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Water Chestnut Chicken and Rice Casserole is a hearty chicken casserole loaded with shredded rotisserie chicken, water chestnuts, almonds, pimentos and instant rice all topped with a buttery Ritz cracker crumb topping.

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Water Chestnut Chicken and Rice Casserole is an easy chicken dinner recipe the whole family will love.

This creamy chicken and rice casserole gets a great crunch from the water chestnuts and almonds.

This chicken casserole with Ritz topping recipe takes about an hour from start to finish and serves six to eight people.

Printable Recipe Card with a Full List of Ingredients and Instructions is Located at the Bottom of the Post.

Be sure to read through the entire post so that you don’t miss out on any important tips and tricks!

To make this water chestnut chicken casserole, I started by dumping a can of cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup and cream of bacon soup into large mixing bowl.

I added some water and milk to the bowl.

I also added some poultry seasoning and garlic salt to the bowl.

I stirred all of the ingredients together well.

I added some shredded chicken to the bowl.

I also added some sliced water chestnuts, sliced almonds and pimentos to the bowl.

I stirred well.

I added some instant rice to the bowl.

I stirred well again.

I sprayed a 9 x 13 inch baking dish well with cooking spray.

I poured the mixture into the baking dish and spread it out evenly.

I placed some Ritz crackers into a large Ziploc bag.

I used a rolling pin to crush the Ritz crackers.

I poured the Ritz cracker crumbs into a mixing bowl.

I added some melted butter to the bowl.

I used a fork to stir the cracker crumbs and butter together well.

Then I sprinkled the Ritz crackers crumbs over the chicken mixture in the baking dish.

I sprinkled some sliced almonds on top of the Ritz crumbs.

I placed the baking dish in the oven and baked the casserole for forty minutes.

Then I removed the dish from the oven and left the casserole to rest for a few minutes.

Then the chicken and rice casserole with almonds was ready to serve.

This creamy chicken casserole is full of flavour.

This hearty rotisserie chicken casserole is the perfect cold weather comfort food.

If you are looking for an easy chicken casserole recipe using instant rice, then you need to try this Water Chestnut Chicken and Rice Casserole!

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PRINTABLE VERSION OF THE RECIPE CAN BE FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE

Ingredients You’ll Need to Make This Water Chestnut Chicken and Rice Casserole:

• 10.5 oz cream of chicken soup
• 10.5 oz cream of mushroom soup
• 10.5 oz cream of bacon soup
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• 3 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
• 8 oz can sliced water chestnuts, drained
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds
• 1/3 cup diced pimentos
• 2 cups instant rice

How to Make Water Chestnut Chicken and Rice Casserole:

• 10.5 oz cream of chicken soup
• 10.5 oz cream of mushroom soup
• 10.5 oz cream of bacon soup
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• 3 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
• 8 oz can sliced water chestnuts, drained
• 1/2 cup sliced almonds
• 1/3 cup diced pimentos
• 2 cups instant rice

Topping

• 1 sleeve Ritz crackers
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/4 cup sliced almonds

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