Recipes
Lemon Chicken & Rice dish
April - 9 - 2016
4
Preparation: 10
Cooking: 30
How to prepare a delicious Lemon Chicken & Rice dish
4
Preparation: 10
Cooking: 30
Ingredients
1 Tbsp of olive oil 1 Tbsp of butter 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts 1 tsp Italian spice blend Salt, pepper 2 1/2 cups of rice (not soaked) 3-4 cups chicken stock zest and juice of one large lemon 3 cloves of garlic 1 tsp Italian seasonings 1/3 cup of chopped cilantro (roughly chopped) lemon slices
Method
- In a large pan or wok, melt and heat olive oil and butter.
- Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper plus Italian seasonings.
- Saute in the pan over high heat till golden brown. They will not cook from the inside and that is ok as they will continue cooking later with the rice.
- Remove from the pan and add the rice, Italian seasonings, lemon zest and garlic and stir for one minute.
- Add stock and return the chicken.
- Adjust seasonings and bring to a boil then reduce heat till cooked.
- Serve with lemon slices and cilantro.