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This comforting whole-grain chicken and rice casserole will keep you coming back for more. Broccoli, red peppers and Parmesan make this a flavorful heart healthy chicken dish that’s easy to make and sure to please.
Casseroles tend to be high fat dishes, but this low fat and low calorie chicken recipe is an exception. This healthy casserole uses skinless chicken breasts and low fat cheese and soup mix to keep the saturated fat content to just 2g per serving. But don’t let that fool you – there’s plenty of creamy goodness in this comfort food recipe. There’s also 8g of fiber per serving, which makes this a heart healthy casserole.
Reducing the amount of sodium in your diet is good for your heart and can help lower your risk of high blood pressure. Making low sodium chicken dishes like this can go a long way in reducing the amount of salt you consume. We kept the sodium content to under 500mg of sodium in this chicken recipe for dinner by using low-sodium soup and rinsing the jarred red peppers. Other than the cheese, the rest of the ingredients in this dish are naturally low in sodium.
Many chicken casserole recipes contain noodles, bread crumbs or other ingredients that contain gluten. This recipe uses rice because it is a naturally gluten free food - and since brown rice is a whole grain, it has more fiber and other nutrients than white rice. If you need this to be a gluten free chicken recipe, don’t forget to check the labels on the soup and other ingredients, just to make sure they don’t contain gluten.
Recipe yields 4 servings
Preheat oven to 400°. In a mixing bowl, mix brown rice, puréed peppers, broccoli, red wine and soup. Pour into a 3-quart shallow baking dish. Season chicken with pepper and press into mixture. Sprinkle with cheeses. Bake for 45 minutes, or until done.
If you have leftover chicken and are looking for other healthy casseroles recipes that make a delightful dinner in under an hour, try Chicken Broccoli Casserole, Healthy Chicken Casserole or Chicken and Biscuits. They’re easy to make and are sure to be family favorites!