Serves:
6
Prep Time:
60
Meal Occasion:
Main Dish, Dinner
Cuisine Type:
American, Californian
Ingredients
| 1 | box UNCLE BEN’S® Long Grain & Wild Rice Original Recipe |
| 2 | cups cooked chicken cubed |
| 1 | Tbsp. butter |
| 1/3 | cup fresh parsley chopped |
| 1 | cup half and half |
| 1/4 | cup slivered almonds chopped |
| 1 1/3 | cups chopped onion |
| 1/3 | cup pimentos diced |
| 1 | cup low sodium chicken broth |
| 1/3 | cup all-purpose flour |
| 1 | tsp. salt |
| dash black pepper to taste |
Instructions
1. Cook the rice with its seasonings packet according to package directions.
2. While rice is cooking, melt butter in a large saucepan. Add onion and cook over low heat until tender.
3. Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Gradually whisk in half & half and chicken broth. Continue cooking and stirring constantly, until broth thickened.
4. Stir in chicken, pimiento, parsley, almonds and cooked rice.
5. Transfer to a greased 2-quart casserole. Bake, uncovered, in preheated 425F degree oven for 30 minutes.