I needed to bake more with halva after tasting Ottolenghi’s walnut halva cake. It is quite delicious. Halva and tahini were added to this apple cake recipe that I modified to accommodate them.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 35 mins |
| Additional Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups water
- 1 ½ cups uncooked instant rice
- 2 large cooked chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 head broccoli, cut into florets
- 2 (10.5 ounce) cans condensed cream of broccoli soup
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tablespoon Italian-seasoned bread crumbs
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 (8 ounce) package shredded Cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Bring water to a boil in a saucepan. Add rice, stir, cover, and remove from the heat. Let sit until water is absorbed, about 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
- Transfer rice to a casserole dish and mix with chicken and broccoli.
- Combine condensed soup, milk, bread crumbs, garlic powder, and pepper in a mixing bowl; mix until well combined. Add to the casserole dish along with 1/2 of the Cheddar cheese; mix to combine. Sprinkle remaining Cheddar over top.
- Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until heated through and bubbly, about 30 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 450 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 36 g |
| Cholesterol | 95 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 33 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 930 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 19 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Easy and fast if you have left over chicken. I used cream of mushroom and added a layer of breadcrumbs under the cheese to give it crunch. Will make again
Very good recipe for a weeknight dinner! I have made this two ways; one exactly as written and one with less cheese. To make it a bit healthier I did cut back on the cheese and only used 1 can of soup. Still very tasty.
This is really delicious! I expected to need more seasoning, but it worked great as is. Though I couldn’t find cream of broccoli soup so I used Campbell’s condensed broccoli cheese soup. That was a great choice.