Green Chile-Cheese Rice Casserole

I love cooking with brown rice but I tend to get bored with the same rice recipes. I found this recipe and wanted to try it out. The original recipe looked good but I went with suggestions and added a few things to zest it up. Let me know what you think of this delicious dish.

Green Chile-Cheese Rice Casserole
Serves 4-6
Adapted from: http://www.meals.com/Recipes/Green-Chile-Cheese-Rice-Casserole.aspx?recipeid=27724

Ingredients:
1 tablespoon light butter or margarine
1 small onion, chopped
4 cups cooked brown rice or white rice - prefer brown rice because of the whole grains
2 cups or 8 oz shredded reduced fat sharp cheddar cheese
1 10oz package of frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained of excess water
1 1/2 cups fat free or reduced fat sour cream
3 (4 oz) cans diced green chiles
3/4 cup Fat free or reduced fat evaporated milk
pepper for seasoning purposes
1 large jalapeno - seeded and diced - optional
1 can Original Rotel, drained - optional

Directions:
-Preheat oven to 375 degrees and lightly grease a 2-quart casserole dish. I sprayed it with nonstick cooking spray.
-In a large, nonstick skillet, melt butter. Add onion; cook and stir occassionally until the onions are sauteed.
-Remove the skillet from the heat source and add in the rice, 1 1/2 cups shredded cheese, spinach, sour cream, chiles, evaporated milk, black pepper, jalapenos, and rotel.
-Spoon mixture into prepared casserole dish
-Bake for 45-50 minutes or until bubbly around the edges. Once finished baking, top with remaining shredded cheese and return to oven to melt the cheese on top.
-Serve

Enjoy! :)