Curried Chicken & Rice

This was a little different for our gang, but mommy loves curry! This isn’t AT ALL spicy, just the yummy flavor of a little curry thrown in for good measure.

You’ll need:

  • 2 SL BL chicken breasts, cubed
  • 1/2 Tbsp garlic powder
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • Campbell’s Chicken and Rice Condensed Soup – GF in Canada- I’m not sure about the US
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • 1 scant soup can of white rice.
  • 2 cans of water
  • 1/2 cup shredded cheese

Directions:

1. Saute onions with garlic and olive oil, add chicken and curry. Cook until chicken is done.
2. Add chicken to casserole dish.
3. Add everything else into casserole dish (I don’t know about you but whenever someone tells me to mix something in another bowl and then toss it in, I think they must be taking advantage of the kitchen staff, and, well, since I AM the kitchen staff around here, we manage just fine with the whole mix-it-right-in-the-casserole-method.)
4. Cook at 350F for one hour. Top with cheddar 10 minutes before removing from oven.

Of course I forgot to take a picture.

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Comforting Rice Casserole

I love this combination with mushroom soup and onion soup mix – creamy, comforting, with a little onion zing.  Yummy.

  • 1 large can prepared GF mushroom soup
  • 1 pkg onion soup mix
  • 1/2 can of rice
  • 1/2 can of water (extra 1/4 can of water if brown rice)
  1. Stir all of it up.
  2. Pour into casserole dish.
  3. Cover, cook at 350°F for 1hour (2 hrs if brown rice).

I added 2 braised pork tenderloins (approx 1.5 lbs) to this and it was officially yuuuuumy.

How to add Brown Rice to the menu

Since we’re being all healthy ‘n stuff, we’re trying to get in a little more whole grains into our diet. And we’re the kids aren’t so fond of plain brown rice. It isn’t like white rice – you can’t just eat it out of the pot, and enjoy it. So here’s some tips to get ya started – and PLEASE add your own in the comments so we can all see what works!

  • I started adding a small bit of brown rice to our white rice (cooked it like white rice except for longer)
  • We let the kids put ketchup on it – doesn’t everything taste better with ketchup?
  • I’ve started cooking our rice (about 75% brown now)in chicken bouillon, and a couple tablespoons of margarine.
  • Serve the rice with a sauce that covers it.  Brown/white rice just doesn’t cut it as a stand alone side dish around here like Sweet & Sour or Italian Tomato
  • Cook the rice in with the meat in casserole type or slow cooker dishes like easy pork tenderloin or Creamy Comfort Casserole

That’s all I got!  Do you have the magic formula to get these kids to eat brown rice?

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Fried Rice with Chicken and Broccoli

This came of necessity since I had about 8 cups of rice in the fridge!  I made a tad more than I needed last week.  lol

  • 3 Tbsp oil (I use half olive, half canola)
  • 3 defrosted skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cubed
  • 1 carrot, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 onion, thinly sliced
  • 3 cups of broccoli (I used frozen)
  • 4 cups of cooked rice
  • 1 cup hot water
  • 2 Tbsp chicken bouillion
  • 1/4 cup soya sauce
  1. Cook the chicken in the oil.  Add the soya sauce and garlic.fried-rice
  2. When cooked, add the carrot, onion, and broccoli.  Cover.  Cook for 4 minutes, until broccoli crisp-tender.
  3. Uncover, add seasonings and rice, stir over medium heat until heated through – approx. 10 minutes.

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Easiest Pork Tenderloin, EVER

*low-fat, Weight Watcher’s Version, adapted by MOI*

Even the kids loved the meat and rice in this casserole!

Ingredients:

  • 24oz (1.5lbs) pork tenderloin
  • 2 cups rice, uncooked
  • 1 pkg onion soup mix, GF
  • 2 cups peas (or mixed veggies)
  • 4 cups water

Directions:

  1. In a non-stick skillet, sear pork tenderloin on all sides over med-high heat.
  2. Mix all ingredients in a 9×13 casserole dish, except the tenderloin.
  3. Place tenderloin on top.
  4. Cook, uncovered, at 350°F for 1.5 hours.

Enjoy with a salad, and you have a great meal!

Nutritional Info.

The Skillet “Surprise”

However, when you look closely there’s nothing surprising in it – just a couple days worth of leftovers.  :D

  • 3 cups or so cooked rice
  • 1 pkg scramble fried ground beef
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • 1 cup or so of cooked veggies (I used a freezer mix plus some leftover peas)
  • 4-5 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup or so of water (as needed)
  • 1 Tbsp brown sugar
  • 1.5 Tbsp white vinegar
  • dash of Italiano seasoning (this prepared mix of herbs from Club House is gluten free)

So I cooked the onions in a skillet, added all the other ingredients, covered and heated on medium until hot through out.  Maybe took 10 minutes?  It doesn’t need it, but everything is better to a kid with ketchup.  And that does make it more surprising doesn’t it?  :)

*  all my ingredients are sourced and checked for their gluten free status in Canada