{"id":5817,"date":"2012-12-11T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T06:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=5817"},"modified":"2012-12-11T00:01:49","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T06:01:49","slug":"gchwhats-on-your-plate-cheesy-chicken-and-rice-with-bacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2012\/12\/11\/gchwhats-on-your-plate-cheesy-chicken-and-rice-with-bacon\/","title":{"rendered":"GCH:What\u2019s on Your Plate? \u2013 Cheesy Chicken and Rice with Bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Cheesy<\/a>

Cheesy Chicken and Rice with Bacon<\/p><\/div>\n

What you need:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1\/2 lb bacon (save 2 tbsp bacon grease), crumbled<\/p>\n

4 tbsp butter<\/p>\n

1\/4 cup all purpose flour<\/p>\n

1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/p>\n

1\/4 teaspoon black pepper<\/p>\n

1\/4 teaspoon chili powder<\/p>\n

1 1\/2 cups chicken broth<\/p>\n

1 1\/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese<\/p>\n

2 cups cooked, shredded chicken<\/p>\n

4 cups cooked white rice<\/p>\n

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (for topping)<\/p>\n

9×13 casserole dish<\/p>\n

skillet for cooking bacon<\/p>\n

medium saucepan<\/p>\n

whisk<\/p>\n

large spoon<\/p>\n

Instructions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Cook bacon, drain and set aside.\u00a0 Reserve 2 tablespoons of bacon grease.\u00a0 After bacon has cooled, crumble into pieces.<\/p>\n

Place butter into a medium saucepan over medium heat.\u00a0 Once melted, whisk in flour, pepper, salt, and chili powder until smooth and bubbly.\u00a0 Slowly whisk in chicken broth.\u00a0 Increase heat to high while whisking broth until thickened.\u00a0 Reduce heat to low and stir in 1 1\/2 cups of cheddar cheese.\u00a0 Reduce heat to a simmer and set aside.<\/p>\n

Put shredded chicken and cooked rice in a casserole dish and mix in the 2 tablespoons of reserved bacon grease.\u00a0 Add cheese sauce, mix to combine all ingredients.\u00a0 Top with 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, then top with crumbled bacon.\u00a0 Place under oven’s broiler for 3-5 minutes until cheese is melted.\u00a0 Serve immediately.<\/p>\n

Makes 4-6 servings.<\/p>\n

God is great, God is good… let us thank Him for our food! \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

<3 Shauna<\/p>\n

PS – you can also find Shauna on her personal website, www.workhomeplay.net<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What you need: 1\/2 lb bacon (save 2 tbsp bacon grease), crumbled 4 tbsp butter 1\/4 cup all purpose flour 1\/2 teaspoon salt 1\/4 teaspoon black pepper 1\/4 teaspoon chili powder 1 1\/2 cups chicken broth 1 1\/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese 2 cups cooked, shredded chicken 4 cups cooked white rice 1 cup shredded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":5818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[113,184,190,194,198,417,425,641,644,724,871,899],"class_list":["post-5817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at-home-with-gch","tag-bacon","tag-casserole","tag-cheese","tag-chicken","tag-chicken-recipes","tag-gchwhats-on-your-plate","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-main-dish-recipes","tag-main-entree-recipes","tag-online-bible-study","tag-recipe","tag-rice","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/photo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-1vP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}