Dinner doesn’t get easier, and tastier (!) than this. This is the chicken and rice dinner you will make on repeat. And repeat again.
And, bonus, it takes about 5 minutes to prepare (although you will need ample oven time, so plan accordingly!).
If you are looking for a basic dinner that is delicious and satisfying, we have it here. You will find yourself sneaking around the pan looking for the crusty rice pieces.
Recently, we posted a story on how to cook sushi rice in the oven (it always comes out amazing!). Reader Goldie Raitport responded with another rice-in-the-oven dish that’s a favorite in her house.
She told us, “Even the pickiest eaters will devour this dish and that’s saying a lot. Easy, simple prep and easy clean up. Winner dinner.”
We are a community. Not just a website. And we help one another. Sometimes we provide the recipes, but the inspiration comes time and again from you, our readers. And this time, it was Goldie, with a completely tried and true recipe.
We tried it out (husbands and kids being the testers, of course, who else?!) and it passed the test.
To quote one of our kids: “This is gonna go viral.”
Guess they know the lingo by now.
It’s so easy! Pour the rice into a 9×13 pan, and place the chicken on top.
You’ll see, this is the best way to enjoy rice! The chicken flavor melts into it, making it super flavorful.
In a bowl, mix the boiling water together with the oil, honey, soy, garlic, orange juice and spices
Pour all the liquids over chicken and rice.
There you go. We’re almost done.
Cover the pan with a wet, wrung out piece of parchment paper and it’s ready to bake!
Bake this covered with tinfoil for 50 minutes, then uncover and bake for another 20-25 minutes
to get some great color.
Ok, we are making this for dinner tonight. Again.
9×13 Classic Chicken with Rice
Ingredients
- 2 cups rice (Persian /Jasmine / Basmati) We used basmati
- 4 chicken legs cut in half
- 3 cups hot water
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 3 tbsp honey
- 5 tbsp soy sauce
- 3 crushed garlic cloves
- 4 tbsp orange juice
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp pepper
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tbsp dried parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400℉.
- Wash and rinse the rice.
- Pour the rice into a pan, and place the chicken on top.
- In a bowl, mix the boiling water together with the oil, honey, soy, garlic, orange juice and spices.
- Pour all the liquids over the chicken and rice.
- Cover the pan with a wet, wrung out piece of parchment paper, cover with tinfoil and put in the oven to bake for 50 minutes.
- Uncover and bake for another 20-25 minutes.
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