Baked Chicken and Brown Rice Casserole

4.25 from 4 votes

Baked Chicken and Brown Rice Casserole

A creamy chicken and rice casserole using brown rice, chicken breasts, and coconut milk that's baked into a delicious brown rice casserole that's kid-friendly!

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time1 hr 30 mins

Total Time1 hr 40 mins

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: American

Keyword: baked chicken and brown rice

Servings: people

Calories: 459kcal

Author: Jodi Danen, RDN / Create Kids Club

Equipment

Ingredients

2 cups chicken broth ✅
1 1/2 cups long-grain brown rice ✅
13.5 ounce can coconut milk ✅
3 tablespoons Thai red curry paste ✅
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 small onion, diced
1/2 lime juiced or 1 tablespoon lime juice
1-2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 pound chicken breasts, sliced in half ✅

Instructions

Preheat the oven. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Mix the ingredients. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, combine chicken broth, long-grain brown rice, coconut milk, curry paste, garlic, onion, lime juice, cilantro, salt, and pepper. Pour into a 9x13 baking dish.
2 cups chicken broth, 1 1/2 cups long-grain brown rice, 13.5 ounce can coconut milk, 3 tablespoons Thai red curry paste, 2 cloves garlic, minced, 1 small onion, diced, 1/2 lime juiced or 1 tablespoon lime juice, 1-2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Add chicken to casserole. Using tongs, add chicken to the rice mixture. Cover with foil.
1 pound chicken breasts, sliced in half
⭐️ Bake. Bake covered for 1 hour - 1 hour 30 minutes or until the rice absorbs the liquids. Serve hot.

Notes

CCK Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you're new to eating gluten-free we understand it's overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don't. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅ represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.

The ⭐️ symbol in the recipe below denotes the steps in which kid cooks may need a helper (depending on age). If there is no ⭐️ symbol, that step (or recipe) doesn't require a helper.

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