Easy Baked Chicken And Rice

Looking for super easy dinner recipes with chicken and some carbs on the side? Well, you’ll love how easily this baked chicken and rice recipe comes together AND it’s SO delicious. Like 100% comfort. But it’s also a healthy meal that you can make ahead for the week.

Baked Chicken And Rice Ingredients

• bone-in chicken wings or drumsticks (but you can use any part of the chicken you have!)
• rice
• water or stock
• onion
• olive oil
• cauliflower
• black pepper kernels and ground
• dried or fresh mint
• crushed red pepper
• salt

How To Make The Baked Chicken and Rice

Thinly chop the onion and the cauliflower (almost as to rice it). If using fresh mint – chop that too.

Add the rice, onion, cauliflower, black pepper kernels, mint, crushed red pepper, salt, olive oil and ground pepper to a large pan with a lid and give it a good stir. Add the chicken on top, cover the pan with a lid and bring to a boil. 

Then reduce the heat and simmer and simmer for 20 minutes at low/medium. (you might need to cook longer if you’re using chicken legs or thighs).

In the last few minutes of simmering, preheat the oven to 400F/200C.

Transfer the rice and chicken recipe to a baking dish, greased with olive oil and bake for 20 minutes, flipping the chicken once or until it is crispy.

Enjoy or store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge.

How To Serve

Serve the baked chicken and rice recipe as is or with some salad on the side (like this one or this one) and if you want to add more flavor – with this easy tzatziki or yogurt garlic sauce.

More Healthy Chicken Recipes

I hope you enjoy this easy recipe for baked rice and chicken when you give it a try! If you’re sharing with kids, remove the black pepper kernels from their dish, because they’re pretty spicy. Other than that, if you’re on the hunt for more healthy chicken recipes that you can make for dinner for the family, friends or yourself, here are some great ideas:

• DIY Greek Chicken Bowls
• Homemade Chicken Barley Soup
• Healthy Chicken Cobb Salad

Yield: 6

Easy Baked Chicken and Rice

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Looking for super easy dinner recipes with chicken and some carbs on the side? Well, you'll love how easily this baked chicken and rice recipe comes together AND it's 100% comfort. It's also a healthy meal that you can make ahead for the week.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 45 minutes

Ingredients

• 12 chicken wings or legs
• 1 cup rice
• 2 1/2-3 cup water or stock
• 1 onion, thinly chopped
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 3 cups cauliflower, very thinly chopped
• 1-2 tbsp black pepper kernels
• 2 tsp dried mint
• 2 tsp crushed red pepper
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Thinly chop the onion and the cauliflower (almost as to rice it). If using fresh mint - chop that too.
2. Add the rice, onion, cauliflower, black pepper kernels, mint, crushed red pepper, salt, olive oil and ground pepper to a pan with a lid and stir it well. Add the chicken on top, cover the pan with a lid and bring to a boil. 
3. Then reduce the heat and simmer and simmer for 20 minutes at low/medium. (you might need to cook longer if you're using chicken legs or thighs).
4. In the last few minutes of simmering, preheat the oven to 400F/200C.
5. Transfer the rice and chicken recipe to a baking dish, greased with olive oil and bake for 20 minutes, flipping the chicken once or until it is crispy.
6. Enjoy or store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge.

Nutrition Information

Yield

6

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 273Total Fat 16gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 10gCholesterol 45mgSodium 340mgCarbohydrates 20gFiber 3gSugar 3gProtein 12g