Wild Rice and Chicken Casserole

This is a meal that I found recently during our gluten free stage. We liked it, and I've made it several times since then, even though we are not strictly gluten- free anymore. We generally like casseroles at our house, and we like chicken and rice. I had a wild rice and BEEF casserole that we used to love, but it has tomato soup in it, which I can't eat anymore since it hurts my mouth. 😒

I'm not sure where I found this recipe, it may have been Pinterest...? But no matter, it is delicious and easy, which are my requirements for cooking! 😉 I also like that it uses ingredients that I usually have in my house! (My comments below are in italics)

Onions, celery and chicken...

Wild Rice & Chicken Casserole

1 box Uncle Ben's Long Grain and Wild Rice (or microwave package)

1 can cream of mushroom soup (I use cream of chicken)

2 cups cooked chicken cubed (or any other meat)

1 1/2 cups frozen vegetables

1/2 cup cream or milk (I've used dairy-free)

1 tablespoon butter (I've used dairy-free)

1/2 onion diced

1/2 stalk celery diced

salt

pepper

about 1 cup grated cheese, any kind you have (she says Swiss sliced cheese)

1/3 cup slivered almonds (she says to toast them, but I usually do not)

Rice mix, soup and veggies...

After adding the almonds( one daughter doesn't like them)

Instructions

Cook box of rice according to packaged directions. In skillet, melt butter and sautee onion and celery over medium heat until softened, about 5 minutes. Once cooked, spoon rice into large bowl. To the rice, add cream of mushroom soup, chicken, vegetables, cream, cooked onion and celery, and salt and pepper. Spread into a casserole dish. Top with cheese and almonds. Cover with foil and warm thoroughly at 300 degrees for at least 30 minutes (and up to 60). Serve with a side salad.

Ready to go in the oven  (no cheese for the non-dairy people)

You can find the original recipe here. 

I hope you enjoy this recipe too, and if you make it, be sure to come back and let me know what you think! 

Matthew 23:37
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing.

Proverbs 15:17
Better a small serving of vegetables with love than a fattened calf with hatred.

Romans 14:2
One person’s faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables.