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We’re sharing this Easy Chicken & Rice recipe as part of a sponsored post for Reynolds™ heat & eat containers. All opinions are 100% mine.
Back in the days when I was still a single gal, I often made quick and easy meals like this Easy Chicken & Rice on Sundays for dinner – then I would pack up the leftovers, and bring them for lunch to eat at work for the next day or two!
It was a way for me to save money (buying lunch out every day can get expensive) – plus a way to save time in the morning (just grab lunch out of the refrigerator and go!)
Fast forward to now – and we STILL make this delicious Easy Chicken & Rice! It cooks up in about 30 minutes and this one bowl meal is packed full of fantastic flavors! But now – after we’ve enjoyed this Easy Chicken & Rice – we’re using Reynolds™ heat & eat containers to pack up our leftovers!
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Easy Chicken & Rice
Ingredients
- 2 large boneless chicken breasts (approximately 2 to 2 1/2 pounds total), cut into halves (4 pieces)
- 1 tablespoon mixed dried herbs (we used a mix of rosemary, thyme, sage and parsley) – 2 tablespoons of mixed fresh herbs may be substituted
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/2 cups carrot ,diced
- 1 cup onion, diced
- 1/4 cup celery, minced fine
- 1 cup Texmati rice
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 1 cup frozen peas, thawed to room temperature
- Kosher salt, to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Place the boneless chicken breasts in a foil-lined baking dish. Sprinkle herbs, salt and pepper generously over the top of the breasts and roast until cooked through and tender, approximately 20-25 minutes.
- While the chicken roasts, in a saucepan with a lid, melt butter over medium high heat then add carrots, onion and celery and sauté until tender – approximately 5 minutes. Add rice and sauté for two more minutes stirring often. Add bay leaf, pour in chicken stock and bring to a boil. Cover with lid and reduce heat to a simmer, cooking rice until tender (approximately 12 minutes.) When rice is tender, add peas and stir. Cover and allow to sit for a few minutes in order for the peas to heat through. Remove and discard bay leaf.
- Remove chicken from the oven and place on a cutting board. Pour juices from roasted chicken into the pot of rice and vegetable. Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized chunks, then stir into rice.
- Add salt and pepper to taste if desired. Serve immediately
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Notes
This recipe calls for cooked chicken which is mixed in at the end. Feel free to substitute a supermarket rotisserie chicken if you don’t have time to cook the chicken. If using pre-cooked chicken, skip the steps below to roast your own.
Love this meal – the chicken looks so tender & the broccoli, vibrant and delicious – YUM! Wanted to pop by from #FoodieFriDIY and thank you for linking up & also let you know I’m featuring your lovely recipe on the link up this week!
Thanks Elizabeth! I don’t recall linking up but thank you for the feature!
I made your Chicken and Rice recipe for dinner tonight. OMG, so delicious!! I didn’t have all the spices for the chicken so I used Herbes de Provence, and instead of white rice, I used brown rice and also added 2 tbsp of fresh chopped parsley to the rice mixture. Just delicious. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I love it!!!
Thanks Anna – Sounds like some delicious substitutions! So glad you enjoyed the recipe!
First this easy chicken rice looks awesome! Second those containers make it so easy to transport food! I need to get my hands on a few 🙂
I often do a version of chicken and rice during the week and bring the leftovers to work – but mine are in these glass containers and they can be a pain in the butt sometimes. I love that these are able to be heated in the micro and are better on the environment.