Name: Million Dollar Chicken & Rice Casserole
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 4 cups chopped cooked chicken; 4 cups cooked rice; 4- oz cream cheese, (room temperature); 1 cup cottage cheese; ½ cup sour cream; 1 (10.75-oz) can cream of chicken soup; ¼ tsp garlic powder; ¼ tsp dried onion powder; 1 sleeve Ritz crackers (crushed); 5 Tbsp butter (melted)

Million Dollar Chicken & Rice Casserole – This is our go-to chicken casserole! SO easy to make and tastes like a million bucks! Chicken, rice, cream cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, onion, garlic, cream of chicken soup, topped with crushed Ritz crackers and butter. Can make this casserole in advance and refrigerate or freeze for later. #chicken #casserole #chickencasserole #ritzcrackers

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Easy Chicken Casserole Recipe

New favorite alert! This chicken & rice casserole is comfort food at its best! So creamy and it tastes like a million bucks! Chicken, rice, cheese, sour cream, and Ritz crackers. How could this not be good? YUM! I used a rotisserie chicken and this came together in a snap. I love easy weeknight meals like this one!

How to Make Chicken & Rice Casserole

This casserole is very easy to make. Start with cooking some rice. You can use any type of cooked rice that you prefer – white, jasmine, brown. Whatever you like is fine. Once the rice is cooked, simply combine it with some cooked chicken, cottage, cheese, sour cream, cream cheese, garlic, and onion powder. Pour the mixture into a baking dish and top with some crushed Ritz crackers. Pop the casserole in the oven and that is it!

Feel free to add some mixed vegetables, broccoli or mushrooms to the casserole mixture. This is a great recipe to sneak in some veggies!

If you want to make this casserole gluten-free, you can skip the cracker topping or try crushed up pork rinds. Just a note, Walmart sells gluten-free cream of chicken soup now.

Can Chicken & Rice Casserole be Frozen?

This casserole makes a great freezer meal! You can make the casserole in advance and refrigerate it overnight for freeze unbaked for later. To bake the casserole after freezing, thaw completely and bake as directed below.

What to Serve with Chicken & Rice Casserole

We absolutely LOVED this yummy chicken & rice casserole. It has quickly become a favorite at our house. It checks all the boxes – quick, easy, and delicious! We like to serve this with some green beans and asparagus or a side salad. Here are a few of our favorite recipes from the blog that go great with this Million Dollar Chicken & Rice Casserole:

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