Chicken Brunch Bake Recipe

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Chunks of tender chicken add heartiness to this appealing brunch casserole from DeLee Jochum of Dubuque, Iowa. "This was my son's favorite hot lunch meal from high school," she recalls.

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Chicken Brunch Bake Recipe

Prep: 10 min. Bake: 1 hour

Yield: 8 Servings

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Ingredients

9 slices day-old bread, cubed
3 cups chicken broth
4 cups cubed cooked chicken
1/2 cup uncooked instant rice
1/2 cup diced pimientos
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
1-1/2 teaspoons salt, optional
4 eggs, beaten

Directions

In a large bowl, toss bread cubes and broth. Add chicken, rice, pimientos, parsley and salt if desired; mix well. Transfer to a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Pour eggs over all.
Bake, uncovered, at 325° for 1 hour or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Yield: 8 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One serving (prepared with reduced-calorie bread, reduced-sodium broth and egg substitute equivalent to 4 eggs and without salt) equals 179 calories, 4 g fat (0 saturated fat), 44 mg cholesterol, 242 mg sodium, 17 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 19 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 lean meat, 1 starch.

Originally published as Chicken Brunch Bake in Quick Cooking November/December 1999, p17