Broccoli Cheese Rice Casserole
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Recipe type: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
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Serves: 6 to 8
 
Ingredients
  • 1 large family size bag of frozen broccoli
  • 1 cup minute rice
  • 1 pound Velveeta cheese
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 1 can cream of celery soup
  • 6 TBS butter
  • ¼ cup chopped white onion
Instructions
  1. In a large pot on the stove, cook the bag of broccoli with 2 tbs water until the broccoli is soft and fully cooked. Place the broccoli into a greased 9 x 13 casserole dish.
  2. Cook 1 cup of minute rice on the stove according to the directions on the box. *I use boil in a bag rice which takes 8 to 10 minutes to cook. Then, place the rice in the casserole dish on top of the broccoli. Spread out evenly.
  3. Melt Velveeta cheese, milk and celery soup in the same pot on the stove. Once it is melted and smooth pour over the broccoli and rice.
  4. The last step on the stove top is to melt the butter and cook the chopped onions until they are soft. Pour into the casserole dish.
  5. Cover the casserole dish with aluminium foil and bake for 40 minutes at 325 degrees.
  6. Remove the foil and bake under the broiler until the cheese is browned or about 5 minutes.
Recipe by Purely Katie at https://www.purelykatie.com/broccoli-cheese-rice-casserole/