Broccoli and Rice Casserole

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Hi guys I’m Laura Vitale and thanks the target for sponsoring this video now today I’m going to share with you is a delicious broccoli rice casserole that it’s gonna be like the star of your holiday side dish section you know what I mean it’s very good it’s very easy

I’ll be using some ingredients from good and gather new and only at Target and you’re gonna love it it’s easy it’s super quick to put together and it just feeds a ton of people so you’re gonna absolutely adore it what I’ve got here are some broccoli florets and these are

Already washed and trimmed ready to go you’ll need some unsalted butter some sharp cheddar you’ll need some milk I’ve got some short grain rice here you can use long grain rice but I think short grain rice just makes the dish a lot creamier sour cream flour in here I’ve

Got some granulated garlic onion paprika some dried parsley and I’ve got some seasoned salt and some celery salt and you’re also gonna need some onion and garlic and some chicken stock I’ve got my oven preheated to 350 I have a casserole dish that I’ve buttered already so that’s good to go

So greased so we are gonna get right to it I’ve got a large pot here with some salt and it’s up to a boil now I’m gonna add my rice but here’s the thing when you add your rice you’re gonna cook it for half the time the package calls for

So my package says about 20 minutes so I’m gonna cook it for 10 but 5 in in 5 minutes I’m gonna add my broccoli so here’s one do to my broccoli these full rights are really already washed like I said trimmed and ready to eat but I want

Them to be a little bit smaller so I’m just gonna go ahead and take a sharp knife get rid of the bottom and and just cut the tops like that just just cut them nice and small because you want your broccoli to run through your entire casserole right now good and gather is

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To shop and then find new exciting items pop out throughout the year it’s fun it’s gonna be good all right to my rice it’s been cooking for just about five minutes I’m going to add the broccoli that I finely chopped right because this is going to continue to cook for like

Five more minutes and then I was just getting a head start on chopping up the onion and garlic until it’s nice and finely diced so this is gonna cook all together for five minutes I’m gonna drain it I’m gonna bring the buttons the pot back here to make ourself drained my

Rice and broccoli now there’s a little bit of rice left in the bottom of the pan who cares I’m adding some of the butter I really want to sweat my onions and garlic in the butter I mean it’s just gonna make it such rich and delicious and oh so good I’m gonna add

The onions and the garlic right to it I’m not looking for this to develop a lot of color I’m looking for them to sweat and become translucent and soften that way they’ll really blend into the sauce nicely get that all in there along with a pinch of salt because it’s all

That’s gonna help your out moisture from the onion mmm look great we’re gonna add some flour just stir that in until you no longer can see any rub it’s a flower beautiful beautiful beautiful beautiful all right now we’re gonna add the milk and the stock at the same time what

About a couple cups of each now the sauce will seem thin and you’ll think oh goodness that does not look like a thick creamy delicious sauce and the reason is because remember we partially cooked our rice so it’s gonna need quite a bit of liquid in the oven to continue cooking

And it will absorb all of this liquid trust me all right so what I’m gonna do now is I’m just gonna keep an eye on this give it a stir let it cook and thicken and in the meantime I want to share with you a few

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Be coming out with more stuff throughout 2020 more stuff more deliciousness you’re gonna love it this has thickened to bed now remember it’s not gonna be SuperDuper thick so do not panic and no you don’t want this to come to a rolling boil either I’m gonna

Add the spices I want lots and lock of black pepper now we already have salt in there from the seasoned salt and the celery salt and plus we did already season the rice and the broccoli this is looking good lowered the heat a little bit I’m just gonna add about two thirds

Of my cheese mmm this is gonna be so good add that right in I’m actually gonna just turn off the heat so I don’t need it to be any hotter right now this is good and I’m gonna go grab the rice and the broccoli to add in with my casserole dish

Add in your drained rice whoa and broccoli and like I said it’s gonna look like it’s thin but that’s what you want because it’s going to continue to bake and just bubble away in the oven and it’s truly perfection I made this for a party not too long ago and it ended up

Being the star of the show so that looks good I’ve got my casserole here buttered and ready Oh once forgot to stir it in my sour cream you want to store any jar cream at the last minute nice creaminess as well look I’m I’m hungry a brain

Can’t think straight when I’m hungry you know this I have to say if your rice was cooked all the way I could probably just eat it just like this because that’s how delicious it is but to make it even better and pour this baby into the buttered

Casserole dish I’m going to cover this with some aluminum foil and pop it in the oven for half an hour after the half-hour is up you’re gonna take the foil off and you’re gonna sprinkle the rest of the cheese on you’re gonna pop it back into the oven without the foil

For another 15 20 minutes or until the top is bubbly I showed you what the finished product looks like and then we can finally dig in alright so remember this was in the oven covered for half an hour then I took off the foil put on the

Rest of the cheese and popped it back in without the foil for 20 minutes and then it’s important that you let it sit for a good 20 minutes before you serve it it’s still very warm very hot but it just kind of it helps everything sort of

Settle and it is so oh you just you just wait for this okay you just wait for this and then this is not gonna look gorgeous but just watch okay it is like cheesy and it is creamy and looking here I see how all the rice has

Absorbed that sauce yeah I don’t know why I’m in that corner you know I have a thing for like middles and edges you know it’s gonna be all just right now it’s like it goes sound so well it’s creamy huh hmm it’s creamy and delicious delicious delicious delicious ly creamy

I’m gonna say it again because there’s no other way for me to really describe it perfect alongside your holiday table I’m telling you if you just want to get rid of stuffing and replace it with this which would be fine with me you can or this would be a lovely

Addition to the side dishes laurainthekitchen.com will have the written recipe I hope that you’ve enjoyed spending time with me now we’ll see you real soon bye-bye