I know I've posted this recipe before, but this is an upgrade to one of my most favorite recipes ever! Chicken Cheese Hotdish!
My Dad has this hot dish that my whole family loves. It has chicken, green beans, cheese, and rice in it. It takes a while to prepare because you have to brown the chicken and boil the rice, then bake it in the oven for 30 minutes.
I was watching one of those videos on Tasty's facebook page the other day ago, and they had this recipe called Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Bake. The video showed everything including the rice being cooked in one dish. How brilliant! I can use that idea to make my Dad's casserole dish and sure enough, it worked! It was still the same creamy cheesy casserole that everyone loves and I saved a couple of dishes and steps doing it that way. I'll be using that method from now on.
Ingredients for Cheesy Chicken Green Bean Bake
- Uncooked white instant rice or brown instant rice - 10 points
- Black pepper - 0 points
- Onion powder - 0 points
- 10 oz can cream of chicken - 9 points
- Low fat cheddar cheese or colby jack cheese , shredded - 9 points
- French style green beans, drained - 0 points
- Chicken broth - 1 point
- 3 small chicken breasts - 0 point
I thought I'd add in the ingredients list above to this recipe with the points breakdown because some people were confused on the number of servings.
Tips for Cheesy Chicken Green Bean Casserole
Let the casserole sit out for 10 minutes and it will start to thicken up. If you eat it RIGHT out of the pan the casserole will be soupy.
Makes great leftovers reheated the next day.
I just love finding easier ways to make one of your favorite dishes!
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Cheesy Chicken Green Bean Bake
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 50 min
- Total Time: 60 min
- Yield: 8 1x
Description
My Dad has this hot dish that my whole family loves. It has chicken, green beans, cheese, and rice in it. It takes a while to prepare because you have to brown the chicken and boil the rice, then bake it in the oven for 30 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 cup white instant rice or brown instant rice
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 1 10oz can cream of chicken
- 1 cup low fat cheddar cheese or colby jack cheese , shredded
- 1 can of French style green beans, drained
- 1 ½ cups chicken broth
- Extra cheddar cheese for topping
- 3 small chicken breasts
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375°F/190°C.
- In a 9X13 casserole dish, combine rice, pepper, onion powder, cream of chicken, cheese, green beans and chicken stock. Mix until everything is combined.
- Lay chicken on top of the rice mixture. Space evenly.
- Cover with foil and bake for 50 minutes.
- Take off cover and top the chicken with more cheese. Bake uncovered for another 5 minutes or until cheese is melted.
- Enjoy!
- Divide casserole into 8 equal portions. Serving size one portion or piece.
Notes
myWW points: Blue 4; Green 5; Purple 4 (points recently updated 4/20/21)
My WW Personal Points: 4 Click here to see in recipe builder (will have to log in)
Let the casserole sit for 5 to 10 minutes so that it gets a chance to thicken.
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Bake
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 259
- Sugar: 1
- Fat: 10
- Saturated Fat: 4
- Carbohydrates: 14
- Fiber: 2
- Protein: 27
Keywords: casserole, chicken, green beans
Denielle Neily says
made this tonight. cut up the chicken and stirred into the other ingredients. also the last 5 minutes of cooking added the French fried onion rings to the top for some crisp. very good my husband loved it
★★★★★
Jenna says
You are over thinking this. Just do the recipe how you like. If you want to cut up the chicken breasts then by all means go for it.
kazy says
How do you divide 3 small breasts between 8 people? It would seem more practical to cube the chicken into bite size pieces and throw it in with everything else.
kazy says
Is the 1-1/2 chicken broth for the rice? I ask, because I will be using cauliflower rice which does not require water to cook like rice does. Thanks.
Jenna says
Yes, I mentioned in the notes section to let the casserole sit out for a while in order for it to thicken.
Pam M says
Made this today and tasted good. However, we ate it as a soup. Was it supposed to thicken?
Jenna says
Not sure what to tell you. Other people have had success with this recipe and some people don't so I'm guessing it's your oven. Not all of them work the same. Might want to check and see if it's calibrated correctly. How often did you open the oven? That lets out all the heat.