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Cheesy Chicken and Rice Bake

[ 14 ] June 5, 2012 |

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Sure, this might not be the most beautiful dish ever made, but it sure tastes like a million bucks!

Cheesy Chicken and Rice Bake

Gather:
Chicken Breasts, 2 boneless & skinless
Brown Rice, 4 Cups, Cooked
Greek Yogurt, Plain, 1 cup
Monterey Jack cheese, reduced-fat, 8 oz
Frozen Corn, 3/4 C
Black Beans, 15-oz can
Diced Green Chiles, 4.5-oz can
Chunky Salsa, 3/4 C
Cilantro, for garnish

Step-By-Step:
Cook and shred chicken breasts, and cook rice according to directions. If not using a quick-cooking rice, make sure you start it in advance!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In large bowl, mix together all ingredients (minus the cilantro & 2 oz cheese) together thoroughly.
Spread out into a baking dish.
Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Sprinkle with remaining 2 oz of cheese and garnish with cilantro.

Serves 8
Serving Size: 309.45 g

Nutrition Information Per Serving:
Calories 346.5
Calories from Fat 70.5
Total Fat 7.3g
Saturated Fat 4g
Cholesterol 49mg
Sodium 529mg
Total Carbohydrates 37.8g
Dietary Fiber 6g
Sugars 3.8g
Protein 29.4g

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Recipe adapted from How Sweet It Is.

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Category: Main Dish, Poultry

About Lissa: Melissa is the Co-Founder of Shrinking Kitchen and the Sisterhood of the Shrinking Jeans She has been married for a dozen years and is mother to five children (15,13, 9 and 9 and a foster baby!). Melissa has a love/hate relationship with food (okay, mostly candy) and cooking. This isn't improved by the fact that her husband, the true family chef, works in another city half the year, leaving Melissa to figure out how to feed her growing family something other than Pop-Tarts. Melissa loves her camera, enjoys traveling, kickboxing, creating beautiful things she finds on Pinterest, and planning her dream home that will be built… someday. melissa@shrinkingjeans.net :: @lissajoy :: whereverimaywander.com :: pinning here View author profile.

  • Ajelderks

    looks awesome!!  but how much cheese do you put in casserole?

    • http://www.whereverimaywander.com LissaJoy

      I adjusted the recipe – sorry about that!

  • Celeste B.

    I was wondering about the cheese too. How much total did you add for the nutritional stats?

    • http://www.whereverimaywander.com LissaJoy

       Thanks for the heads up! I adjusted the recipe accordingly. Sorry about that!

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  • Leigh

    What size baking dish did you use?

    • http://www.whereverimaywander.com LissaJoy

       I used a 9 x 13.

  • http://profiles.google.com/smith.carleed Carlee Smith

    I made this for dinner last night and it was DELICIOUS!  Thanks so much for sharing it!

    • http://www.whereverimaywander.com LissaJoy

       Glad you loved it as much as I did! :)

  • Keithandcindy

    Where did the zip it link go?

  • Amanda K

    do i need to drain the can of black beans?

    • http://www.whereverimaywander.com LissaJoy

      Yes, I drain and rinse the beans.

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