UN-Cashew Chicken Casserole

So, I've been dying to try a recipe my leader, Nancy, handed out.

It's for Cashew Chicken Casserole.

Let's just say it looks and sounds heavenly!

My only problem was that it's 10 pts for 1/4 recipe and it's made in an 8x8 pan.

So, for that reason I actually decided to cut the cashews(2 oz=11 pts) and olive oil(1 Tbsp=4 pts).  I know it's kinda sad because cashews are so yummy but I know I want to be able to eat more of this.

Since brown rice is an additional 1 point per cup, and I had Jasmine on hand, I used that instead as well.

I also left out the green onions and added in more regular diced onion.

Why? you ask.  Because tonight I'm just too lazy to go to the store so I just used what I had on hand.

You remember my last posts right?

I'm a chow hound!  I love food and lots of it!

So, I generally slim things down so I can get more volume in.

I have to be careful with casseroles.  If they're too good I want to eat way more than one portion so sometimes I just make ones that are much lower in points so that I can have more.

Hey, it's just the way it is.  I'm a really hungry girl!


Ingredients

1 yellow onion diced

2 cups canned, chopped chicken breast, drained(I used Wal-Mart's Great Value brand)

1 1/2 pre-cooked Jasmine rice(to be honest, Jasmine is my favorite!)

3/4 cup thinly sliced celery

5 oz of diced, drained water chestnuts

1 (10.5 oz) can 98% fat free cream of mushroom soup(5 pts for the entire can)

2 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce

1/2 cup chow mein noodles

broth of choice to cook with in lieu of oil


Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 F.

Spray an 8x8 pan with cooking spray.

Saute onion and celery in a skillet sprayed with cooking spray.  Use broth as needed to prevent sticking or scorching.

Cook until tender.

Combine onion, celery, chicken, rice, water chestnuts, soup and soy sauce in a large bowl.

Pour into prepared pan and bake for 30 minutes uncovered.

Remove from the oven and top with chow mein noodles.

Bake an additional 5 minutes.

Here's how my changes change the points~

I set this to serve only 2 so I get to eat a whole half of it!!!  Woo hoo!

With my changes, half of the pan is only 11 pts!


And the result...

OH MY GOSH!  SO GOOD!!!!

This, my friends, is a keeper!

I definitely wanted to chow down on this one.

But, hey, you can decide on points yourself.  That's the beauty of this plan.

If you want to spend more and can control yourself better than me, and if you don't require as much bulk as I do to get full then more power to you!

You make it work for you!

In whatever quantity you eat it this will be deeeeelicious!!!

Happy Cooking!