture. Good taste just not a favorite.

 

[Chef shapeweaver]

I made this as a side dish for our dinner on 1/17/08.Since there was only 2 of us,I cut the recipe in half.And I didn't have any canned chicken broth so 2 bouillion cubes dissloved in 1 cup of boiling water was used. And I used some peas & carrots that were leftover from a previous meal.The taste wasn't quite what we were hoping for.I'm sorry but this won't be made again.Thanks for posting anyway,and "Keep Smiling :)"

 

[Bloomoon]

I loved this dish. I halved the recipe but wished I had made the whole thing because my husband stole my leftovers! I also added some cooked chicken. Thanks for a recipe that I will be making often now.

 

[MelanyTN]

I didn't have any crackers and I used the remaining frozen veggies from a mixed bag I had... and it still turned out great! My 1 year old loved it - and so did I. We ate it again for lunch the next day and it was almost better. Thanks!