Easypeasy Essentials Scrummy Chicken Rice Recipes

EASY/PEASY ESSENTIALS: SCRUMMY CHICKEN & RICE

Steps:

• PREP/PREPARE
• You will need a saucepan with a lid to cook the rice, and a small skillet to make the chicken.
• The Chicken I am using breast (white) meat; however, you could use thighs, or even leg meat. Up to you.
• Gather your ingredients (mise en place).
• Add the rice to the saucepan and cook according to your usual method. When cooked squeeze a bit of lemon juice on it.
• Rice cooking times usually run about 20 minutes. This gives us ample time to make the chicken.
• Dice the chicken.
• Add the butter and oil to a skillet over medium heat, when the butter melts, give the pan a swirl, then add the diced chicken.
• Sprinkle with a bit of salt and pepper, and stir until cooked, about 6 - 8 minutes.
• If you want to make it a bit crisper, then turn up the heat a bit and stir until it begins to brown. But be careful, chicken; especially white meat, can become dry if overcooked. I HATE it when that happens.
• PLATE/PRESENT
• Add half the rice to a bowl, and top with half the diced chicken. Add some of the optional items, if desired. Enjoy.
• Keep the faith, and keep cooking.

EASY CHICKEN & MINUTE RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (see baking instructions for alternate methods).
• Mix the 2 cans of soup, 1 can milk, and 1 cup of uncooked rice together. Add salt & pepper to taste.
• Pour above mixture into a 13x9x2 casserole dish.
• Cut the chicken into strips (about the width of a chicken tender/finger).
• Push the chicken strips down into the soup & rice mixture in the casserole dish so they are completely emerged.
• Sprinkle top with lemon pepper/salt/black pepper.
• Bake at 350 degrees 35-40 minutes or until chicken is finished. NOTE that cooking time will vary depending on how you choose to cut up the chicken. If using whole chicken breasts cook at 375 degrees for 45 minutes, or until finished.
• You may also choose to make this in a crock pot, if so, cook on low 7-8 hours.
• My family loves this recipe and it is SOOOO easy to make, plus I usually have all of these ingredients on hand which makes for a quick meal.
• I love the flavors of the rice so much that sometimes I will make it without the chicken as a quick and easy side dish!