Tonight’s guest recipe comes from Susie at Susie’s Homemade. She is a thriving stay-at-home mom of two wonderful girls (5 and 19) and a caretaker of my 67 year old live-in mother. On her blog, Susie’s Homemade, she shares her adventures in baking, cooking, gardening, homemaking and entertaining.
Garlic Chicken Risotto
Yield – 4 servings
Preparation Time – 5 minutes
Cooking Time – 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 lbs Chicken Breast
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 Tbsp Butter
- 2 Garlic Cloves, minced or crushed
- 2 cups of Water
- 1 Can (10 3/4 oz.) Cream of Chicken Soup
- 1 Can (10 3/4 oz.) Cream of Mushroom Soup
- 2 cups of Instant Rice
- 1 cup Frozen Peas
Directions
- Pound chicken flat and season both sides with salt and pepper.
- Heat oil, butter, and garlic to a 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat until you get a golden brown color in the garlic. Add chicken and cook until the chicken is also golden brown (about 5 minutes per side). Cook until no longer pink in the middle. Set cooked chicken on a plate.
- Deglaze the pan with the water. Whisk in the soups and heat to a boil.
- Stir in rice and peas and top with chicken.
- Cover and cook over low heat for 5 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let stand for 5 minutes.
- Serve Garlic Chicken over Creamy Risotto and Peas.
Get the soups on sale and this meal is sure to be under $5!
Cool! Thanks for the feature:-)
Thanks Susie for sharing the recipe, looks yummy! Thanks Erin for hosting!
~Liz
This recipe sounds really delish! Can’t wait to try it! I’ll have to wait for a sale on chicken breast though! We don’t have any in the freezer!
this sounds great, but I think a risotto purist like me would be disappointed if that’s what I was expecting. Does it actually have the texture of risotto?
I made this last night and our entire family (even the picky eaters) loved it!
Risotto is cooked very differently than regular rice. I would rename this (delicous, I’m sure) recipe Garlic Chicken & Rice.
Part of frugal eating is enjoying the versatility and tastiness of staple ingredients. Not trying to pass them off as their fancier cousins.
To me, this recipe is like calling a recipe ‘Baked Brie’ and then listing cream cheese as the main ingredient.
Just my $.02. You can have a refund if you don’t want it 🙂
LOL Roxanne- I like the way you think. 🙂
Couldn’t agree more about the Risotto… Being married to an italian.. calling rice risotto won’t fly! It looks delish, however.. I would just call it Garlic Chicken Rice…