Oven-Baked Chicken and Rice: A One-Pan Meal

Flaky rice with crispy chicken! Fast just inexpensive! Chicken legs with rice in the oven are both a side dish and chicken — everything is cooked at the same time! A great idea for a busy housewife. The dish is perfect for a family lunch or dinner. Just 1 hour and a hearty, flavorful chicken with fluffy rice is on the table!
cook time: 1h
Miles Denholm
Oven-Baked Chicken and Rice: A One-Pan Meal

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

232
Calories
14g
Fat
8g
Carbs
19g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Garlic 2 clove
Salt to taste
Rice 100 g
Vegetable oil 50 ml
Chicken legs 2 pc

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to bake chicken legs with rice in the oven? Prepare your food. Take the chicken chilled. It can be absolutely any part of the chicken: with or without bones, large or small — all to your taste! Use rice from a reliable manufacturer — their grains are free of foreign impurities and debris. Rice can be either short-grain or long-grain. Previously, I liked long rice, but now more often I use short-grain rice, which is used for pilaf.

Step 2

Step 2
Rinse the rice well, rinse the rice until the water runs clear. By the way, the water that remains after washing the rice is useful for watering flowers. Take a heat-resistant dish with high sides: firstly, the rice will greatly increase in volume, and secondly, there will still be chicken on top. Place the bottom layer of rice in the pan.

Step 3

Step 3
Fill with water. Keep in mind that the water level should be 1cm above the rice level.

Step 4

Step 4
Wash the chicken well and cut into medium-sized pieces. I cut each leg into 3 parts.

Step 5

Step 5
Place the chicken legs on the rice and add salt to the water.

Step 6

Step 6
Add chopped garlic. I grate it on a fine grater, but you can chop it with a knife or put it through a press. If you donʼt have fresh garlic, you can replace it with garlic powder. Also at this stage, you can add some of your own herbs or seasonings to the dish: maybe it will be a sprig of thyme, suneli hops, paprika and dry adjika.

Step 7

Step 7
Bake the dish in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 50 minutes. It is better to cover the pan with foil for the first 30 minutes. Then remove the foil, pour oil over the dish and cook until done. First, the rice will absorb all the moisture and thus be ready, then it will be soaked in chicken juices and will become even tastier and more aromatic!

Step 8

Step 8
And the side dish in the form of crumbly rice and the baked chicken leg are ready. It is very convenient to cook everything in one form. Bon appetit!

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