Prologue iii -- Chicken and Rice

I'm not feeling too creative today (or, rather, I'm completely enamored of my new iPhone), so I thought I would share one of my favorite recipes with everyone. There are two versions of it: one cooked in the crockpot and the other in the oven. Now, you'll need to understand that some of the proportions are very... loose... as I typically don't measure ingredients, but instead eyeball it/taste it and make adjustments as necessary.

We can all thank my Grandma for that tendency.


Crockpot Version

1 can Campbells French Onion soup
1 can Campbells Cream of Celery soup
1 can Campbells Cream of Chicken soup
2 cups Minute Rice
4-8 chicken breast tenderloins

In a medium size bowl, mix together the three cans of soup and 2 cups of rice until an even color/consistency. Lay your unbreaded chicken tenders in the crockpot and then fill said crockpot with the soup and rice mixture. Cook on high for two hours and then on for at least one hour (or until time to eat), stirring occasionally. Alternatively, mix it together and put it in before you go to work on low, and when you get home it will be done!


Oven Version

1 can Campbells French Onion soup
1 can Campbells Cream of Celery soup
1 can Campbells Cream of Chicken soup
2 cups Minute Rice
4-8 chicken breast tenderloins

Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. In a medium size bowl, mix together the three cans of soup and 2 cups of rice until an even color/consistency. Spray a 9 x 12 pan with Pam. Lay your unbreaded chicken tenders in the pan and then fill said pan with the soup and rice mixture. Cover pan with aluminum foil to keep the chicken moist. Bake in the oven for 1 hour or until chicken is tender and falls apart.


There you have it! For the record, it is very important to use Minute rice and not regular rice in the oven version. Otherwise, the rice just never cooks properly. Also, one variation on it is to mix in a can of green beans as well. You know, for those people out there who want to pretend they're health conscious.

Anyway, until tomorrow my friends!


"One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating.: ~Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, Pavarotti, My Own Story