Marie Callender's Cheesy Chicken & Rice

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Marie Callender's Cheesy Chicken & Rice

Looks: Like someone had already chewed it and spit it back into the bowl. Where are the nice big strips of chicken? Where are the fresh broccoli florets? Where is the creamy cheese sauce? Nowhere to be found. The biggest piece of chicken was perhaps a third the size of the pieces pictured on the box, and even before cooking, the cheese sauce was mixed into the rice. I almost didn't eat it because of how it looked. 1 out of 5

Taste: Even worse than it looks. I was able to stomach four bites before I threw the rest out; because of the way that the cheese sauce gums up the rice and traps the chicken and vegetables in a web of disgusting cheeserice, the entire dish tastes and feels the same - like crap. 0 out of 5


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Name (6:55 AM on Wed Sep 23, 2009)

You overcooked it. I buy this thing ALL the time and mine never comes out looking like that. I think it's absolutely delicious, the only Marie Callender meal that hasn't turned to complete crap since the economic decline (and therefore cheapening of ingredients). Oh sure, the chicken isn't as big as it is on the box, but it's delicious all the same, in my opinion.
Try MC's Chicken Alfredo with Broccoli (I forget the exact name of the dish), THAT is some awful stuff, the sauce is like water.

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Anonymous (11:04 PM on Tue Nov 17, 2009)

I agree, it is overcooked in the picture and the meal is really one of the best!

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Name (7:47 PM on Wed Sep 23, 2009)

You should try the Marie Callender's pot pies.



I tried one a few days back because it was on sale or had a coupon or something.



I wish I had a cheep Banquet one...

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K_Sull (2:50 PM on Wed Sep 30, 2009)

I've eaten this once before and have sworn to never eat it again. I don't care how you cook it -- this is pure crap in a plastic bowl.

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Anonymous (5:23 PM on Fri Jan 1, 2010)

just for the way it looks... i will never EVER put that vomit looking paste crap in my mouth!
simply disgusting.

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