{"id":464,"date":"2009-05-29T09:18:18","date_gmt":"2009-05-29T15:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/?p=464"},"modified":"2016-03-26T18:31:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-27T00:31:00","slug":"friday-food-chicken-n-rice-casserole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/friday-food-chicken-n-rice-casserole\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Food &#8211; Lisa&#8217;s (Chicken &#8216;n) Rice Casserole"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-168\" title=\"fridayfood2.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/fridayfood2.jpg\" alt=\"fridayfood2.jpg\" width=\"215\" height=\"215\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Chicken &#8216;n Rice Casserole<\/h3>\n<p>(or just plain &#8220;Rice Casserole&#8221; for a yummy easy meatless meal)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Measure 3.5 cups <strong>long grain brown rice*<\/strong> into the bottom of a deep 9x 13 pan (I use Pampered Chef 9&#215;13 Stoneware).<\/li>\n<li>Over the top of that sprinkle a couple handfuls each of <strong>chopped celery*<\/strong> and <strong>diced onion*<\/strong> &#8211; or 1 handful each of dried,<br \/>\nand a small handful of <strong>dried parsley*<\/strong>, and about a teaspoon of <strong>dried basil<\/strong>* (crushed).<br \/>\nMix together in the pan. (I just stir around a bit with my fingers. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li>If desired, add a bit of cooked, <strong>shredded chicken*<\/strong> over the rice and seasonings. (We buy organically grown whole chickens, which I boil and shred. I use less than 1\/2 chicken. Most of the time I make this meatless.)<\/li>\n<li>If making meatless, you can add a shredded <strong>carrot* <\/strong>or two and\/or 1-2 cups frozen <strong>peas<\/strong>*, if desired.<\/li>\n<li>Measure 7 cups hot broth (from cooking chicken). If you don&#8217;t have broth, just use hot water.<\/li>\n<li>Add, and stir to dissolve, 1-2 teaspoons\/cubes of vegetable (or chicken) <strong>bouillon\/broth powder**<\/strong> (I use Rapunzel vegetable bouillon cubes or Better Than Bouillon base. ) (If you are using a seasoned broth from cooking the chicken, you&#8217;ll only need 1, or maybe none. If using water, use 2 or more.) Pour over the rice, (meat) and seasonings.<\/li>\n<li>Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1-1.5 hours &#8211; until rice is soft and water absorbed. (My oven usually takes 1 hr. 15-20 minutes.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This feeds our family of 8 &#8211; 3 little kids, 3 big kids.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note*<\/strong> &#8211; Use organically grown, if possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note**<\/strong> &#8211; If you aren&#8217;t using one of these brands, be sure to check the ingredients to make sure they are <a href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/gfy\" target=\"_blank\">Good for You-Naturally!<\/a>\u2122<\/p>\n<p>For Me and My House ~ At Jesus&#8217; feet,<br \/>\nLisa @ <a href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/\">Me and My House<\/a> ~ Discipleship for Life!<br \/>\n<em>1 Thessalonians 5:23<\/em><br \/>\nOrder Christian &amp; Home Ed Resources <a href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/resources.htm\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Get future posts to this blog by email:<\/p>\n<p>[subscribe2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicken &#8216;n Rice Casserole (or just plain &#8220;Rice Casserole&#8221; for a yummy easy meatless meal) Measure 3.5 cups long grain brown rice* into the bottom of a deep 9x 13 pan (I use Pampered Chef 9&#215;13 Stoneware). Over the top of that sprinkle a couple handfuls each of chopped celery* \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/friday-food-chicken-n-rice-casserole\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4144,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464\/revisions\/4144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/frommeandmyhouse.com\/blog-fromme\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}