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easy cheesy broccoli and rice

Lisak73 avatar
Recipe by
Lisa Walker
@Lisak73
Temagami, ON

My kids always want cheesy rice and the package stuff is so full so much garbage and well its so expensive so this is what I came up with, add more cheese if you want but it was really good :) You can use regular rice or Minute rice with this recipe

yield 6 serving(s)
method Stove Top

Ingredients For easy cheesy broccoli and rice

  • 3 cups minute rice
  • 1 head of broccoli cut up small
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • 2 heaping tbsp flour
  • 2 cups milk
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 cup shredded cheese

How To Make easy cheesy broccoli and rice

  • 1
    Cook your rice according to package details with broccoli
  • 2
    In a small sauce pan make your cheese sauce, with the Ingredients listed above which is 2 tbsp butter 2 heaping tbsp flour melt butter add flour and whisk, pour in 2 cups milk add salt n pepper to taste, whisk constantly on med high heat till thickened, remove from heat and stir in 1 cup of shredded cheese.
  • 3
    Pour cheese sauce over rice and broccoli and mix well ~ENJOY~
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