Chicken Rice Casserole makes for a crowd-pleasing dinner that comes together in under 5 minutes of prep time.
Made with only 4 ingredients, this dish has juicy chicken breasts and tender rice in a deliciously creamy sauce. This is a casserole that meal packs a lot of flavor in a filling one dish dinner and a meal that everyone will love!
Enjoy!
There is nothing like Chicken Rice Casserole for dinner. This dish is deliciously easy, creamy and totally satisfying and you’ll never believe it needs just 4 ingredients!
This is a special dish because the recipe comes from my BFF, Penny and she’s been making this for years. It’s her go-to, must have, favorite easy weeknight meal that I just had to try.
I have to admit, when I first made it I knew it would be tasty but… I had NO idea what I was in for and it’d definitely become a regular in our rotation!
This easy dish comes together in under 5 minutes, it’s one of the quickest dinner preps on my whole site (along with One Pot Pizza Tortellini Bake).
This dish is belly warming and comforting while being simple and easy to make, it’s like serving a nice warm hug from your Mom!
The chicken comes out incredibly tender and juicy, the rice is perfectly cooked in a rich and creamy sauce and the whole thing is loaded with flavor!
This easy Chicken Rice Casserole takes about an hour to bake (depending on your oven, you may need a few extra minutes but for me it’s about an hour), but that is one of the things that make it kind of the perfect dish.
We’ve made this just as written over and over but I’ve also added a little bit of onion to the bottom of the pan or a couple of handfuls of fresh mushrooms.
With very little minimal prep time, you can slide this casserole into the oven and relax, or maybe help with homework without feeling the usual dinner time rush!
5 minutes of work, and then perhaps a glass of wine or read your book for an hour? I feel like that’s a good idea for ALL weeknights!
I use homemade onion soup mix in this recipe, but you can use the kind in the envelope if you haven’t had a chance to mix up a batch yet. The flavor will be amazing either way!
My friend Penny also said she sometimes replaces the onion soup mix with a packet of gravy mix depending on what she has on hand!
If you are lucky enough to have leftovers, this makes for a delicious lunch the following day.
4 Ingredient Chicken & Rice Casserole
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1 cup long grain white rice uncooked
- 1 ½ cups water
- 1 ounce dry onion soup mix 1 packet or use homemade
- 10.5 ounces condensed cream of mushroom soup 1 can
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F.
- Spray 9×13 pan with cooking spray. Add chicken breasts and season with salt & pepper.
- Pour uncooked rice over chicken. Sprinkle with onion soup mix.
- Combine mushrooms soup and 1 ½ cups of water. Pour over chicken.
- Cover and bake 1 hour 15 minutes or until rice is tender.
Notes
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Casserole, Main Course
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Can you use frozen chicken and increase the time to cook
We recommend using thawed or fresh chicken breasts but other readers have used frozen. I would plan for additional cooking time to ensure the chicken is fully cooked before serving.
Single, retired want easy healthy meals. Thank you for your recipes
So glad you are enjoying our recipes, Rebecca!
I made this recipe last night and I followed all the ingredients. It was delicious! I will definitely make this again, maybe try it with pork chops next. Thank you for the recipe.
I’m so happy you enjoyed it, Patty!
Can you use a different cream of X? We dont like mushrooms. Or can we use a broth instead? Planning to make for dinner tonight.
Absolutely, any cream of soup will work in this recipe.
Should I cook the chicken first?
No, the chicken is cooked in the dish with the rest of the ingredients.
Has anyone tried making this dish with brown rice? Curious what the ratios and time differences would be. Thanks!
I would not recommend making this recipe with brown rice. If you do use brown rice, I would suggest precooking it partially or completely.
can I substitute chicken broth instead of water
I haven’t tried but that should work well!
I used low sodium chicken broth and it was delicious!! I had an open container of it that I used for a different recipe so I figured “why not”?. Good and easy. Will definitely make this again!
Amazing flavors and easy!
Hi, Does this freeze well?
I haven’t tried it but I do think this would freeze perfectly once cooked.
Hello! Will this recipe work with chicken tenderloins?
I have never tried this recipe with chicken tenderloins but other readers have with good results. I would love to hear how it turns out for you!