Cheesy Chicken And Broccoli Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs chicken, cubed
• 2 cups brown rice, cooked
• 3 cups fresh broccoli florets, chopped
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 7 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 garlic cloves, minced (i used jar garlic)
• 2 ounces cream cheese
• 8 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded
• 1 cup skim milk
• fresh ground pepper, to taste
• 1 1/2 cups buttery crackers, crushed (like ritz, it's a whole sleeve)

Recipe

• 1 be sure to cook your rice first!
• 2 preheat oven to 350.
• 3 melt 1 tablespoon of butter in pan and saute chicken and minced garlic.
• 4 steam broccoli (i cooked it in the microwave for 3 minutes with some water).
• 5 melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a big pot. add flour and wisk together.
• 6 add cream cheese (might be helpful to melt cream cheese a little in microwave before adding so it melts better).
• 7 add milk and wisk as much as possible to get out lumps (you'll still have little cream cheese lumps).
• 8 add cheddar cheese and stir until melted and mixed inches.
• 9 add sour cream and cream of mushroom soup and mix inches.
• 10 add black pepper to taste.
• 11 add chicken and garlic, rice and broccoli.
• 12 pour mixture in casserole dish and bake for 15 minutes.
• 13 meanwhile, melt 4 tablespoons of butter and add in the ritz crackers (might need a little bit more butter if the crackers don't seem a little damp).
• 14 spread the cracker mixture over the casserole and cook for an additional 15 minutes.
• 15 let sit 10 minutes before serving.