BUFFALO CHICKEN RICE CASSEROLE RECIPES

Made this for a quick, inexpensive weeknight dinner. Don't have time for the wings before Monday Night Football? Try this! You can sub any kind of cream soup you have on hand, or use any kind of chicken except canned. The flavor of canned just isn't as good! Great way to use leftover chicken or rice as well. Add as much hot sauce (FRANK'S) & ranch or bleu cheese as you like.

Total Time 1 hours

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

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Nutrition Facts : Calories 591.8, FatContent 28.7, SaturatedFatContent 6.9, CholesterolContent 105.1, SodiumContent 1583, CarbohydrateContent 45.1, FiberContent 1.5, SugarContent 1.5, ProteinContent 35.6

A comforting cheesy chicken and rice casserole loaded with buffalo sauce, chicken, veggies, rice and melted cheese! 

This, my friends, is my take on weekend game-day favorite Buffalo Chicken turned into a comforting winter dinner!  You need just 5 minutes of prep and 20 minutes of cooking time. 

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Just like you, I love one pot meal or casseroles. Seriously, these make weeknight dinners so easy and manageable. Specially on a breezy fall evening or cold winter night… casseroles bestow double blessings! First, quick dinner with no dishes to wash and second, heat of stove and oven to warm home naturally. Kinda like kill-2-birds-with-one-stone.

Oh, and that reminds me if dinner happens to be chicken dinner with buffalo wing sauce flavors! That's even better! :-)

I won't chirp for my love for casseroles just yet since first I'm so excited to share how flavorful and amazingly delicious this chicken and rice casseroles is!

By far it is our new family-favorite! 

If you love Buffalo Chicken? I mean, who does not?! Then, this casserole gives you flavor of buffalo sauce coated chicken with comfort of cheesy rice casserole.

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Today, I combined all classic ingredients of Buffalo Chicken - chicken, buffalo sauce, carrots, celery, cheese into a comfort skillet chicken and rice meal. No kidding, every fork-full of this casserole brings something delicious to the party!

Oh man, since I made it a month ago, we were dreaming about it. I mean, counting days to complete our meatless-month and bake another batch.

Family Favorite and not as spicy as you might think!

You might think this recipe is spicy. It is not spicy! Beauty of cooking buffalo chicken with rice and cheese is that these two balance the heat perfectly. Also, you can control the amount of spice buy just using the right buffalo sauce.

I used the mild wing sauce i.e. Buffalo sauce... which makes it just right spicy so that whole family can enjoy it. When it comes to Buffalo Sauce I'm super fan of Frank's RedHot Wing Sauce (Buffalo) and that's what I used for this recipe.

Now, if you are in mood of a spicier casserole, you can drizzle more wing sauce on top while serving or use a hot, or extra hot wing sauce. I leave this for you to decide.

Recipe in making:

Buffalo Chicken Casserole comes together very fast since all flavor is build on top of the wing sauce and chicken. 

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I first season the chicken with salt and pepper and cook in skillet until it is crisp brown from both sides.

Casserole are generally great to utilize the leftovers. So often I also use pre-cooked or leftover chicken for this recipe. Leftover turkey or leftover rotisserie chicken work great too. 

Once chicken is ready (when using fresh), I remove it from skillet and add the aromatics - onion, celery, carrot, and garlic. I saute everything until onions are tender, then add liquids - tomato sauce, hot sauce, and chicken stock with rice. 

Once liquid starts boiling, I cover the pan, lower the heat and let everything simmer for 12-13 minutes. Water is almost absorbed by end of 13 minutes. Then I add cooked (chopped) chicken with fresh chopped herbs. Fold it in, add cheese on top and broil until cheese melt and is bubbling. 

Voila! Buffalo Chicken and Rice Casserole is ready!

That was easy!! Isn't it?

Update: This recipe was originally posted on Oct 12, 2016. But due to Indian holiday responsibilities in full swing.. I could not do justice with this post earlier.  This chicken and rice is so scrumptious that I had to update the pictures, and make some other updates to give it the worth it deserves. So, I decided to bring it in front and share with you again. 

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Honestly, with finally a need of jacket today.. I'm feeling like cooking a warm casserole for dinner and this chicken and rice are on the top of the list.

Let's jump straight to the recipe and enjoy!

Provided by Savita

Total Time 25 minutes

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Yield 4 Servings

Number Of Ingredients 15

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