Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Bake

Ingredients

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  1 tbsp or 14g

• Onions

  Raw

  1 small or 70g

• Garlic

  Raw

  2 cloves, minced or 6g

• Chicken breast

  Broilers or fryers, meat only, raw

  1 lb or 454g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

• White rice

  Long-grain, regular, raw, enriched

  100g

• Chicken broth

  Soup, canned, less/reduced sodium

  250g

• Heavy whipping cream

  Fluid

  100g

• Broccoli

  Raw

  200g

• Cheddar

  Hickory Farms

  100g

• Bread crumbs

  Dry, grated, plain

  25g

Directions

1. In a large oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat, heat oil. Add onion and cook, stirring, until soft, 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 minute more. Add chicken and season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until golden, about 6 minutes more. Stir in rice, heavy cream, and 1 cup of the broth. Bring to a simmer and cook until rice is tender, about 15 minutes. Add remaining 1 1/2 cups broth, broccoli, and cheddar cheese and cook until broccoli is tender and cheese is melty, about 10 minutes. Heat broiler. Sprinkle chicken mixture with bread crumbs and season with salt and pepper. Broil until golden and crispy, about 2 minutes.
2. Recipe by: Rian Handler (source: https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a46772/cheesy-chicken-broccoli-bake-recipe/)