Super Yummy in Your Tummy Cheesy Spinach Rice Dish
- 1 -2 chicken breast, cubed
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 12 cup chopped onion
- 4 -5 garlic cloves, minced
- 12 cup petite baby carrots
- 5 ounces frozen spinach, thawed and drained
- 13 cup rice
- 23 cup water
- 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
- 14 cup milk
- 18 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 12 cup grated parmesan cheese, divided
- 12-34 cup grated mozzarella cheese, divided
- salt
- pepper
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Saute the chicken in butter until it is white but not yet browned.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add onions and garlic and continue to saute until chicken has browned a bit.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add drained spinach (I use my fist to squeeze all the moisture out before adding) and petite baby carrots.
- If you don't have these on hand, just quarter regular baby carrots lengthwise.
- Cook for a few minutes just to get the carrots heated through and the cooking process started.
- They will soften in the oven.
- In 8x8-inch baking dish, combine rice, water, soup, milk, seasonings, 1/4 cup grated parmesan and 1/4 to 1/2 cup grated mozzarella.
- Add spinach and veggies.
- Top with remaining cheese and bake for 25-60 minutes (25 for cooked rice or minute rice, 45ish for uncooked long grain or arborio white, 60 for uncooked brown or "health blend" - a white and brown mix) until cheese has browned and soup mixture is bubbly.
- I let mine cool first so that it is just the right temperature for my little boy.
- By that time, it has set up and is no longer runny.
- Note: This recipe is very versatile.
- I started to make it the other night and realized I didn't have parmesan or mozzarella cheeses or cream of chicken soup, so I used colby jack and cream of celery soup.
- It was wonderful and my little boy ate twice as much as usual for dinner that night and lunch the following day.
- He had it again for dinner last night wrapped in a tortilla like a burrito!
- It was gone before we were tired of eating it!
- Also, you can "eyeball" the ingredients and it will still turn out perfectly ;).
chicken, butter, onion, garlic, petite baby carrots, frozen spinach, rice, water, cream of chicken soup, milk, cayenne pepper, parmesan cheese, mozzarella cheese, salt, pepper
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/super-yummy-in-your-tummy-cheesy-spinach-rice-dish-264582 (may not work)