Chicken a la King (My Way)

Ok, for all of you who love a simple easy meal this is it. :)
There are two ways that I have done this meal.
1. You can use left overs
2. Or you can make it from scratch, which is how I did the one tonight.

Using leftovers:
Preheat oven to 350
Get a big casserole dish, no need to spray it or anything. Get out any chicken you have left over from a meal, cut it into small cubes and put into casserole dish. Then get any left over rice you may have and add that to the meat.
Get out one to two cans of cream of chicken soup(concentrated) depending on how much you want to make. Add a can of water per can of soup.
Cut up any left over onion, celery you may have and add that as well. Also add peas and corn, as much as you like.
Optionally add a cup of Montery jack cheese or your favorite kind.
Then take a big spoon and mix it all together and then spread flat in the pan.
Either cover with a light coating of bread crumbs or cheese.
Cover with foil and place in the oven for 20 to 30 minutes until bubbling.
Place aside to sit for ten minutes before serving.

From scratch!!
Preheat oven to 400
Place 4 frozen boneless chicken breast in a baking dish.
Drizzle a little olive oil, sprinkle with pepper, salt, garlic, and any herbs you choose. I use herbe de province.
Then place the chicken in the oven for about 30 minutes or until cooked through(no pink).
While the chicken is cooking, prepare the rice.
I use a rice cooker but feel free to make it however you want and is easiest for you. You want to have about six cups of cooked rice.

To make the cream of chicken sauce, get a big sauce pan and put about 6 cups of milk in the pan and heat on low. Add a cup of margerine or butter, some pepper and garlic, and two cubes of chicken bouillon. Stir until chicken cubes and butter is all mixed in with the milk. Then start to slowly sprinkle some flour into the milk and stir with a whisk until the mixture starts to thicken. Continue to whisk mixture for a minute then turn off and set aside.

Turn oven down to 350
Once chicken is finished mix rice, and cut up chicken together. Add any veggies you like, I added corn, peas, celery, and onion. A cup of your favorite cheese is optional, i recommend montery jack. Then mix together with the sauce and spread flat. Poke holes in casserole and spread a 1/2 cup of milk on the top till it seeps into the wholes.

Cover with cheese or bread crumps, foil wrap and place in the oven for 20 minutes or till bubbling. let stand for 10 minutes before eating.

The biscuits were my rendition of a betty crocker baking powder biscuit recipe.
Preheat oven to 400

2 cups flour
3 teaspoons Baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
mix these dry ingredients together
I supstitute shortening for margerine and whisk in a 1/2 cup of that to the dry mix. Stir until fine crumbles then mix in milk till a soft dough. Instead of folding and letting rise, I drop the dough into a twelve cupcake holder and bake for ten minutes till golden brown.  Make sure you butter and flour the cupcake pan before you drop the mix in.
Simple and easy.

~Brittany