Broccoli Chicken and Rice Bake

Name: Broccoli Chicken and Rice Bake Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 10.75 ounces cream of chicken soup (1 can); 1⅓ cups water; ¾ cup long grain white rice (uncooked); 2 cups fresh broccoli ((chopped into small pieces)); ½ teaspoon onion powder; ½ teaspoon garlic powder; salt and pepper, to taste; 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts; ½ cup Italian breadcrumbs; ½ cup shredded Mozzarella cheese; 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

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You can't go wrong with this creamy, cheesy, full of flavor, broccoli chicken and rice bake! This casserole has all of the things you need for dinner in one dish. Whether you are eating at home or bring it to an event, you will be having people asking for seconds.

I love a great casserole recipe. This affordable family dinner is one that we make sure to have once a month. I try to save if for the nights where I know I’ll be short on time in the kitchen.

It is a fast dinner idea that I can throw everything into the baking dish and in the oven it goes! Plus it is awesome that it has the veggies right in the casserole so my kids won’t even notice them.

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Chicken casserole ingredients:

Be sure you are prepared with all the necessities for this easy chicken casserole:

Cream of chicken soup
Water
Long-grain white rice (THIS kind works well!)
Broccoli
Onion powder
Boneless skinless chicken breasts
Salt
Pepper
Italian breadcrumbs
Mozzarella cheese

Other kitchen items you’ll need for this family dinner recipe:

9 x 13 baking dish (Love THIS Pyrex dishes for easily storing leftovers)
Aluminum foil

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How to make chicken broccoli rice casserole:

Begin making this chicken casserole by preheating the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Then, open up the can of cream of chicken soup and pour it into the bottom of the 9 x 13 baking dish along with the water, rice, broccoli, and onion powder. Mix everything together until it is well combined.

NOTE: The chicken and broccoli will both be raw when the dish goes into the oven.

Now need to take your trimmed chicken breasts and place them on top of the rice and broccoli mixture. Then, season the chicken will salt and pepper to your taste preference.

After the chicken has been seasoned, sprinkle the Italian breadcrumbs over top of the chicken.

When that is done, cover the baking dish with aluminum foil.

Then, simply place the chicken casserole into the oven and bake it at 375 degrees for 45 minutes or until the chicken and rice are fully cooked. (Depending on your oven your rice might take a little longer to cook.)

Once the chicken and rice are fully baked, remove the foil and top the chicken and rice with mozzarella cheese and return the foil over top and let it sit on the counter for another 5 minutes or so to allow the cheese to melt.

Now, just serve and enjoy!

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Questions & Reviews

Tricia says:

To make this recipe even simpler just use Near East Rice Pilaf, water, soup, broccoli and chicken. I use Mexican Cheese as my topping. My family loves this chicken dish! (You can also use Campbell's Cream of Cheddar Soup as well.)
Darlene says:

can you substitute in brown rice, black rice, or quinoa for the white rice?
Matt Robinson says:

One of my favorite meals ever, but ours never looked this good growing up!
Sarah says:

One box of rice pilaf or two? Uncooked, correct? I like this idea as an alternative, thanks!
Kris says:

I have never tried it, but I bet it would work!
brewer,wilda Jeanne says:

This sounds really really good, will try soon.
Haley says:

Just wanted to say thanks for always sharing great recipes like this! With 3 very young kids at home these sorts of meals are about all I have time for! We love stuff like this (quick and healthy meals) and the slow cooker ones. Not to mention the desserts! We have this one in the oven now and it looks great. Just wanted to say thanks since I rarely comment but use your site each week to make our weekly menu. I appreciate ingredients I know, are easy to find, and that are good to feed a family inexpensively. Keep up the good work!
Meagan says:

I just put mine in the oven, so easy! I can't wait to try it. Thanks for the suggestion with using the rice pilaf. I didn't realize that the rice I had was 'instant' rice and I don't think that would have worked.
Kimberly says:

Could you make this in the crockpot?
Amelia says:

My rice wasn't anywhere near cooked after 45 minutes, I feel like this always happens with casseroles that have uncooked rice! Any suggestions?
Lupton says:

I tried this recipe as written, but found it a bit bland. Second time I added about a cup white wine, I let it reduce, and huge difference. Also added about a cup of freshly sliced mushrooms. The dish was sublime. Give it a go.
Brooke of Passport Couture says:

Looks easy and delicious! Definitely pinning it for future recipes!
Paulette says:

This is super easy and everyone loves it. It is now on the repeat list! Thank you!
Molly says:

This looks wonderful, would it freeze well do you think? Should I precook the rice and then assemble and freeze? I'm looking for some postpartum freezer meals ;) Thanks!
Cyd says:

We haven't prepared this as a freezer meal. The rice would be mushy before it ever hit the oven if you assembled it and then put it in the freezer. We have a lot of posts of terrific freezer meals. https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/09/slow-cooker-freezer-meals-make-8-meals.html https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2013/02/10-slow-cooker-freezer-meals-in-less.html https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2013/08/50-easy-freezer-meals.html https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2011/12/fresh-food-friday-20-tried-and-true.html https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2015/06/10-of-the-best-5-minute-freezer-meals.html Hope this helps!!! Congrats on your baby!
Jeezlouise92 says:

I would like to know this as well, because mine wasn't done either! Just cranked up the heat and will be checking on it again shortly. Hopefully it's done this time.
Jen says:

Delicious! Family loved it! Easy to make! One tip I let mine cook for 1 hr and the rice was done perfect!
Sher says:

Do I put the chicken and the broccoli in raw or do either of them need to be precooked? Thanks!
Cyd says:

Put the chicken and broccoli in raw. You will be cooking it for 45 minutes.
Erin says:

After reading people's comments about chicken/rice still being raw & thinking it was a bit bland...here is what I did & im in LOVE! So is the fam! Combined RAW chicken (in bite size pieces), frozen broccoli, rice, chicken broth (instead of water), cream of chicken, cream of mushroom, onion powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper, paprika, 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar, & a small finely chopped onion in a large mixing bowl. I then placed it in a greased 9 x 13 baking dish. I put it in a 400 degree oven for 20 min covered with foil, stirred around halfway through (the rice on top wasn't cooking). I placed it back in the oven for another 20 min. Then sprinkled bread crumbs & a little more cheese & put it back in the oven for about 10 min. & thats it! I know it seems a little more complicated than the original, but well worth it & super tasty!
Tammy says:

Im trying this recipe tonight. Cant wait. Thanks
Ashley Schmidt says:

Tried this recipe last night the way you described and it was very good. My daughter said it was delicious. I think next time I'm going to use a cream of mushroom and a cream of celery.
Kmoney says:

This was a easy dish just mit have to do a bigger portion next time
Mellie says:

Loved it! Only changes I made; I used chicken stock in place of water Adobo for seasoning And Mexican Cheese on top Delicious!
KRose says:

My family of 6 loves this! I have 2 picky toddlers, so I chop the broccoli in the food processor before adding and use quick cooking brown rice. It's perfect! I also tried this once with whole chicken breasts, but they were too large to cook in time, so I cut them into cutlets and it worked perfectly! thank you!
[email protected] says:

My rice and chicken did not cook, left it another 45 minutes rice was still not cook, i removed chicken and cooking in foil separate and the will add it back. Next time i am precooking rice , broccoli and chicken
Cyd says:

I'm sorry your chicken did not cook. 45 minutes is usually plenty of time for chicken breasts to bake unless they are very thick. After reading over the comments some readers suggested cooking it for 1 hour and the rice was done just right.
Tally says:

HOLY COW was this good !! I made it tonight and it is a new favorite for my family. Thank you for sharing your idea on how to make this, good job!!
eva hunt says:

my chicken was red on one side not done on 45 mins at 375. crank it up to 425 and cooking longer
[email protected] says:

I have bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs. This recipe sounds so good, I wonder if I can try thighs instead of breasts?
Cyd says:

Thighs should work just fine in this recipe.
Ali says:

There was a lot of chicken and only a little rice so I’m going to add more rice next time. Still very tasty and will definitely make again!
Danielle says:

Used thin cut chicken breasts, followed recipe and still raw after 45 minutes. Cranked the heat to 450 for 15 more minutes, chicken cooked, but rice was definitely not done.
Wendy Cullum says:

I’ve made it 4 times and the rice never cooks all the way
Erin says:

Soak the rice in the liquid mixture before baking. I let it set at least an hour before baking.
Elizabeth Skiadas says:

Just took mine out and the rice and broccoli were hard as well.
Lee says:

I had high hopes for this recipe. Chicken was cooked but rice and broccoli were not. Very VERY bland!
Karen says:

Same here. My fam is grossed out. Rice is hard. Chicken is underdone. I had large chicken breast that I cut in half before putting in the casserole dish. I added more water and put it back in the oven but I don’t think my family will give it another chance. Epic fail. And it looked SO GOOD. I have a similar recipe that calls for an additional 40 oz of liquid and a total of 2 hours baking. Hey Six Sisters can you figure this out for us? What are we doing wrong?
jessica says:

I don't have long grain rice, just minute rice. Do you think that would work?
Cyd says:

Minute rice cooks a lot faster than long grain rice. We haven't made it with minute rice. I'm sure it would work, but you would have to edit the directions.
Amber Reder says:

I always soak my rice in water for an hour or two before cooking. I just put the rice in a bowl of water. After it has soaked for an hour or two drain the water and add as the recipe states. I have found it takes me closer to an hour to cook. I wait until the rice is almost done to put in the chicken, usually at 45 minutes, but I cut up. the chicken because I have small kids. I also have subbed half the rice for cauliflower rice and my family (my kids are 3 and 6) preferred it!
Diane Riley says:

We love this recipe! I added additional seasonings to personalize this to our own taste but every time I make it it’s a huge hit! Everything cooked to perfection including the rice! Thanks for the recipe!