French Onion, Rice And Vegetable Casserole

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 (11 ounce) cans french onion soup, condensed
• 1/4 cup water
• 1 cup brown rice
• 1 (15 ounce) can mixed vegetables, drained
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can green beans, cut, drained
• 1 (15 ounce) can peas and carrots, drained
• 2 (4 ounce) cans mixed mushrooms, sliced, drained
• 1 cup yogurt, greek style, plain
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon thyme
• 1 3/4 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 lb cheddar cheese, sharp, grated
• 1 (2 7/8 ounce) can french-fried onions

Recipe

• 1 combine soup, water and rice in pan, bring to boil, stir once. cover, reduce heat and simmer 45 minutes. stir to mix; pull off heat and let set for 15 minutes.
• 2 meanwhile, combine all canned vegetables in a bowl to mix evenly, set aside.
• 3 combine yogurt and spices until well mixed, fold into rice until well distributed.
• 4 in a 9 x 13” baking dish layer ½ of the vegetable mixture, then ½ the rice mixture followed by ½ the cheese. repeat 1st two layers. evenly intersperse french fried onions for next layer, top with remaining cheese.
• 5 if you made this ahead of time and it is just coming out of the refrigerator, place in a cold oven and bake for 45 min at 475 degrees. otherwise it might be bubbly and done after 30 minutes or so.
• 6 i served this as a side for a store bought roast chicken that i reheated at the same time until the bird had an internal temp of 165 degrees.
• 7 the next night --
• 8 we had french onion, rice and vegetable casserole – revisited --
• 9 ½ pan leftover french onion, rice and vegetable casserole.
• 10 1 pkg chicken gravy.
• 11 2 tbsp au jus.
• 12 ¼ c greek yogurt.
• 13 ½ chicken leftovers, diced; after roasting a chicken my household usually has half the
• 14 bird eaten, give or take. if you have less than a quarter of your chicken left you
• 15 may need to supplement with additional cooked chicken either you prepare or purchase pre-prepared.
• 16 2 tbsp milk.
• 17 2 tsp pepper.
• 18 put leftover french onion, rice and vegetable casserole into oven and heat to 375 degrees.
• 19 fix chicken gravy as directed on package, add au jus and stir until mixed. next you will incorporate the yogurt, chicken, milk and pepper. cook/keep warm over a low heat until casserole comes to temperature to serve, place helping of casserole on plate topped with chicken mixture. enjoy!