This chicken, spinach, and rice casserole is an excellent and easy dish that I actually came up with one night when I was broke. These ingredients were what I had. I even surprised myself!
Ingredients
- 3 cups water
- 4 cubess chicken bouillon
- 2 cups instant brown rice
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 0.25 cups olive oil
- 4 boneless , skinless chicken breast halves
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried sage
- 2 teaspoons dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried marjoram
- 1 medium onion , chopped
- 2 packages frozen chopped spinach , 10 ounce
- 2 cups cottage cheese
- salt and pepper to taste
- 0.5 cups Parmesan cheese
- 0.25 cups margarine
Instructions
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1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
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In a medium saucepan, boil 2 cups water and chicken bouillon. Stir in rice. Remove from heat, and set aside. In a small bowl, mix cornstarch with remaining water.
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Heat olive oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Place chicken in skillet with thyme, sage, basil, parsley, and marjoram. Cook until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear. Drain and cube.
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Stir onion into the skillet, and cook 5 minutes, or until browned and tender.
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In a large bowl, thoroughly mix rice, cornstarch mixture, chicken, onion, spinach, and cottage cheese.
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Transfer mixture to a medium baking dish. Season with salt and pepper. Top with Parmesan cheese, and dot with margarine. Bake, covered, 45 minutes in the preheated oven. Remove cover, and continue baking 15 minutes, until surface is lightly browned.
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