Creamy Baked Chicken and Wild Rice Casserole

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I made this casserole for my family tonight and was a little disappointed. While I loved the cream sauce that gets mixed in and the nutty flavor of the wild rice, I thought the cranberry and rosemary topping was overwhelming and horrid. I followed this recipe very closely and felt that without the topping it would have been 5 stars for sure. That said, my only other complaint is that the ingredients are a bit pricey if you're on a budget. I believe I paid $8.09 for a small thing of wild rice at the supermarket. $8.09 for rice? No thanks. Needless to say I'll be foregoing the topping in the future and trying this recipe with brown rice instead. I think it has a lot of potential if tweaked a bit. Just my opinion. :

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This has a wonderful flavor! Such a relief to find a casserole recipe without condensed soup! Look for cranberries in the frozen food section in the off season, though you can substitute with dried cranberries, soaked. I use one box of wild rice. The chicken is tender and juicy....and works fine to use leftover or rotisserie chicken instead. I used whole wheat panko bread crumbs because that's what I had on hand. It may take longer to bake than indicated in the recipe.
Highly recommended!

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I saw Sunny make this and I felt compelled to make this casserole too since I make a lot of casseroles. I did change things a little... used Uncle Ben's Long Grain & Wild Rice instead of plain wild rice b/c I just don't like regular wild rice. Also used 2 cups of heavy cream instead of 2&1/2, 2 cups was enough to make it creamy. I used 3 chicken breasts instead of 2, to make it meatier. Everything came out just delicious!

My only complaint was with the topping, in which I used exact amounts of everything and it tasted really good, but it didn't make nearly enough to cover a 9x13 casserole dish! I would have to double or even triple it to have it cover the whole dish. Also, maybe I did something wrong in cooking the brown sugar with the butter, but the topping came out in piles of brown sugar, separate from the cranberries and the bread crumbs just got lost in the sauce too. Again, it was tasty but not a good or even topping to spread around. Maybe it's too much brown sugar? I don't know, but I'd do the topping differently next time. I would make this again, but maybe I'd even leave the topping out and make the rest of it as is.

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I couldn't wait to make this. Sunny talked about the cost saving since it only used 2 chicken breasts. However, adding all that guyere, cream, and wild rice sure brought the cost up.
After using 3 or 4 pans and bowls, it was just ok. I liked it, but really not one I'm going to save. Just OK.
The topping is fabulous and I may try to use that again.

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I used already cooked Turkey did half the recipe

Cooked Wild rice with herbs hard to get rice done !
I"d do this again but cook WR ahead of time...even if it meant two times of the herbs.

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This casserole is delicious. Admittedly I modified the original recipe quite a bit to make it healthier; the original recipe checked in at >1000 calories per serving (calculating based on 6 servings 22 Weight watchers points. I managed to cut about half the calories, bringing it down to WW points of 12.

My modifications:
Used 12 oz of chicken
Cut butter by half to 3 Tbsp and sprayed the casserole dish with oilive oil spray rather than buttering it
Substituted evaporated milk for the cream (this volume can be cut back likely to 1.5 cups given there is less rice; the rice will also have extra water that should be drained before combining
Decreased the rice to 1 cup
Decreased gruyere to 6 ounces

All in all, a great recipe that will be on our regular rotation---I love the show, one of my favorites.

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I was really excited to try this recipe because it was right up my family's alley! I substituted Gruyere for Smoked Gouda and it turned out wonderfully! My 18 month old couldn't get enough! It was a great meal to make ahead. I got everything ready earlier in the day and popped it in the oven at dinner time and it was ready in 15 minutes! I'll definitely make this one again!

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I couldn't wait to try this. The flavors were excellent - very rich and creamy. The one thing I would do differently next time is to decrease or omit the brown sugar and just use the cranberries- perhaps even dried cranberries - on top. My family loves mushrooms so I would also add more mushrooms- I used crimini mushrooms and everyone loved them. I also used half & half instead of the heavy cream and that worked well. Good recipe for company.

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This recipe sounds delicious, but I would like to use it with less fat. Any suggestions? Half and half instead of heavy cream? Olive oil instead of butter? Please send your suggestions.

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I can not wait to cook this recipe tonight. My family will enjoy having a delicious meal . The ingredients are in the pantry. I can follow the easy directions. This recipe goes in my file for company recipes.