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    Emma Hilty's Famous Amish Chicken and Rice

    Published: Jul 16, 2021 · Updated: Jul 16, 2021 by Kevin Williams | 8 Comments

    This is another recipe in my deep box of recipes from various Amish cooks.  Famous Amish Chicken and Rice comes from an Amish woman, Emma Hilty, in Kansas and sounds very tasty, a wonderful mix of seasonings and crunch.  So if you are angling for a hearty, early autumn supper, this is one that is worth sampling!  By the way, there is an ingredient in the recipe that says "chicken flavoring"....honestly, I'm not 100 percent sure what that means.  I'm sure some of our more experienced cooks will know.  I was thinking maybe bouillon but I'm not sure.  You can also by McCormick's powdered "chicken seasoning", but I am not sure if that is what that means. Anyone have any ideas?

    Recipes like this are actually a dime a dozen on Amish farms. But, that doesn’t make them any less delicious. To me, when I have dinner at an Amish home there’s nothing better than spooning out a heaping piling plate for this type of casserole. It’s literally got a little bit of everything in it.  So that’s one common way to eat supper in an Amish home, the other way is just sort of buffet style. Food will be put out on the countertop or table top, various dishes of various things and people just go through and pile their plates. Man, it’s been a while since I’ve had dinner in an Amish home and I’ll have to partake in that soon.

    The recipe card below was given to me by an Amish woman years ago. She is from the Adams County, Indiana community. Processed foods like Velveeta cheese, lunchmeat and Mountain Dew are more popular there than in other Amish settlements.

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    Famous Amish Chicken and Rice

    So, let's get to the recipe. This is a wonderful, saucy, cheesy-rice-y bundle of deliciousness. By the way, this recipe calls for Velveeta cheese and I a sure it would be super with that saucy cheese. But my parents, who made this recipe, are not big Velveeta cheese fans so they used shredded cheese in its place and it did fine.

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    nothing like a bed of saucy rice!
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    This meal really is great as a stand-alone plate-piler, but this time of year it'd pair well with some corn on the cob or fresh fruit.

    🐔Famous Chicken and Rice Ingredients

    • 4 cups cooked rice
    • 1 /4 cup melted butter
    • 2 cups milk
    • 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
    • ¼ teaspoon pepper
    • ¼ cup flour
    • 2 teaspoons chicken flavoring
    • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
    • 4-5 cups of chicken (boneless)
    • 12 ounces Velveeta cheese
    • 2 cups sour cream
    • 1 /4 cup melted butter
    • 1 package Ritz crackers (crushed)

    📋Chicken and Rice Instructions

    1. Put cooked rice into a 9 X 13 greased pan.
    2. Mix next 7 ingredients and cook until thickened.
    3. Pour over rice
    4. Put cooked chicken on top of sauce.
    5. Melt Velveeta a little and stir in sour cream and put on top of chicken.
    6. Top with crushed Ritz crackers that are mixed with the melted butter.
    7. Bake at 350 until heated through, about 30 mins.
    8. Delicious!

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    Rice with a Tex-Mex twist

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    The Bishop's Sour Cream Rice Bake

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    Famous Amish Chicken and Rice

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    Ingredients
      

    • 4 cups rice
    • ¼ cup butter melted
    • 2 cups milk
    • 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
    • ¼ teaspoon pepper
    • ¼ cup flour
    • 2 teaspoons chicken flavoring
    • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
    • 5 cups chicken boneless chunks
    • 12 ounces Velveeta You can use shredded Cheddar as a substitut
    • 2 cups sour cream
    • ¼ cup melted butter
    • 1 package Ritz crackers crushed

    Instructions
     

    • Put cooked rice into a 9 X 13 greased pan.
    • Mix next 7 ingredients and cook until thickened.
    • Pour over rice
    • Put cooked chicken on top of sauce.
    • Melt Velveeta a little and stir in sour cream and put on top of chicken.
    • Top with crushed Ritz crackers that are mixed with the melted butter.
    • Bake at 350 until heated through, about 30 mins.
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    Comments

    1. Cindy

      September 11, 2015 at 1:28 pm

      Can this be made on the top of the stove or in a crockpot? Also can the recipe be cut in half? Enjoy your recipes and articles. Look forward to your reply. I can't wait to make.
      Thank you
      Cindy

      Reply
      • Kevin

        September 11, 2015 at 1:34 pm

        Cindy, the recipe card doesn't say anything about that...but I would think a Crockpot version or stovetop version would be delicious and definitely doable!

        Reply
        • Cindy

          September 11, 2015 at 2:09 pm

          Thank you for your quick reply. Will let you know how it turns out
          I think I m going to half the recipe
          Thank you
          Cindy

    2. Betsy

      September 11, 2015 at 4:00 pm

      Sounds yummy. I would say powdered chicken broth or bouillon for the chicken flavoring.

      Reply
    3. Kay

      September 11, 2015 at 4:39 pm

      Kevin, I buy a powdered "chicken broth" from my local Amish food store. It is very similar to chicken bullion.
      To Cindy . . . . I think this would be easy to make 1/2 a recipe. But I think you would lose the good crunch of the Ritz cracker/butter topping if you didn't bake it in an oven.

      Reply
      • Kevin

        September 11, 2015 at 4:44 pm

        Kay, superb point about losing the crunch if you don't bake it....

        Reply
    4. Sharon McAlvain

      August 27, 2017 at 2:36 am

      Does the pg of Ritz Crackers mean a box or a sleeve?

      Reply
      • Kevin

        August 28, 2017 at 10:23 am

        A sleeve, Sharon...sorry for the delay in responding!

        Reply

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