The Char-Broil Big Easy is a great cooker. I can treat it like a grill. Or an (oil-less) deep-fryer. And I can bake in it. This broccoli rice casserole on the Char-Broil Big Easy starts as your standard make-in-the-oven recipe. No magic occurring here. No strange tools required. Just a pan, a Big Easy and some simple ingredients. And great results.
I did use a bunk bed basket when I made this dish. I just think it makes everything easier to get in and out of the cooker. So, I use it whenever I can. It’s perfect for lifting this casserole out. I don’t have to worry about the pan collapsing on me.
Cheesy Greatness
This broccoli rice casserole on the Char-Broil Big Easy is packed with creamy cheesy yumminess. It takes no time at all to put together. And not much time to cook, either.
I was able to fit the entire recipe amount into a single 8″ Dutch oven disposable pan. It was close, though. You might be a little over. If so you can just divide the mixture between two pans and cook them separately.
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Broccoli Rice Casserole on the Char-Broil Big Easy
Ingredients
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- ¼ cup onion diced
- ¼ cup celery diced
- 16 ounces frozen chopped broccoli thawed
- 10 ¾ ounce cream of mushroom soup undiluted
- 10 ¾ ounce cream of celery soup undiluted
- ⅓ cup half and half
- 1 ¼ cup Velveeta cubed
- 3 cups rice cooked. about 1 cup uncooked
Instructions
- Spray the pan with non-stick spray.
- Melt the butter in a large skillet or medium pot over medium-high heat.
- Add the onion and celery and cook until soft, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the soups and half and half.
- Add the cheese cubes and stir until melted.
- Stir in the rice.
- Fire up your Big Easy.
- While the Big Easy is heating, place the pan into a Big Easy bunk bed basket.
- Spoon the mixture into the pan. The pan will be very full. If you cannot fit all of the mixture into the pan divide it between two pans and bake separately.
- Lower the bunk bed basket into the Big Easy basket and attach at the sides.
- Transfer the basket to the Big Easy and cook for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until hot and bubbly.
- Carefully remove the basket from the Big Easy. Then remove the bunk bed basket.
- Make sure you support the bottom of the aluminum pan when handling it.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate.
