An incredibly easy dump and bake recipe full of chicken, broccoli, rice, and cheese.
What You Will Need
Chicken, rice, broccoli, bacon, cream of chicken soup, Velveeta cheese sauce, seasonings, Colby jack cheese, and crispy fried onions are the only ingredients you need for this simple recipe. You will need a baking dish to bake this meal in.
Step by Step Instructions
Preheat oven to 350.
In a large mixing bowl, add shredded chicken.
Add cooked white rice, broccoli, bacon, and seasonings of choice. My personal favorite for this is roasted garlic and herb seasoning.
Dump in cream of chicken soup and Velveeta cheese sauce. I added more seasoning.
Stir until well combined. Spread the mixture evenly in a greased baking dish.
Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes.
Remove and top with shredded Colby Jack cheese.
Return to the oven for 5 minutes and then broil on high for a couple minutes.
Top with additional cooked and crumbled bacon.
Top with crispy fried onions.
Serve and enjoy!
Tips & Advice
I cook my bacon in the oven. Cooking bacon in the oven is just easier and less messy to me! I cook it at 415 degrees and check on it every 5 minutes or so until it’s the crispiness I want (which ends up being about 15 minutes usually!).
When I know I will be needing shredded chicken for a recipe, I cook a couple chicken breasts in the crockpot on low for the day in chicken broth and seasonings.
Printable Recipe
Cheesy Chicken Broccoli & Rice Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 lb chicken cooked and shredded
- 4 cups white rice cooked *See notes
- 10 oz broccoli florets partially cooked *See notes
- 7 slices bacon cooked and crumbled, divided
- Roasted Garlic & Herb Seasoning to taste
- 1 (10.5 oz) cream of chicken soup
- 1-2 (4 oz each) pouches Velveeta cheese sauce *See notes
- 8 oz Colby Jack cheese shredded
- Crispy fried onions to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a large mixing bowl, add shredded chicken, cooked white rice, broccoli, a handful of cooked and crumbled bacon, and seasonings of choice. My personal favorite for this is roasted garlic and herb seasoning.
- Dump in cream of chicken soup and Velveeta cheese sauce.
- Stir until well combined.
- Spread the mixture evenly in a greased baking dish.
- Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes.
- Remove and top with shredded Colby Jack cheese.
- Return to the oven for 5 minutes and then broil on high for a couple minutes.
- Top with remaining cooked and crumbled bacon and crispy fried onions.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- The white rice measures at 2 cups BEFORE cooking.
- Cook broccoli, but not completely. Cook about 2/3 of the time you normally would.
- I only used 1 Velveeta cheese sauce but if you REALLY like things cheesy, use 2.
- See my “Tips & Advice” section for other helpful information.
