Creamy Vegan Broccoli Wild Rice Casserole

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You will LOVE this Creamy Vegan Broccoli Wild Rice Casserole! I switch it up a bit and add crumbled crispy fried onions to the top a la green bean casserole. SO good.

Bite shot of the Creamy Vegan Broccoli Wild Rice Casserole

How to make Creamy Vegan Broccoli Wild Rice Casserole

The first step is to dice onions. I prefer these finely diced. Even though we’ll be sauteeing them, no one wants to bite into a big piece of onion!

Diced onions with a knife on a cutting board

I also finely diced carrots and celery, sauteeing them in a bit of oil until they become tender.

Diced onions, carrots and celery sauteeing

The type of mushroom you use is up to you. I just used a button or cremini mushroom, stems removed, cleaned and diced.

Whole button mushrooms

Add the mushrooms to the sauteeing vegetables and cook until tender. The mushrooms will release some moisture and you’ll want to cook that off.

Diced vegetables and mushrooms in a saute pan

AFTER the mushrooms are cooked, add salt…

1/4 teaspoon of salt being added to sauteed vegetables

and pepper, to taste.

1/4 teaspoon of pepper being added to sauteed vegetables

Two tablespoons of flour are added to the vegetables and cooked for 1-2 minutes. This will cook off that raw flour taste.

Adding 2 tablespoons of flour to sauteed vegetables

A word about vegetable broth…

Add your broth. This is a good time to reiterate why I love Imagine brand broth. This is NOT and look how pale it is. If you can find the Imagine brand, it is rich, dark and very flavorful. I wasn’t able to find it this day ;(

Adding broth to pan of sauteed vegetables

After the broth is added, it’s time for the “cream”. You have several options here. I used a vegan almondmilk creamer, but you could just use almondmilk or even canned coconut milk.

Pre-cook the wild rice blend…

I bought a wild and long grain rice mix. I prefer it to an all wild rice casserole, but I’ll leave that up to you. Add the COOKED rice to the cream and bring to a boil.

Adding cream and wild rice mix to sauteed vegetables

At this point, you’ll want to boil the sauce until it thickens.

Bring cream mixture to a boil to reduce

While that is happening, I cooked up some frozen broccoli florets until they were just barely tender. They’ll continue cooking in the oven.

Steamed broccoli

I scatter them evenly over the casserole and then press them into the sauce. The reason I do it this way is so that every bite gets broccoli in it.

Place broccoli and rice mixture in a casserole dish

The last step is to top the casserole with something crunchy. I used fried onions because they are simply delicious. My favorite! But you could also mix some panko bread crumbs together with melted vegan margarine and use that as your topping.

Adding fried onions to the top of the Creamy Vegan Broccoli Wild Rice Casserole

The casserole is better as it sets and even better the next day. Be sure to give it at least 10 minutes before serving. This allows everything to bind together and be less fluid.

NOTE: If you prefer a thicker casserole, cut back on the creamer by a few tablespoons and/or reduce the cream in the saute pan further than I did. I thought it turned out great and can’t wait to enjoy the leftovers tomorrow!

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