a simple real food recipe :: classic chicken casserole
Author: Renee - www.theSIMPLEmoms.com
Ingredients
3-4 TB friendly fat to cook in (butter, lard, coconut oil. I actually used bacon grease left from the morning this time.)
1 small onion, diced
4-5 medium carrots, diced
2-3 celery stalks, diced
4 large cloves of garlic, minced
2 tsp all purpose seasoning
1 ½ tsp sea salt
2-3 cups broccoli, chopped (I just thaw out one bag of the frozen organic broccoli from Costco)
½ cup organic long grain white rice
2-ish cups cooked chicken, chopped (I use leftover chicken from my crockpotted or roasted chicken from the week)
1 quart homemade condensed cream of chicken soup (OR 2 cans. See Kitchen Tips for my recipe – VERY easy! If you go for the canned just be mindful of ingredients and BPA containers.)
⅓ cup water
Optional bread crumbs or almond flour with pats of butter to top (I used almond flour this time since that is what I had around)
Instructions
Saute the onion, carrot, and celery in your friendly fat of choice for about 7 minutes. Throw a few pinches of sea salt over them while they cook to bring out their juices and sweeten.
Add the garlic, all purpose season, and sea salt and cook for a couple minutes.
Put the cooked veggie mixture in a medium mixing bowl and add the broccoli, rice, chicken, cream of chicken soup, and water, and stir to combine.
Pour the mixture in a buttered 9x13 baking dish (sprinkle the bread or almond flour topping if you wish), and bake at 375 degrees for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let it cool about 5-10 minutes before serving.
Recipe by the SIMPLE moms at https://www.thesimplemoms.com/a-simple-real-food-recipe-classic-chicken-casserole/