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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
    Cook Time25 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!

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