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The rice absorbs the chicken juices as it cooks, adding loads of flavour. Why not--rely on our all-star round-up of popular chicken and rice recipes for creative twists on familiar favorites. In a small bowl, combine rice and water. You can cook Chicken and Rice using 13 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Chicken and Rice

1. Prepare 2 of bone in skin on chicken breast halves.
2. It's 1/4 cup of flour (i used gf).
3. Prepare 1/4 t of paprika.
4. It's 1/2 t of salt.
5. You need 1/8 t of pepper.
6. Prepare 1.5 cups of white rice.
7. It's 2 cups of broth or stock (i had veg broth, chicken is better).
8. You need 1 Tb of tomato paste.
9. Prepare 1/2 t of dried oregano.
10. Prepare 1.5 T of olive oil.
11. Prepare 1 of garlic clove, chopped.
12. Prepare 1 of small onion, chopped.
13. Prepare Handful of fresh parsley, chopped.

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Chicken and Rice step by step

1. Mix flour and seasonings, heat olive oil in large, deep Skillet (must have lid), dredge dried chicken pieces lightly in flour mixture, and fry chicken in oil several mins on each side till golden then remove from pan and set aside..
2. Add rice to hot skillet and brown rice, this took me about 8 mins to get brown. Mix occasionally and scrape chicken bits from bottom of skillet into rice. After rice is browned, add in any finely diced veggies you wish. I usually don't add anything except garlic and onion, but i had carrot and bell pepper i decided to use this time and it made the photo pretty. Add onion and garlic and saute 2-3 minutes..
3. Mix tomato paste, oregano and 1/2 t. salt into broth (my broth was unsalted, if you have salty broth Don't add more salt); add broth mixture to pan, mix and bring to boil, add chicken pieces to top of rice, cover, reduce heat to simmer, cook 20-25 mins. Don't overcook rice. Sprinkle with parsley if desired..

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