Chicken Thighs And Rice Casserole Recipes

EASY CHICKEN THIGHS AND RICE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F and get 9 by 13" casserole dish ready by placing it on the table.
• Using a skillet, add 5 chopped bacon strips and saute until golden color about 5 minutes. Next remove bacon grease leaving about 1 tablespoon inside the skillet add 1 tablespoon butter (Or remove all of the bacon grease and add 2 tablespoon of butter!) and 1 chopped onion. Saute onion with bacon until onion is soft about 9 minutes, stirring few times.
• Now, add 3 finely chopped garlic cloves and saute for 1 minutes, stirring few times. Place 1 1/2 cup of rice and saute onion with bacon into a casserole dish.
• Using small dish, mix all spices together. Rub 1/2 of the spice mixture onto both sides of the chicken thighs and the rest of the spice mixture add it to the casserole to flavor the rice. Pour in 2 3/4 cups of homemade chicken broth. Stir the rice and broth try it, and add more salt if needed.
• Place chicken on top the rice, cover the casserole and bake for about 30 minutes. After uncover (grease chicken thighs with oil or melted butter, to get that golden color), then bake for 20 more minutes.
• Grease chicken again with oil & broil on high for 3-5 minutes. Sprinkle with freshly chopped greens like parsley and enjoy!

CHICKEN RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F.
• Combine the flour, salt, and pepper on a shallow plate and mix. Roll the drumsticks in the flour mixture to coat.
• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat and brown the drumsticks in several batches, turning each several times, about 5 to 6 minutes. The drumsticks will be ready to turn when they release easily from the skillet.
• Meanwhile, place the rice, more salt and pepper, onion, and garlic in a 13 x 9-inch glass baking dish . Add the carrots, celery, red bell pepper, and hot chicken broth along with melted butter to the rice mixture in the dish and stir well. Make sure that the rice is completely covered with the liquid. Place the bay leaves on top of the rice mixture.
• Arrange the browned chicken drumsticks on top of the rice mixture and sprinkle with the cheese.
• Cover the baking dish and bake at 350 F for 45 minutes. Then uncover and bake for 15 to 20 minutes longer or until the chicken is thoroughly cooked to 165 F as measured with a meat thermometer, and the rice is tender.
• Remove and discard the bay leaves. Serve the chicken with the rice mixture.
• Enjoy!

OVEN BAKED CHICKEN AND RICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F.
• Scatter onion and garlic in a baking dish (about 10 x 15" / 25 x 35 cm), then place butter in the centre. Bake for 15 minutes (check at 12 minutes, mix if some bits are browning too much).
• Meanwhile, mix together Chicken Rub. Sprinkle on both sides of the chicken.
• Remove baking dish from the oven. Add rice then mix.
• Place chicken on rice. Then pour chicken broth and water around the chicken.
• Cover with foil, then bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil, spray chicken with oil (optional, gives chicken nicer finish), then bake for a further 20 minutes until liquid is absorbed.
• Stand for 5 minutes, then remove chicken and fluff up rice. Garnish with parsley or thyme if desired, serve and enjoy!

CHICKEN AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray a 9x13 baking dish with vegetable oil spray.
• Heat a large pot on medium high heat.
• Add chicken broth, unsalted butter, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, black pepper, garlic and onion together and stir together well.
• Bring to a boil then turn off the heat.
• Add in the rice and chicken and stir well until coated.
• Pour mixture into baking dish and cover with foil.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes.
• Let sit for ten minutes before removing foil.