Chicken Rice Skillet Recipe
Favorite Restaurant Chicken Recipe
One taste of this delectable Chicken Rice Skillet Recipe and your friends and family will thank
you - the chef!
This easy chicken recipe is popular with people of all ages
and it is a very healthy dish.
The recipe is very flexible in terms of the ingredients you
use. I like making this meal using chicken stock, but you can substitute cream
of chicken soup, or cream of mushroom soup or cream of celery soup if you
prefer.
You can also add or substitute your favorite vegetables for
this recipe. Sometimes I use sugar snap peas or sliced mushrooms or small
broccoli florets.
I often use Basmati rice for this recipe, but again, you can
use whatever rice you prefer or have on hand.
Chicken Rice Skillet Recipe
Easy, Delicious Chicken Recipe
Real Restaurant Chicken Recipe
Preparation time: 20 minutes. Serves 4
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil or vegetable oil
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 1 pound total)
- 2 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 1 cup rice - your choice
- 2 medium carrots, thinly sliced or well diced
- 1/2 medium onion, diced
- 1/3 large Bay leaf
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 5-6 ounces green peas (frozen peas are fine, not canned)
Instructions:
- Combine flour, salt and pepper in a pie pan or
plastic bag
- Lightly flour chicken, shaking off excess flour
- Heat a skillet over medium heat until a drop of
water sizzles, then add oil to the skillet and when hot, add the chicken
breasts
- Cook the chicken approximately 4 minutes or until
white juices begin to appear on the top of the chicken breasts
- Turn the breast over (use your tongs) and cook
another 3-4 minutes
- Remove the chicken from the pan and place on a
cutting board
- Use a mallet on the chicken to break the breasts
into pieces (using a mallet tenderizes the chicken at the same time)
- In a Dutch oven or heavy sauté pan place the chicken
broth (or can of soup as mentioned above), rice, carrots and onions and
seasonings
- Bring to a boil over medium heat and stir, cover
and reduce heat to low and cook 25 minutes or until rice is nearly
done
- Add the chicken pieces and green peas, stirring
well
- Cover and cook a few minutes more until the peas
are done and the chicken is hot
Use a spoon to portion onto plates and serve immediately.
Enjoy your restaurant chicken rice skillet recipe and the company of
those you share it with!
Donna
These and many more real restaurant recipes are available in hardback or e-cookbooks!
Did you know? Arkansas is the largest producer of rice in the U.S.
accounting for almost half of U.S. rice production.