Retro Casserole
One of my favorite dishes growing up was this wonderful broccoli casserole. We always served it when we had company over and often brought it to potluck dinners. Once I was an adult I specifically requested this recipe from my mom. It is the most perfect broccoli casserole I’ve ever had!
This is such an old standby kind of recipe. It’s the type of dish that kids will usually eat and a comforting food for people like me who occasionally enjoy cheese slathered broccoli. Tonight we ate healthy oven roasted broccoli, which is very good. But for special occasions we eat Cheesy Broccoli Rice Casserole and it’s wonderful.
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Cheesy Broccoli Rice Casserole
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2 cups Minute Rice
40 ounces frozen chopped broccoli (I use 4 of the 10 ounce boxes of frozen broccoli)
1/4 cup butter, melted
2 onions, diced
1 cup milk
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
15 ounce jar of Cheez Whiz
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the butter, Cheez Wiz, and milk. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Pour mixture into a large buttered casserole dish. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes.
Makes 12 servings.
Note: For potluck dinners I prepare this recipe according to directions. After baking I scoop the casserole into a slow cooker and keep it on warm until serving. Works perfectly!
Susen Kuchta says
August 26, 2014 at 11:00 amPinned, this looks delicious!
Carissa Shaw says
August 26, 2014 at 3:04 pmThanks for pinning!
Aimee Fauci says
August 26, 2014 at 4:54 pmSimple and I like simple! I need to send this to my daughter.. she is a house wife in training.
Carissa Shaw says
August 26, 2014 at 6:19 pmYes, so simple! It's basically mix, dump, bake = eat!
Tracy Snyder says
August 26, 2014 at 5:01 pmThis sounds great! I'll have to pin it to try it out on my family. This probably doesn't sound weird to you but I was kinda craving a cheesy broccoli dish recently.
Carissa Shaw says
August 26, 2014 at 6:26 pmI probably worry more about people who DON'T occasionally crave a cheesy broccoli dish 🙂 This recipe should do it for you!
Dee M says
August 26, 2014 at 6:17 pmThis sounds great, and I'll bet my kids would love it. Pinned! 🙂
Carissa Shaw says
August 26, 2014 at 6:28 pmThanks for pinning! My brother and I always loved this dish as kids.
Rachel @ The Philosophers Wife says
August 26, 2014 at 7:49 pmThis sounds pretty good! I do love cheesy broccoli. I'm not a huge fan of cheez whiz, but I bet I can find an easy cheesy substitute!
Judy says
April 1, 2018 at 10:32 amThe cheese whiz really works in this recipe -it doesn’t taste like cheese whiz out of the jar when mixed with other ingredients. My family loves this
Adanna says
August 27, 2014 at 3:31 amPinning this! Looks delicious and my kids would love this
Andrea Bates says
August 27, 2014 at 3:57 pmThis looks amazingly delicious. I'm absolutely pinning it! YUM!
Michelle Nahom says
August 29, 2014 at 3:59 amI have fond memories of a dish kind of like this that my roommates and I used to make in college! Thanks for linking up with us at Foodie Fridays!
Shari Eckstrom says
September 3, 2014 at 9:43 pmVisiting blogs at dinner time is such a bad idea. I want to eat everything that I see. Your cheesy broccoli rice has sent me over the top. Time to take a break and go eat. I wish it was going to be your fabulous looking dish. Thanks for sharing at Foodie Fridays.
Blessings,
Shari
Anonymous says
November 18, 2014 at 5:11 pmThis casserole looks delicious! I am wondering though if the recipe calls for 2 cups of cooked rice OR uncooked rice? And, do you cook the rice before mixing it together & baking? I love the idea of transferring it to the slow cooker too to keep it warm as I will be taking it to my brothers for Thanksgiving.
Judy says
April 1, 2018 at 10:35 amI used instant rice, cooked broccoli in pkg about 2 minutes and baked casserole for about an hour because it makes a big casserole. I only used about 1/2 cup of chopped onion since little kids would be eating it and some don’t like onion. It was so delicious.
Anonymous says
December 11, 2014 at 7:56 pmI had the same question as Anonymous on 11/18. I used this recipe as a primer, but was skeptical that the rice and broccoli would cook in 35 minutes. So, I cooked the rice and broccoli beforehand and then mixed together to bake. I used 2 cups uncooked rice, 2 cups water. I ended up boiling another cup, so I'd say 3 cups uncooked total. I only used 1 onion as 2 seemed like it might overpower. Once I made all the above adjustments, it came out great, thanks for sharing!
Anonymous says
December 11, 2014 at 8:00 pmOh, I also sautéed the onion with butter before adding as well. Again, for only 35 minutes I just didn't see how it all could fully-cook without being prepared before mixing.