Chicken And Wild Rice Casserole

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/3 cups wild rice, cooked
• 4 1/2 tablespoons butter
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 3 1/2 cups chicken broth
• 3 -4 tablespoons shallots, minced
• 1 lb mushroom, thinly sliced
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 3 cups cooked chicken breasts, cubed
• 1 cup dried cranberries or 1 cup cherries

Recipe

• 1 preparation:
• 2 preheat oven to 400°. in a heavy saucepan melt 3 1/2 tablespoons of butter over moderately low heat. add flour and cook, whisking for 3 minutes. add broth, bring mixture to a boil, and simmer it, whisking occasionally for 15 minutes.
• 3 while sauce is simmering, in a skillet cook shallots and mushrooms in the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until most of the liquid is evaporated.
• 4 add mushroom mixture to sauce and stir in cream, nutmeg, lemon juice, chicken, cranberries or cherries, rice, and salt and pepper to taste.
• 5 transfer mixture to a 13 x 9-inch baking dish and bake casserole covered, in the middle of preheated oven for 20 minutes.
• 6 uncover, bake casserole for 15- 25 additional minutes, or until most of the liquid has been absorbed. garnish casserole with additional cherries or cranberries.