Recipe Super Easy Chicken N Rice

Ingredients :

• 2 chicken leg quarters - legs and thighs separated
• 1 cup uncooked white or brown rice (not instant)
• 1 1/2 cup water or low sodium chicken broth
• 1 can low sodium cream of chicken soup
• 1 can low sodium cream of mushroom soup
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 tsp poultry seasoning (up to 1/2 tsp to taste)
• 1 Lawry's Chicken & Poultry Rub

Method :

1. Place uncooked white rice and water or broth into medium sauce pan. Bring to a boil over med-high heat, reduce heat to med-low, cover and let simmer 15 minutes (for Brown rice use 1 + 3/4 cup water/broth and cook 20 minutes). Do not uncover in this time!
2. While rice is cooking, preheat oven to 375°F. Carefully split chicken leg quarters at joint and trim off any excess fat and skin around the edges. Set aside.
3. When rice is done remove from heat, carefully remove lid and fluff lightly with a fork. The rice should still be somewhat hard and rather dry (it will finish cooking in the oven).
4. Add both cans of soup, milk and poultry seasoning directly to rice in pan. Stir to combine. Taste mixture and add additional poultry seasoning if desired.
5. Pour rice mixture into 2 quart casserole dish (I think a rectangular dish works best). Place chicken pieces on top of mixture, skin side up. Lightly sprinkle entire surface with Lawry"s chicken & poultry rub.
6. Loosely tent with foil. Place in oven and bake covered for 30 minutes. Remove from oven, carefully remove foil and return to oven to continue baking uncovered for 20 - 30 minutes more or until golden brown on top and internal temp of chicken is at least 165°F.
7. Let rest 10 minutes. Serve with vegetable side of your choice. We like green beans or steamed broccoli.
8. Note: you can use instant rice as a shortcut, but I think it becomes too mushy. If you do not use low sodium broth and soup you may want to reduce the amount of poultry seasoning.
9. Alteration 1: If you cannot find the Lawry"s seasoning anywhere sprinkle top with a little of each: salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, dried rosemary, dried parsley and dried thyme (optional). It won"t be exact, but this is roughly what is in the seasoning.
10. Alteration 2: This can be made with boneless skinless chicken breast. Just fully cook your rice in a full cup of water for a full 20 minutes. So they don"t get extremely dry, just rub your chicken breasts with olive oil before placing on top and reduce bake time to 30-45 minutes (or until internal temp of 165°F), only baking covered for 15 minutes.

Recipe Super Easy Chicken N Rice 2013-05-07T21:25:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: CakeMaster