Description
This tasty, healthy chicken broccoli rice casserole is a flavorful and comforting meal.
Ingredients
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- ½ cup dairy-free butter
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- ¼ cup gluten-free flour
- 2 cups almond milk
- ⅛ cup nutritional yeast
- 1 ½ teaspoons sea salt
- 1 teaspoon Herbamare or your favorite seasoned salt
- 4 cups chicken broth, gluten-free, divided
- 1 ¼ cups white long-grain rice
- 4 cups broccoli, fresh or frozen
- 2 lbs chicken breast
See notes below for ingredient notes.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°. Lightly grease a 9×13-inch casserole dish and set aside.
- Melt dairy-free butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and heat for 4 minutes, stirring frequently. Then, add the crushed garlic and cook for an additional minute.
- Next, mix in the gluten-free flour, stirring constantly. Cook for 1 minute, then slowly the almond milk a little at a time, stirring to keep it smooth as it thickens.
- Stir in the nutritional yeast, sea salt, and Herbamare.
- Slowly add 2 cups of the chicken broth. Stir frequently and cook for 2-3 more minutes. Then turn off the heat.
- Place the rice in a metal strainer and run under cold water for a few minutes to rinse off excess starch. Then, pour the rice into the prepared casserole dish.
- Spread the broccoli over the rice.
- Place the chicken evenly over the broccoli. Pour the remaining 2 cups of chicken broth over the chicken.
- Next, pour the homemade sauce evenly over the casserole. Press any rice or broccoli that might have popped up under the sauce.
- Cover the casserole dish with aluminum foil and bake for 60 minutes.
- After baking, remove the casserole from the oven and remove the foil. Use tongs to transfer the chicken to a cutting board. Use forks to shred the chicken and then place it back into the casserole. Lightly stir the casserole to combine the rice, broccoli, and chicken.
- Serve and enjoy.
Notes
For the dairy-free butter, I used Country Crock Plant-Based Butter.
For gluten-free flour, I used Pamela’s All-Purpose Mix.
You can use chicken breast or chicken thighs or a combination of both to equal 2 pounds. Personally, I prefer all chicken breast.
I purchase my Nutritional Yeast and Herbamare on Amazon.
The dishes I used in this post are a non-stick Caraway 12-inch skillet and a 9×13-inch deep dish casserole dish.