September 4, 2024
Imagine juicy succulent chicken, paired with like dirty cajun rice with a delicious creamy sauce to bring the whole dish together. This has girl dinner written all over it. You can marinate the chicken in advance, prepare the rice in advance and right before serving just make the sauce. Serve with a salad of your choice. Next day leftovers make for a delicious meal. This is easily one of the best things I’ve ever made.
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Chicken and Rice
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4–6 people 1x
Ingredients
- 1 lb of sliced chicken
Seasonings for chicken
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tsp white pepper
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
- 2 tbsp of any neutral oil
Rice
- 1 tbsp of butter
- Pinch of paprika
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 a white onion chopped
- 2 cups of rice boiled
Sauce
- 1 tbsp of butter
- 1 tsp of fresh garlic minced
- Pinch of paprika
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 tsp of Italian herbs
- 3/4th cups of heavy cream
Garnish
- Chives of chopped spring onion
Instructions
- Marinate the chicken in the listed spices and set aside for 30 minutes
- In a large pan set over medium high heat, fry the chicken in the oil till done. Takes 10-12 minutes. Removed chicken with a slotted spoon on to a plate.
- For the rice: In the same pan the chicken was fried, add the remaining butter spices and the onion till the onion softens up. About 5 minutes
- Next add in the cooked rice and mix till combined with the onion mixture.
- Place the chicken over the rice and turn off the heat
Sauce
- In a small saucepan melt the butter with the seasonings over medium heat. Let the butter get foamy and add in the heavy cream. Cook till the cream thickens.
- Ladle the cream mixture over the chicken and rice. Garnish with Chives and serve while hot.
Notes
- You can use day old rice for this recipe
- Your can marinate the chicken in advance
- You can use chicken thighs for a more juicy chicken
- Everything can be prepped in advance and you can assemble the day of
- The sauce can also be doubled if you’d like for it to have more liquid
- The sauce can also be served on the side for those who wants to keep this dairy free
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
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7 Comments
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Saira
Very delicious dish. Tried it and kids loved it a lot. Will be a go to dish from now on.
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Hira
Love it 😊
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Naima
The rice turned out so juicy and delicious 🥰 thank you for sharing this recipe with us
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Sabeen
Uffff delish!!!
Turned out soooo good!!!
Thankyou so much for sharing -
Anonymous….
Just a big hug all the way from ksa……
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Siddiqa
My 17 year old literally just stared at me and said “how did you do this!?”
Super duper hit!!!
Love it!