Green Bean casseroles and Thanksgiving go hand in hand, but add some chicken chunks and you've got an everyday meal. Also great made with fresh or frozen string beans. The green bean and chicken casserole is a great make-ahead freezer meal.
Ingredients
- rice - long grain uncooked rice
- precooked chicken - using precooked chicken makes this recipe super easy. If you prefer cooking the chicken yourself the I suggest using thighs because they stay moist and tender.
- cream of mushroom soup - use undiluted since you want a thick sauce. Instead of cream of mushroom soup, you can substitute cream of broccoli soup.
- cut green beans - my recipe using canned cut green beans.
- onions - diced onions
- fresh green pepper - dice fine
- onion soup mix - the classic Lipton or Knorr are easy to find.
- colby cheese - I prefer a milder cheese but you can use any cheese
- dried onions - these are optional.
How To Make Green Bean and Chicken Casserole
- Cook the rice and add all the ingredients except the cheese in the cooked rice and mix together.
- Spoon into the baking dish and sprinkle with cheese. Cover and cook. It doesn't get much easier.
A couple of cooking tips.
- Buy already cooked chicken from the deli section of your grocery store.
- This is a great dish to use up leftover Thanksgiving Turkey.
- If using s frozen green beans, don't thaw before cooking.
- If using fresh green beans, parboil before mixing into the casserole.
- If using canned cut green beans, rinse before cooking.
📖 Recipe
Yield: 4 servings
Green Bean & Chicken Casserole
Prep Time:
5 minutes
Cook Time:
30 minutes
Total Time:
35 minutes
A blast from the past! Green Bean Casserole is a classic holiday side dish, when adding the chicken and you have a tasty one dish meal.
Ingredients
- ⅓ cups uncooked rice
- 2 cups cooked chicken, cubed
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
- 1 can cut green beans, drained
- ⅓ cup onions, diced
- ⅓ cup green pepper, diced
- ½ envelope onion soup mix
- ½ cup shredded Colby cheese
- ⅓ cup dried onions, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare rice to package instructions.
- Add all ingredients except the cheese into the rice and mix together.
- Spoon into an 8 X 8 baking dish and sprinkle cheese on top
- Lightly cover baking dish with aluminum foil and bake at 350 for 20 -25 minutes.
- Uncover and sprinkle the dried onion on top and bake another 5 minutes.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 359Total Fat: 18gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 78mgSodium: 745mgCarbohydrates: 26gFiber: 1gSugar: 3gProtein: 23g
The nutritional information provided here are estimates and are not calculated by a registered dietician.
If you enjoy this classic comfort food casserole check out my classic chicken and dumplings stew.
Martin
I'm a fan of one dish meals and this one is easy and taste great. The only thing I changed was using a french cut green beans.