This Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Rice Casserole is made all in ONE POT and ready in only 30 minutes. It’s cheesy, it’s comforting, loaded with broccoli and super simple to make!
I wanted to share with you another favorite one pot recipe of mine. It has rice, chicken, cheese, and some broccoli. You know it’s going to be good. This chicken and rice dish is so delicious and a popular recipe on the blog.
Chicken and Rice Recipe
Chicken and rice! Who doesn’t love a good chicken and rice casserole sorta dish. But the beauty here is that it’s all made in one skillet, it’s quick and before you know it dinner is ready to be served.
My favorite part about this casserole is the cheese and I like to place the skillet under the broiler just for a minute or so until the cheese melts and starts to bubble. Simple, quick and pure comfort food. Can’t beat that.
How to Make This Chicken Rice Casserole
This easy dish comes together in 30 minutes and it’s extremely easy to make. Start by cooking the chicken with the onion first until it’s no longer pink inside. Add the broth and cream of chicken soup then add the rice and cook the rice.
The rice should take about 15 minutes to cook, depending on what type of rice you used. You could use instant rice to speed this up. Brown rice will take a lot longer to cook.
Add in the broccoli and cheese and continue cooking for a couple more minutes until the broccoli softens.
Top with more cheese and cover with the lid so that the cheese melts. The chicken is incredibly tender and juicy and the rice is perfectly cooked. Totally delicious!
As a side note, we just bought these skillets shown in the picture below, they’re from Starfrit called The Rock and I have to say they are the best skillets I’ve ever tried. Nothing, absolutely nothing sticks to them and no oil is necessary.
Not to mention they’re super easy to clean and they work on my induction stovetop. WIN! WIN!
Craving More Casseroles? Try These:
- Chicken Bacon Ranch Casserole
- Chicken Enchilada Casserole
- Deconstructed Stuffed Pepper Casserole
- Chicken Enchilada Rice Casserole
- Taco Lasagna
- Mighty Moussaka
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One Pot Cheesy Chicken Broccoli and Rice Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small onion chopped
- 2 chicken breasts cut into small cubes
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 3/4 cup rice uncooked
- 10 oz cream of chicken soup (1 can)
- 3 cups chicken broth low sodium
- 2 cups broccoli florets
- 1 cup cheddar cheese
- 1 tbsp fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Add chopped onion and cubed chicken. Cook on medium heat for a few minutes until the chicken starts to brown a bit. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Stir in garlic and cook for another 30 seconds until garlic gets aromatic.
- Add the rice, cream of chicken soup and chicken broth. Start with 2 cups of chicken broth and if more is needed add more until rice is fully cooked. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover, and cook over medium heat until the rice is fully cooked, stirring occasionally, should take about 15 minutes or so. Taste for seasoning and adjust as necessary.
- Add the broccoli florets and half the cheese then continue cooking for 2 more minutes, until broccoli softens a bit. Sprinkle over the top with remaining cheese and place the skillet under the broiler for a couple more minutes, just until it melts and starts to brown a bit.
- Garnish with fresh parsley and serve.
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Recipe Notes
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1/3 cup chicken broth
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition Information:
Recipe originally shared May, 2015.
Kmac says
Tasty!!!
Loretta says
Can you freeze this?
Jo Cooks Team says
Yes you can! Freeze directly in the casserole dish covered well with both plastic wrap and foil, or transfer it to an airtight container.
Kim Peigne says
We own a bar and I made this dish for a late night meal and it was perfect and quick! Had everything is my kitchen.
Michelle Gordon says
Awesome & So easy! As I live way out in the country & didn’t have any cream based soups left I used a can of coconut cream & another 1/4 tsp. salt. OMG heavenly!!! This will be a regular! Thanks Jo 😍
Kee says
Oh this was HEAVENLY! This is what I called an advanced recipe (i’m a younger rookie adult, haha), so I definitely concentrated hard on this. I’d never boiled rice before, so I didn’t stir it enough and a lot of it burnt, but that was my fault. But. Oh. My. Goodness. I ate it all in like 2 days. This is the 2nd time this WEEK I’m trying this. THANK YOU JO, YOUVE EARNED ANOTHER FAN! And I’ve added a recipe to my list!
jo says
So happy to hear this! Keep on cooking. 🙂
Erin says
We loved the end product but had to modify it a lot for our family. We felt like it needed more rice and more broccoli to add substance to the dish. We topped it with a shake of Italian bread crumbs to add a little texture and seasoning.
Lay says
This is my second time making this because it was so delicious the first time. It smells so good already!
Elyse says
I doubled this recipe and I didn’t have an oven safe skillet so I transferred it to a casserole dish and broiled it and it was delicious. All 5 kids ate, which is an absolute miracle so I will be making this often!
Fiona says
So tasty. I used Morning Star chicken strips meat sub and it was amazing. My kids are fussy about eating meat and they demolished it.
Ashlee says
I love this recipe, as does my family. It’s a regular staple; so easy to make, and I get requests weekly to put this on the menu. I use cream of mushroom soup, only because that’s what I generally have on hand. Works well. Thank you!
Polyna says
Great Recipe, I added some basil and time as well. And I didn’t have cream of chicken soup, but I used a thick coconut milk and chicken bullion cubes dissolved in water. I think I over did it on the rice because I made a double portion, so I don’t know how much liquid I ended up using but it turned out Delicious!
Thank you!
Anna says
This was really good. I used leftover chicken, frozen broccoli, and the ends of two open bags of cheese so it was really pretty effortless 🙂 I ended up needing all 3 cups of broth plus a splash of milk. Thank you!
Katy says
So incredibly simple to make, it’s become a staple in our household. It doesn’t have any “suspicious” ingredients so my kids will eat it and get their greens and protein in. (It’s a struggle to get them to eat anything but carbs and dairy most of the time!) It also warms up really well. We’re fans!
Nancy Phroper says
This smells amazing! Can’t wait till it’s done!
Mary says
Made this tonight and WOW!. I normally eat just enough but i couldn’t help myself at another plate. Will definitely make this again.
Barb says
This was awesome…. I didn’t have chicken, but used pork chops…. amazing!!!