Entrees › Chicken & Rice

Chicken & Rice

Not only is this a delicious soul-satisfying one-pot meal but it's also very inexpensive (under $10) and easy to make. Cooking all the ingredients together enables the wonderful garlic and onion flavors to permeate both the chicken and the rice. This is a go-to dish you can make any time.

Watch this video! Get Adobe Flash Player

Tags:

  • chicken
  • cheap
  • lynne
  • viera
  • chicken with rice
  • chicken and rice
  • recipe for chicken and rice
  • recipes for chicken with rice
  • how to make chicken and rice
  • how to make chicken with rice
  • chicken dishes
  • chicken recipes
  • chicken meals
  • chicken entrees
  • comfort food
  • one pot meals
  • one-pot meals
  • inexpensive meals
  • affordable meals
  • recession friendly meals
  • meals for under $10
  • rice dishes
  • how to make family recipe chicken
  • how2heroes
About Lynne

Watch this video! Get Adobe Flash Player

Tags:

  • lynne
  • about
  • hero
  • heroes
  • cook
  • boston
  • heroe
  • viera
  • h2h
  • lynn
  • stuffed pumpkin
  • lynne viera
  • raspberry mojito
  • about lynne
  • massachusetts
  • how2heroes
  • lynn viera
  • lynne viera recipes
  • lynne viera ceo
  • ceo how2heroes
  • rival
  • rival-marketing
  • lynne's recipes
  • lynn's recipes
  • viera recipes
  • family recipes by lynne
  • lynne viera's recipes
  • creator of how2heroes
  • founder how2heroes
  • how2heroes founder
  • portuguese clam boil
  • witch's brew
  • cranberry bread
  • how2heroes.com
  • passion fruit martini
  • lenti soup
  • periwinkles
  • succhini bread
  • roasted pumpkin seed
  • cocotini

About Chicken & Rice

Not only is this a delicious soul-satisfying one-pot meal but it's also very inexpensive (under $10) and easy to make. Cooking all the ingredients together enables the wonderful garlic and onion flavors to permeate both the chicken and the rice. This is a go-to dish you can make any time.

About Lynne Viera

Lynne is passionate about food which can be attributed to the fact that she was fortunate enough to grow up with a mother who was an incredible cook, a father who grew a garden that was the envy of the neighborhood and 6 siblings who all love to eat! Lynne is a second-generation American. Her grandparents are all from Portugal and the traditions and food of this country have had a big influence on her and inspired her to learn about other cultures and their food.

Recipe

Print recipe

Ingredients

  • 3 chicken drumsticks & 4 small thighs (or all drumsticks & all thighs, whichever you prefer)
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 large garlic clove, minced
  • 3¼ cups water
  • 1½ cups rice
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 2 tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper

Special Equipment

  • heavy-bottomed pan
  • tongs

How-to

  1. Heat olive oil on medium heat just until it begins to smoke
  2. Cook chicken for about 5 minutes on each side (just until browned). Careful of oil splattering. Use a splatter guard if you have one
  3. Remove chicken from pan temporarily
  4. Saute onions and garlic until translucent or slightly brown
  5. Put chicken back in pan and add salt, pepper, rice, water and bay leaf
  6. Cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes. Rice and chicken should be tender

Share this video

Send to a Friend

Want to share this how2heroes video with a friend? Enter your email address and their email address below and hit share. They’ll receive an email from you with the details.


Get code

If you’d like to publish this how2heroes video on your own Web page or blog, copy the code below and paste it into the HTML on your site. Please note that some blogs may require additional steps to publish HTML.

Bookmark & share

Comments (3)

Log in to comment & post a picture

  1. how2heroes:

    hi mdelta11. the onions should be soft but not mushy. try sauteing them less at the beginning. that should hep. enjoy! (Jun 13, 2009 7:39:14 AM)

  2. mdelta11:

    Great dish. Only issue is that when the dish is done my onions are very mushy. Can anyone tell me what to do to get more texture from the onions? (Jun 13, 2009 12:21:53 AM)

  3. spacemanspiff:

    I made this dish over the weekend for my friends, and they loved it. Its so simple to do I can see making this allot in the future. (Jan 5, 2009 8:49:53 AM)