Green Rice Casserole

Name: Green Rice Casserole
Yield: Serves 8 to 10 as a side dish
Ingredients: 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 , onion, chopped fine; , Salt and pepper; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; 1/2 teaspoon, minced fresh thyme; 4 cups, low-sodium chicken broth; 2 slices, hearty white sandwich bread, torn into quarters; 1 ounce, Parmesan cheese, grated (1/2 cup); 1 1/4 pounds, frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry; 8 ounces, cream cheese; 2 cups, long-grain white rice; 8 ounces, sharp cheddar cheese, shredded (2 cups)

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2013

To make this satisfying, flavorful oldie but goodie, you add spinach to rice and cheese and bake. Getting good flavor is easy. Avoiding oldie but gloppy requires some ingenuity.

SERVES8 to 10 as a side dish

TIME1½ hours, plus 20 minutes cooling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To rescue this potluck standby from canned soup–induced mediocrity, we started by infusing chicken broth with a flavorful base of onions, garlic, and fresh herbs. We chopped frozen, thawed spinach in the food processor and smoothed it out w...

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