Darn you, Casey Dog, making me drool on my monitor!
I had a thawed chicken breast and a box of cheesy Rice-a-Roni. I decided to put the chicken breast with the rice and water into the oven in a casserole dish and see what happened. I've done this before with a copper pan and it was always good.
It was good but the rice was way too mushy. It just didn't have a good mouth feel to it. This time I covered the casserole dish and I wonder if that had anything to do with it. I never covered the pan when I did this before. I tried putting bread crumbs on it but realized too late I should have toasted them first.
Anyway, I ate dinner, but decided it really wasn't that good at all and tossed the rest. I rarely throw out food, so you guys know it wasn't that great. I'm only out 1/2 of a small chicken breast and half a box of Rice-a-Roni.
I have another box of cheesy Roni and I'd like to try this again, but I don't know what I'd do differently, except not cover it. Maybe I used too much water or maybe it cooked too long. The flavor wasn't bad, but I'm looking for rice that doesn't have the mouth feel of mashed potatoes. If you guys have any hints, I'm all ears.