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Crispy chicken bakes over a bed of tomato basilrice in this One Pan Tomato Basil Chicken & Rice. Dinner isready in 45 minutes!
All madein one pan and soeasy to prepare, you won’t believe it when it’s done. No rice cookers and no extra pans needed! Tomato Basil Chicken & Rice has the most popular vote for dinner in my house!
Chicken and Rice
Back up a second. Let me rephrase. Chicken SO crispy on the outside; tender and falling apart on the inside;tomato, basilrice with so much flavour and cooked in so.much.sauce. Chicken broth, tomato juices and chicken flavours, mixed through with chopped tomatoes, fresh basil leaves AND the addition of sun dried tomatoes if you so desire.
- Easy✔
- Delicious ✔
- One-pan ✔
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One Pan Recipe
This Italianinspired recipe comes from this One Pot Italian Chicken and Rice recipefrom so long ago. An even BETTER version times a thousand!I have no doubt in my mind you will fall in love with THIS ONE.
How To Make One Pan Tomato Basil Chicken And Rice
- This recipe calls for a skillet, but if you don’t own one you can a normal pan to sear your chicken in over stove top, add the rice and the rest of the ingredients, then transfer everything to a large 9×13-inch baking dish.
- You can use bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts if you don’t like thighs.
- The recipe is the perfect rice to liquid ratio when using white rice. If using brown rice, you will certainly need up your liquid. I have not tried this recipe with brown rice, so I cannot give you any advice.
Chicken thighs are crisp-tenderand juicy, cooked WITH the ricein one pan to minimise cleanup! You are SO welcome!
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One Pan Tomato Basil Chicken and Rice
Author: Karina
Crispy chicken bakes over a bed of tomato basil rice in this One Pan Tomato Basil Chicken & Rice. Dinner is ready in 45 minutes! All made in one pan and so easy to prepare, you won’t believe it when it’s done. No rice cookers and no extra pans needed!
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Prep: 10 minutes mins
Cook: 50 minutes mins
Total: 1 hour hr
Serves: 6 people
Ingredients
- 6 chicken thighs , skin on, bone in
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic , chopped
- 1 onion , diced
- 1 red bell pepper (capsicum) , deseeded and chopped
- ⅓ cup sun dried tomato strips in oil , chopped (optional: but adds flavour)
- 1 ⅓ cup uncooked long grain rice , rinsed (arborio rice may also be used for a risotto-like consistency)
- 14.5 ounce (400g) tin crushed tomatoes, with liquid
- 1 ¾ cups chicken broth (or chicken stock)
- 1-2 teaspoons salt (adjust to your taste)
- ½ teaspoon pepper , (adjust to your taste)
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- ¼ cup fresh basil leaves , chopped
- extra chopped fresh basil (to serve)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 200°c | 400°F. Heat the oil in a large, deep ovenproof cast iron skillet/or pan (over 30 cm or 12-inches). Add the chicken, skin side down; sear for 3-4 mins on medium-high heat. Turn each thigh and sear until golden all over. Transfer the chicken onto a warm plate.
Add the garlic; fry until fragrant (about 30 seconds). Add the onion and red peppers / capsicum; fry for about 3 minutes or until and onion is transparent. Stir in the sun dried tomatoes, rice, crushed tomatoes and chicken broth (stock). Season with salt, pepper and dried basil. Bring to a simmer and allow the rice to soak up all the tomato flavours.
Place chicken thighs, skin side up, over rice. Bring to the boil; rotate the chicken in the tomato sauce to coat; cover with foil; transfer to preheated oven and allow to bake for about 40 minutes, or until the rice has softened and absorbed the liquid and the chicken is cooked through. Stir through an extra ¼ cup of water to the rice ONLY if needed (if rice hasn't cooked fully).
Remove cover; change oven settings to broil / grill on medium heat for a further 8-10 minutes or until the chicken is crispy and golden.
Season with extra salt to taste; sprinkle with freshly chopped basil to serve.
Notes
Adapted from this One Pot Italian Chicken and Rice recipe
Nutrition
Calories: 560kcal | Carbohydrates: 47g | Protein: 29g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 141mg | Sodium: 196mg | Potassium: 277mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 1010IU | Vitamin C: 45.2mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 2.9mg
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Diane Atkinson says
love his. Great. Second time I made it. Wonderful especially with fresh crusty Italian breadReply
Brandon Pawley says
Excellent
Easy to make
I had to modify a bit due to lack of specific ingredients on hand.
I can see that I will try this again with some more modifications, but this is a great base recipe.Reply
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