Chicken Amandine
Gluten Free Living – 2020
Chicken Amandine is absolutely fantastic. This amazing casserole makes a perfect one-dish meal for your family. The casserole includes chicken, green beans, wild rice, almonds, pimientos and bacon! Yes, you heard that right. BACON. Yum.
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Back in August, some dear friends who lived across the street sold their house and relocated about five minutes away. They are in temporary housing while their house is being built in North Texas. I offered to provide them some food while they were busy packing everything up that last week. I whipped up a batch of Amish Chicken and Noodles and some of our favorite bread earlier in the week. Then, on closing day, I brought them Chicken Amandine, Creamy Sweet Carrots and added some Gluten Free Zucchini Muffins.
It kept them in food for several meals which helped when they were so busy unloading and unpacking everything. They loved the Amish Chicken and Noodles so much she made it a week or so afterward! But they also raved over the Chicken Amandine, carrots and found the muffins fantastic. They couldn’t believe they were gluten free.
I’m always on the hunt for recipes where I can use up leftover rotisserie chicken. Both the Amish Chicken and Noodles and the Chicken Amandine are great recipes for that. Thankfully, they’re also easy and delicious.
Chicken Amandine may be one of those recipes you want to add to your regular monthly rotation. It’s really that good. The crunchiness from the bacon and almonds make it totally satisfying comfort food, in my opinion. It also reheats wonderfully as leftovers. Enjoy.
Chicken Amandine turned out wonderfully well with Creamy Sweet Carrots and Gluten Free Zucchini Muffins.
This one-dish meal recipe is fantastic.
Almonds and bacon add an irresistible crunchiness to the casserole.
Here’s what I did.
I used these ingredients.
Melt butter in saucepan. Add onions.
Cook until onion is crisp tender.
Add the wild rice, the seasoning packet, and chicken broth to the onions in Dutch oven.
Cook covered with lid about 20-25 minutes over low to medium heat until liquid is absorbed. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, combine chicken, green beans, chicken soup, pimientos, half of the almonds, pepper and garlic powder.
Stir ingredients to combine.
Add chicken mixture to cooked rice mixture.
Stir ingredients to combine.
Spread ingredients into a greased 8×12″ glass baking dish.
Sprinkle with remaining almonds and bacon.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes or until ingredients are heated through.
Chicken Amandine was fantastic with Creamy Sweet Carrots.
Our friends raved over this tasty entree.
Doesn’t Chicken Amandine look marvelous? Creamy Sweet Carrots and Gluten Free Zucchini Muffins finished out the meal.
Here’s the recipe.
CHICKEN AMANDINE
(Recipe adapted from Taste of Home, Casserole Cookbook).
Chicken Amandine
Equipment
- 1 large skillet
- 1 spatula
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 sharp knife to cut vegetables
- 1 large Dutch oven with lid
- 1 wooden spoon
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 8x12" glass baking dish
- aluminum foil
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup onion chopped chopped
- 1 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 6 oz. pkg. Uncle Ben's long grain and wild rice
- 2 1/4 cups chicken broth
- 3 cups chicken cubed, cooked
- 2 cups frozen green beans thawed
- 10-3/4 oz. can condensed cream of chicken soup undiluted
- 1 cup almonds sliced, divided use
- 4 oz. jar pimientos diced and drained
- 1 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 2 strips bacon crisp cooked and crumbled (or about 2/3 cup real bacon bits)
Instructions
- Fry bacon in skillet over medium until done.
- Be careful not to cook on too high a heat or for too long so the bacon scorches!
- Transfer bacon slices to a paper towel lined plate to drain and cool.
- Crumble into small pieces; set aside.
- Sauté onion in butter in large Dutch Oven until tender.
- Add rice with the contents of the seasoning packet along with chicken broth.
- Stir to combine and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat; cover with lid and simmer approximately 25-30 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
- Uncover; set pot aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, combine chicken, green beans, cream of chicken soup, ½ of the almonds, pimentos, pepper and garlic powder.
- Mix well before stirring in rice.
- Transfer mixture to a 8x12” glass baking dish.
- Sprinkle with bacon pieces and remaining almonds.
- Cover with foil and bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes, or until casserole is heated through.
Notes
Nutrition
Creamy Sweet Carrots paired beautifully with this casserole.
Chicken Amandine is hearty, filling and totally satisfying.
Chicken Amandine is a sensational gluten free entree that is sure to excite your taste buds!
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Chicken Amandine
Equipment
- 1 large skillet
- 1 spatula
- measuring cups
- measuring spoons
- 1 sharp knife to cut vegetables
- 1 large Dutch oven with lid
- 1 wooden spoon
- 1 large mixing bowl
- 1 8×12" glass baking dish
- aluminum foil
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup onion chopped chopped
- 1 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 6 oz. pkg. Uncle Ben’s long grain and wild rice
- 2 1/4 cups chicken broth
- 3 cups chicken cubed, cooked
- 2 cups frozen green beans thawed
- 10-3/4 oz. can condensed cream of chicken soup undiluted
- 1 cup almonds sliced, divided use
- 4 oz. jar pimientos diced and drained
- 1 tsp. ground black pepper
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 2 strips bacon crisp cooked and crumbled (or about 2/3 cup real bacon bits)
Instructions
- Fry bacon in skillet over medium until done.
- Be careful not to cook on too high a heat or for too long so the bacon scorches!
- Transfer bacon slices to a paper towel lined plate to drain and cool.
- Crumble into small pieces; set aside.
- Sauté onion in butter in large Dutch Oven until tender.
- Add rice with the contents of the seasoning packet along with chicken broth.
- Stir to combine and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat; cover with lid and simmer approximately 25-30 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.
- Uncover; set pot aside to cool.
- In a large bowl, combine chicken, green beans, cream of chicken soup, ½ of the almonds, pimentos, pepper and garlic powder.
- Mix well before stirring in rice.
- Transfer mixture to a 8×12” glass baking dish.
- Sprinkle with bacon pieces and remaining almonds.
- Cover with foil and bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes, or until casserole is heated through.