Baked chicken and rice recipe without soup
Tender chicken and fluffy rice baked to perfection with a flavorful blend of herbs and spices. It's a one-pan meal that's perfect for busy weeknights or lazy weekends
Equipment
- 1 Dutch oven or baking pan
Ingredients
- 3 Chicken quarters bone-in skin-on or 6 chicken thighs or legs
- 2 cups basmati rice or brown rice or parboil rice
- 1/2 onion thinly sliced
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon Turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon Fennel seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper adjust to your liking
- 1/2 teaspoon dry oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 2 teaspoon sweet paprika
- 1 teaspoon salt Adjust to taste
- 1 bunch cilantro or parsley to taste
- 5 cups of water of chicken stock
Instructions
- Start by preheating the oven to 400°F. By the time the oven has reached the temperature, your chicken and rice will be ready to pop into the oven.
- Then mix all the dry ingredients together.
- Rub generously all the pieces of chicken with the dry ingredient mixture you prepared. Don’t be shy here. Every single piece of chicken needs to get coated.
- Wash the rice with plenty of water and repeat the process until it is clean. This helps to remove excess starch from the rice grains and make it fluffier.
- Pour the rice into the baking pot or your Dutch oven and season with salt, thinly sliced onion, and cilantro
- Add the water or chicken stock if you are not using the chicken bouillion, to the rice and lay the chicken on top. Spread the chicken pieces evenly, so they have room to cook
- Take it to the oven uncovered for 30 minutes or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165°F
- Remove the chicken and rice from the oven and wait 5 minutes to fluff the rice and serve.
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Notes
| Nutrition Facts | |
|---|---|
| Servings: 6 | |
| Amount per serving | |
| Calories | 398 |
| % Daily Value* | |
| Total Fat 8.6g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat 0.1g | 1% |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 775mg | 34% |
| Total Carbohydrate 58.6g | 21% |
| Dietary Fiber 1.4g | 5% |
| Total Sugars 0.3g | |
| Protein 20.2g | |
| Vitamin D 0mcg | 0% |
| Calcium 26mg | 2% |
| Iron 1mg | 5% |
| Potassium 108mg | 2% |
| *The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. | |
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