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Basic Chicken and Rice Recipe

August 22, 2008 by Erin, The $5 Dinner Mom 4 Comments

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Basic Chicken & Rice Recipe

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Chicken and Rice

The first ever recipe on $5 Dinners blog.
Prep Time5 minutes minutes
Cook Time25 minutes minutes
Servings - 4 servings

Ingredients 

  • 2 small boneless skinless chicken breast cooked and cubed
  • 15 oz. can corn kernels
  • 1 cup white rice
  • 1 Tbsp butter
  • 2 broccoli heads side dish
  • French Loaf Bread
  • butter and jelly for bread

Instructions

  • Cook 1 cup rice with 2 1/4 water with butter for 20 minutes.
  • Once rice is cooked, add cubed chicken and corn and stir through.
  • Steam broccoli heads until slightly tender (3 minutes in microwave, 5 minutes in steamer).
  • Warm bread in toaster oven or oven. Serve warm with butter and jelly.
  • Serve Chicken and Rice with side of broccoli and bread.
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Filed Under: Budget Friendly Recipes, Chicken Recipes, Rice Recipes Tagged With: boneless skinless chicken breast, broccoli

Comments

  1. Sabrina says

    April 22, 2009 at 8:39 pm

    This was a good meal. I omitted the green veggie along with the bread. I seasoned the chicken with a little chili powder, cumin and garlic powder. Once I mixed everything I added some medium hot salsa. Mixed and dished with a little extra salsa and cheese on top.

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  2. Christina Baita says

    August 23, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    I didn’t know you “then” but this sounds really good!

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  3. Kristin says

    December 20, 2009 at 6:36 pm

    Wow! I can’t believe how much you’ve acclompished in a year and a half! Congrats! Not many get famous in such short a time!

    Reply

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