A One Pan Meal with a 60s comfort food vibe, Forgotten Chicken is a Chicken and Rice Casserole that can be made natural with brown and wild rice!
My kids always love it when I make one of Grandma’s recipes. And I have to admit that many of the old classics rank higher on the comfort food scale than say, Tuscan Kale Salad (though we love that dearly).
So today I’m passing along a re-creation of my mother’s Forgotten Chicken–one that uses more natural ingredients. Happily I had a leg up, since my mother got on the healthy eating bandwagon early and used Uncle Ben’s rather than the more common minute rice.
Now in the spirit of true confession, I did keep the Cream of Mushroom soup from the original. I don’t think that this is particularly unnatural per the ingredient list. And it’s cheap and easy to work with as well as keep in the pantry. But if you’d like to sub that too, you can find plenty of online advice.
Here’s to fall comfort food. And to Grandma! Read more
