It also tastes just as good left over as it did the first time. I have no idea where this recipe originated, because we started making it years ago.
Here is what you will need:
1 nice size head of broccoli, cooked just until tender and chopped into small pieces or 1 12 oz. bag of frozen broccoli florets, cooked a minute or two less than the package directions and drained well
5 Tbs. butter, divided
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
2 cups cooked rice
1 can cream of chicken soup
8 oz. Velveeta cheese, cubed small
3/4 cup half and half or milk
1/2 tsp. seasoned salt
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
1 sleeve of Ritz crackers, crushed
Saute the onion and celery in 2 Tbs. of butter just until slightly soft.

Recipe variation: You can add 2 cups chopped chicken and 1 cup milk or half and half instead of 3/4 to make this a main dish casserole and it is really good! You could also use some of your left over turkey!
This sounds super. I like to add at least part of a bag of broccoli "slaw" as a filler to pack even more broccoli flavor into the casserole.
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