Dinner: Cat Cora's Chili Cheese Rice Casserole

Recipe by Cat Cora This is feed-a-crowd food: filling, hearty, satisfying, and easy to put together. It's not a fancy recipe, but bring it to your next potluck and there won't be a bit left when you go to pick up your dish.

Ingredients

1 tbsp. olive oil
1 tbsp. minced garlic
1 red bell pepper
1 small yellow onion
2 tbsp. chicken broth
4 c. long-grain white rice
1 c. fresh corn
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can green chilis
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper
1/2 tsp. chili powder
3/4 c. Cheddar cheese

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Pour olive oil into a 3 1/2-quart casserole dish.
In a large sauté pan or skillet, sauté garlic, bell pepper, and onion until lightly browned, about 5 minutes. Stir in chicken broth, cooked rice, whole kernel corn, tomatoes, green chilis, salt, pepper, and chili powder and stir well. Spoon mixture into prepared casserole dish.
Cover with foil and bake in preheated oven 15 minutes. Pull back foil, sprinkle cheddar cheese over top of rice, re-cover with foil, and bake 5 minutes more. Remove dish from oven, uncover, and let stand 10 minutes before serving.

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