The Blonde Diaries

I was searching through my posts today to find the recipe for Cheesy Chicken and Rice which is the recipe I am preparing for dinner tonight. I spent a good 20 minutes looking only to finally figure out that I have never posted this recipe. I have posted it in a few message boards but apparently not here in my blog. I found this recipe on Dottie’s Weight Loss Zone forums a couple of years ago and have really enjoyed it. I tend to forget about it so I’ve only made it a handful of times but each time has turned out really well. I have all of the ingredients on hand so I figured why not make it tonight. We finally finished our 3 pounds of steak and quite frankly I am tired of beef and ready for some chicken. So without further adieu I present…

Cheesy Chicken and Rice
6 ww points per serving. Makes 6 servings.
1 1/2 lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts (I used chicken tenders because that’s what I had)
1 c brown rice
1 envelope Liptons dry garlic/mushroom soup mix (I used onion soup mix)
1 can low fat cream of mushroom soup (I used cream of chicken)
2 cups water
4 oz. Velveeta Light
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cut chicken into 1/4 pound pieces (usually in half). Set aside.
Mix the rest of the ingredients together in a shallow baking dish (2 quart size). Heat in the microwave until it all melts together and mix it together.
Place the chicken pieces on top of the rice mixture, cover, and bake for an hour (I did 45 mins) or until rice is done. I stirred it occasionally to make sure the rice cooked evenly.

As you can probably gather from my variations, I am not a fan of mushrooms in an form or size so I substitute with other ingredients. It does not change the taste and if you don’t want to be overly chickened out here try cream of celery, broccoli, or asparagus instead of cream of chicken. One other tip I will say is that sometimes this will boil over the pyrex dish in the oven so make sure to put your pyrex baking dish on a cookie sheet to catch the drippings and avoid the mess.

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