Easy Chicken And Wild Rice Hot Dish

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (4 1/3 ounce) package rice a roni long grain and wild rice blend
• 6 tablespoons butter or 6 tablespoons margarine
• 1 2/3 cups water
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 teaspoons chicken base
• 4 green onions, chopped including tops
• 3 stalks celery, chopped
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 3/4 cup evaporated milk
• 3/4 cup water
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1/2 teaspoon ground thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 cups chopped cooked chicken
• 1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
• 2 cups coarsely broken ritz crackers
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Recipe

• 1 empty contents of rice a roni box, 2 tblsps. butter, seasoning packet,.
• 2 1 2/3 cup water, bay leaf and chicken broth base into large frying pan. bring to a boil, stir and cover. turn heat to low. cook 25 minutes.
• 3 remove bay leaf.
• 4 pour into large bowl and cover. set aside.
• 5 preheat oven 375*.
• 6 in frying pan, heat 2 tblsp. butter. add chopped green onions, celery, salt and pepper. saute until slightly golden.
• 7 stir in flour, evaporated milk, water. wisk until mixed and creamy, about five minutes. take off heat.
• 8 add sour cream, thyme, nutmeg. mix.
• 9 add vegetable cream, chicken, half of the cheese to bowl.
• 10 coat 9 x 13 pan with remaining butter. pour rice chicken cheese mix into.
• 11 pan. top with remaining cheese. bake 25 minutes.
• 12 shake crackers in bag with olive oil.rack.
• 13 take out of oven, add crackers to the top. bake 15 minutes until golden.
• 14 note: this dish can be baked without crackers. then reheated with crackers on top, until hot and browned.