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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Chicken Fried Rice Casserole

My husband just declared this his new favorite meal!

Ingredients:
2 lbs of cooked chicken, cut up (I actually use 3-4 cans of chicken.)
2 cans of Cream of Chicken soup
16oz. Sour Cream (I use fat free)
2 small boxes of Rice-A-Roni Fried Rice
2 sleeves of crushed Ritz crackers (I use Reduced Fat)
1 stick of butter (I use light)
Poppy Seeds


Preheat your oven to 350. 
Cook rice by following the directions on the box. Mix together chicken, soup, and sour cream. Spread rice on bottom of 13 x 9 baking dish. Spread chicken mixture on top of rice. Mix melted butter and crushed crackers together and sprinkle on top of casserole. Sprinkle a generous amount of poppy seeds on top of crackers. Bake for 25-30 minutes until bubbly. 

You could also title this recipe "A Glorified Poppy Seed Chicken".

8 comments:

Odum2004 said...

Tommy loves Poppy seed chicken so we will definitely have to try this jazzed up version! Thanks for sharing!!

championm2000 said...

You had me at Cream of Chicken soup and Ritz crackers!! Will definitely try this one...

jessicaclarke said...

Looks good I need to try this

Liz said...

Thanks everyone for your comments. As for the rudeness...well it is sad that people feel so badly about themselves that they have to put down a recipe.....really? Any who...I added the time and baking temperature. I originally blogged about this recipe just to share with my friends not to post over the whole Internet so I was in a rush...sorry. As for the fat content, there are always ways to make things low fat and...life is way too short!

Unknown said...

I made this for dinner tonight and it was outstanding! !! Husband and daughter both asked me to save the recipe....thank you Liz for such an wonderful meal. I did add some curry and it worked out great.

Betty said...
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Unknown said...

Hello...just wondering if anyone has added vegetables and if so what kind and did you have to increase any other ingredients? Thanks.

pj said...


My husband is a chicken fried rice snob so I thought I'd change things up and try your recipe. He liked it! In fact we both did. The 2nd time I made this, I did add some peas and carrots and a little onion. I also added soy sauce and sesame oil. That was good too. Thank you!