Emerald Rice Bake Broccoli Recipes

EMERALD RICE BAKE (BROCCOLI)

Steps:

• Cook onions in butter over medium heat just until tender.
• Stir in rice, soup and broccoli (I usually add about an extra 1/2 cup of cheddar in with this, too).
• Turn into a buttered, shallow, 1 1/2 quart casserole.
• Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the top.
• Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until cheese starts to brown.

CHEESY CHICKEN, BROCCOLI AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350° F. Spray 8-inch square baking dish with cooking spray.
• In 12-inch nonstick skillet, heat olive oil over medium heat. Add onion; cook 3 to 4 minutes, stirring frequently, until translucent. Add mushrooms and salt; continue to cook 4 to 6 minutes or until any liquid evaporates and mushrooms are brown. Add broccoli; cook 30 seconds to 1 minute or until bright green. Transfer mixture to large bowl.
• Add rice to bowl. Stir to combine. Stir in chicken.
• In 1-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Sprinkle flour over melted butter; add 1/4 teaspoon salt. Beat with whisk. Cook 1 to 2 minutes or until mixture turns light brown. Slowly beat in milk with whisk 2 tablespoons at a time until smooth and combined. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Continue to cook and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat; cool 5 minutes.
• Slowly beat sour cream and Cheddar cheese into sauce mixture with whisk. Reserve 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese; set aside. Beat remaining Parmesan cheese into milk mixture. Add to bowl with chicken and vegetables; stir to combine. Pour into baking dish; spread evenly.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until heated through. Top with remaining Parmesan cheese. Bake 5 minutes longer.

EMERALD RICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Transfer to a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish. Cover and bake 25-35 minutes or until heated through.

HAM, BROCCOLI AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350'.
• In a Large Bowl, Combine all of the casserole ingredients and mix until blended.
• Spoon into a large, buttered casserole dish.
• In a medium, microwave safe dish, add butter and microwave butter about 20 seconds at a time, take out and stir well before placing back in microwave, until butter is melted.
• Add bread crumbs and parmesan to butter and blend with a fork until it becomes crumbly, top casserole with crumb mixture.
• Cover and bake for 30 minutes, uncover and bake another 10-15 minutes or until casserole is hot and bubbly and topping has lighlty browned.
• Let stand 5 minutes, serve.