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Creamy Chicken And Rice (One Pot!)
This creamy one pot creamy chicken and rice recipe is a dish of cozy comfort food that your family will love, all in a creamy parmesan sauce!
Prep
10 min
Cook
55 min
Total
1h 5m
Serves
4
Instructions
- 01
With a sharp knife, cut chicken thighs into cubes. Season the chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, then set to the side.
- 02
Place the butter in a large skillet (with a lid) over medium heat. Place the butter in the pan and let it melt. Add the onion and garlic, cooking until the onion just begins to become translucent, about 2-3 minutes.
- 03
Add the chicken thigh pieces to the onion and garlic in the pan. Add optional red pepper flakes to the chicken and stir well. Cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes stirring often as needed. Cook until the chicken is lighty golden brown on all sides.
- 04
Pour the chicken broth and rice into the pan over the chicken. Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper.
- 05
Allow the rice to cook over medium heat, bringing the mixture to a boil. Once the broth is boiling, reduce the heat to medium-low and cover the pan with a lid to keep the liquid at a simmer. Cook the rice for about 45-50 minutes or until the rice is tender and cooked through.
- 06
Carefully pour in the half and half a little at a time while stirring. Sprinkle in half of the grated parmesan cheese while stirring well until it melts. Allow the rice to cook uncovered for 1-2 minutes or until the sauce begins to thicken up slightly.
- 07
Serve immediately and top with the rest of the parmesan cheese. You can optionally top with fresh parsley or a squeeze of lemon juice. Enjoy!
Nutrition
per serving · 1 serving
- Calories
- 696
- Protein
- 29g
- Carbs
- 42g
- Fat
- 46g
- Fiber
- 2g
- Sugar
- 3g
- Sat. fat
- 22g
- Sodium
- 1519mg
- Cholesterol
- 187mg
Variations & swaps
Variation Ideas For Creamy Chicken And Rice
- This is a great base chicken dinner to start with, but don’t be afraid to add your own ideas and experiment. The recipe is pretty flexible overall, it kind of reminds me of both risotto or a better-flavored version of the creamy rice boxes you can often find at the grocery store. It also kind of reminds me of a Easy Chicken Pot Pie, this recipe has the same kind of gooey warm you up feeling.
- Try Adding Vegetables – This is a great recipe to clean out your fridge of a few extra vegetables that might be hanging in the back. Diced bell pepper, broccoli floretts or cauliflower floretts, chopped asparagus or shredded carrots can be added at the same time you add the rice and broth to the pan.
- If you have vegetables with more water in them such as diced zucchini or celery, I recommend cooking the water out of it when you cook the onions.
- Fresh spinach can be stirred into this recipe at the end. Frozen vegetables like peas, carrots, corn or even spinach can be defrosted in the microwave, drained of any water and then added at the end.
- Add Other Proteins – Chicken breast for chicken thighs seems like and obvious swap, but don’t hesitate to use up other types of protein that may be in your fridge. Steak, ham, crumbled bacon, smoked sausage or shrimp would all be delicious stirred into this dish.
- Mix Up The Flavors – This dish is pretty mild on flavor, but you can add a little more spice to the pot to liven things up. Try adding a tablespoon of Italian seasoning, two teaspoons of greek seasoning and a squeeze of lemon, or even 11/2 teaspoons of cajun seasoning when you add the rice to the pot. You can also season the chicken directly with any of these seasoning ideas.
- Give The Recipe A Kick With Heat – I recommend adding a little bit of red pepper flakes to this recipe as it balances the creaminess, but if your family doesn’t like spice this can be added at the table. A small pinch of cayenne pepper or even a few dollops of hot sauce can also help to balance the creaminess in this recipe.
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