Italian Chicken and Rice Bake
This Italian Chicken and Rice Bake is a budget friendly, well-balanced dish that’s crowd-pleasing, and full flavored thanks to ingredients like mushrooms, onions, and yummy mozzarella. The use of rotisserie chicken really cuts down on prep time and you can cut the time down even more by using rice leftover from another meal—Chinese takeout, perhaps?
And in the blink of an eye—Monday is back.
The weekend always feels like it flies by and before you know it, it’s Monday again. Time to get back to the old grind. A part of that grind is figuring out what you want for dinner the next couple of days.
Monday meals are best when they’re fast, tasty, and served piping hot—comforting meals for the whole family to decompress and just enjoy.
This Italian Chicken and Rice Bake + A Simple Side Salad or Steamed Green Beans is the perfect meal for Monday night.
All The Flavor in this Italian Chicken and Rice Bake Recipe Comes From:
◑ Rotisserie Chicken
◑ Mushrooms
◑ Tomatoes
◑ Yellow Onion
◑ Italian Seasoning
◑ Mozzarella Cheese
◑ Red Wine Vinegar
◑ Butter
◑ Rice
◑ Egg White
◑ Salt and Pepper
Here’s The Steps!
Step One—In a large bowl, mix chicken, rice, mushrooms, onion, tomatoes, Italian seasoning, onion powder, and garlic salt until well incorporated; spread in a shallow casserole dish.
Step Two—Cream butter; mix in Worcestershire sauce, cheese, and then fold in egg white.
Step Three—Spoon over casserole dish.
Step Four—Bake at 425 degrees for 25 minutes.
Italian Chicken and Rice Bake
Ingredients
- 3 cups rotisserie chicken chopped
- 1/2 cup long grain white rice cooked
- 1 large yellow onion
- 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
- 4 oz can mushroom stems and pieces drained
- 1 1/2 tbsp Italian seasoning
- 1/2 tbsp onion powder
- 1/2 tbsp garlic salt
- 4 tbsp butter softened
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1 large egg white stiffly beaten
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix chicken, rice, mushrooms, onion, tomatoes, Italian seasoning, onion powder, and garlic salt until well incorporated; spread in a shallow casserole dish.
- Cream butter; mix in worcestershire sauce, cheese, and then fold in egg white.
- Spoon over casserole dish.
- Bake at 425 degrees for 25 minutes.
Here’s another great casserole to try! Crispy Fried Onion Chicken and Stuffing Bake
Super easy casserole dish, always a winner in my house. I made this with leftover brown rice I had after I made stir-fry one night. Wonderful!
Oh. my . Goodness. The cheese sold me, it just looks soo good and my boyfriend already requested this for dinner.
Yum! This was so good!
My kids loved this!
I love the ease of this great casserole recipe.
Easy and good dinner, thanks.
So comforting and delicious!
Reminds me of my youth! I want to to try this recipe. Thank you!
I love this creative way to use chicken and rice….which we eat all the time….the fam loved it.
Never tried making a rice bake. Love the simplicity and flavorful ness
Super easy to make and lots of flavor! LOVE!!!