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No Peek Chicken and Rice Casserole is full of comfort and tender, fall apart chicken overtopping a flavorful rice that makes this meal a family favorite! Baking to perfection with the warm, steam cooking the chicken and rice to perfection.
One pan made simple and quick for your family dinner that will have everyone asking for more. This Chicken and Rice combination is filling, full of love and comfort. If you are looking for more chicken casseroles try this Chicken Tetrazzini Casserole, Pesto Alfredo Chicken Casserole or The Very Best Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole.
Chicken and Rice Casserole
My family needed a little comfort this past week since the weather in Utah is staying cold, to say the least. I knew a casserole would be warm and filling and just the touch to warm us up from the inside out. This meal is so simple to make with only a few staple ingredients and quick preparation. Now, the hard part is SERIOUSLY, No Peeking!! Let the foil do all the work and unwrap it like a present when you take it out of the oven and you will be thanking me! I promise!
The smell of your home will change and you will be drooling when it is time to eat. Once unwrapped and sitting down at the dinner table together there was silence. Yep! That is just how good it was. Each of kiddos and husband ate in pure peace all together. Again, you can thank me! This Chicken and Rice Casserole is one that you will be adding to your families meal plan. It is simple and so filling! Everyone loved the rich flavors and the tender chicken that is cooked to pure perfection. This recipe is a family favorite and will be used often in our home.
How Do You Make Chicken and Rice Casserole?
- Prepare pan: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9×13 inch baking pan. In a medium sized bowl add the rice, cream of mushroom, cream of chicken, and chicken broth and mix. Pour into the baking pan.
- Layer Ingredients: Place the chicken on top of the rice mixture and salt and pepper. Sprinkle the onion soup on top. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked throughout and no longer pink. No Peeking!
Do You Cook the Rice Before Adding it into the Casserole?
No, the rice will cook. Raw rice will definitely cook in an hour and the rice will absorb the liquid. Make sure you cover it to keep the steam inside the dish, no peeking!
Can You Use Brown Rice?
If you’re using brown rice, be prepared to cook your dish for more than an hour; this variety often takes longer than white rice, so watch the liquid level in your dish and make sure it’s soaking up as much as it needs.
Can This Chicken and Rice Be Made Ahead of Time?
Yes! This can be made up to 24 hours in advanced. Just cover and store in the refrigerator until ready to bake. You may need to add an additional few minutes or let rest for a few minutes outside of the refrigerator before baking it.
Can I Bake it With Frozen Chicken?
Yes! Frozen chicken breasts can also be used if they are the packaged frozen breasts purchased at the store that thaw quickly.
How Will I Know if My Chicken is Cooked?
The safe internal temperature for cooked chicken is 165 degrees Fahrenheit. A meat or instant-read thermometer is your best bet for determining the temperature of your chicken, it should be inserted into the thickest part of the breast.
Can I Freeze Chicken and Rice Casserole?
If freezing, freeze the chicken and rice casserole before baking. Cover the pan tightly with foil and write down the directions on top of the container. Remove the casserole from the freezer and let it thaw in the refrigerator during the day before baking.
What to Serve with Chicken and Rice Casserole?
- Asparagus
- Broccoli
- Green Beans
- Side Salad
More Comforting Casserole Recipes? Try These!
- Easy Sausage and Rice Casserole
- Creamy Chicken Noodle Casserole
- Chicken Parmesan Casserole
- Cheesy Cheddar Chicken Spaghetti Casserole
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No Peek Chicken and Rice Casserole
Ingredients
- 4 boneless chicken breasts
- 2 cups long grain rice
- 1 (10-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 (10-ounce) can cream of chicken soup
- 1 (14-ounce) can chicken broth
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 package onion soup mix
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a medium-sized bowl, add 2 cups long grain rice, 1 (10-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup , 1 (10-ounce) can cream of chicken soup, and 1 (14-ounce) can chicken broth and stir to combine. Pour into the prepared baking dish.
- Place the 4 boneless chicken breasts on top of the rice mixture and season with salt and pepper to taste . Sprinkle 1 package onion soup mix on top.
- Cover the baking dish tightly with aluminum foil. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and no longer pink. No Peeking!
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Nutrition
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My family loves this. It was super easy to make and everything was so flavorful and cooked fully. I did add a bit more broth and used 2 cans of cream of. Chicken soup instead of 1 can of cream of chicken and cream of mushroom soup as I can’t tolerate mushrooms. This is a definite keeper in my recipe rotation
I made this recipe the first time as written, but now I’ve tweaked it. I use bone-in, skin on thighs, I add a can of drained mushrooms to rice mixture, and I use the Lipton Beefy onion soup mix. Delicious.
I did not care for the flavor of the seasoning packets in the Uncle Ben’s rice. With the price of food now there are just much better chicken & rice recipes. I added fresh zuchinni & onion, they only helped a little. Im freezing the leftovers in serving size containers hoping to reincarnate this as soup. the recipe made a lot of food.
I’m sorry you used an Uncle Ben’s rice with seasoning in it. In the future try to find rice without a flavor packet, that might have been why you didn’t like this one as much.
Made it. Yuk.
Hi Bryan, I’m so sorry you didn’t like this! Can you let me know what about it that you felt wasn’t good?
I made this exactly according to the recipe.
Our rice was crunchy ?. Yes, it was covered tightly with aluminum foil.
Very irritating to waste ingredients on a meal that turned out inedible. Ingredients are too expensive for this to be happening.
Do not waste your time or money on this one! No one was able enjoy it.
Hi, thank you for your comment. I am so sorry your dish didn’t turn out. That is extremely frustrating to have spent time and money on something and you aren’t able to enjoy it. There are many factors that may effect the rice, it could be your oven bakes hot, maybe the rice needed to be stirred into the sauce more, the type of rice could effect it, using a metal pan rather than glass or ceramic can also make the rice burn to the bottom. Again, I am sorry it didn’t turn out.
Delicious!! And super easy to make. Thanks
Easy and delicious!!!
The 2 cups of rice . Is this 2 uncooked or what the equivalent to 2 cooked cups would be?
Hi Beth, thank you for your question. It is two cups of uncooked rice. Let me know how it turns out!
Can Costco frozen chicken breast be used in this recipe. If so, any changes of time or temperature
Hi Jolene, thanks for the question! I just want to clarify, are you asking if you put the chicken in frozen, would the time and temperature change?
Excellent! My husband and I enjoyed it. And it is so easy to make!
Can this wonderful dish be made in the crockpot?
Hi Kathy, thanks for the question! This would probably work in a crockpot. Follow the same instructions as the recipe says, but place the rice mixture in the bottom of the crockpot and then the chicken on top of the rice. Set to low and check the chicken after 5 hours. Let me know how it turns out!
I’m really looking forward to making this, but I have a couple questions… Where do you find boneless chicken with the skin on? And when you sprinkle the onion soup, should it be across the entire top of the casserole or just on the chicken? Thank you so much…I just found your site and I’m excited to try everything!!!
Hi Teresa, welcome, I’m so glad you found my site! First, I ‘m pretty sure I got my boneless chicken with skin at the deli section at my local grocery store. If you don’t see it with the other pre-packaged meat, you could ask the butcher behind the counter, they should be able to help you! Second, sprinkle the onion soup over the entire thing! I hope this helps! Let me know how it turns out!
What size are the chicken breasts?
This recipe was a winner with my family. I decided to use a wild rice blend in this and it worked great. The only reason I didn’t give this 5⭐️ is because I just felt like it needed perhaps some other element to it…maybe sauted diced celery just to give it a little something more to it. Overall, it was delicious and will be added to my rotation.