Chicken and rosemary rice casserole with a cheesy topping

Al in one pleasing chicken casserole.

• Serves: 4
• Difficulty: easy
• Prep time: 10 -15 minutes
• Cooking time: 60 minutes

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Ingredients

• cooking spray
• 1 onion, thinly diced
• 800 g chicken breasts, bone in, halved and skinned
• 1/2 tsp black pepper,
• 500 ml (2 cups) chicken stock
• 15 ml (1 tbsp) butter
• 6 baby marrows, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
• 6 yellow patty pans, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
• 750 ml (3 cups) Spekko Long Grain Parboiled Rice
• 5 ml (1 tsp) chopped rosemary leaves
• 1 1/2 tbsp flour
• 375 ml (1 ½ cups)milk
• 125 ml (1/2 cup) grated cheese
• 1/4 tsp salt

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Heat a large pot over medium-high heat. Lightly coat pan with cooking spray.
2. Add onion to the pot and sauté, stirring until soft.
3. Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Add chicken, meat side down, to pot. Cook until browned both sides.
4. Add stock to pot. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until the chicken is done. Remove chicken from pan, reserving stock/sauce in pot. Let chicken cool, bone and shred.
5. Place chicken in a large bowl. Bring stock / sauce to a boil. Cook, uncovered, until reduced to 1/2 cup (about 10 minutes). Â Add the reduced stock to the chicken.
6. Melt butter in a pan over medium-high heat. Add patty pans; sauté until lightly browned, stirring frequently.
7. Add party pans mixture to the cooked rice.
8. Add rosemary to the chicken mixture, and toss gently to combine. Then add the rice and patty pan mix.
9. Place flour in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Gradually add milk, stirring until smooth; bring to a boil. Cook until thick, stirring constantly with a whisk. Remove from heat; let stand 30 seconds.
10. Add 1/4 cup cheese; stir with a whisk until smooth.
11. Add remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, milk mixture, and salt to chicken mixture and stir to combine.
12. Spoon mixture into a casserole dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup cheese over rice mixture.
13. Bake at for 20 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Remove casserole from oven.Â
14. Preheat oven, grill casserole 5 minutes or until golden.
From the Spekko kitchen
• Use bone-in chicken for this recipe. This allows for more flavour depth as well as ensuring that it does not over-cook quickly).
• Any variant of Spekko leftover rice can be used in this recipe.