This Easy Mediterranean Chicken and Rice Recipe Is So Savory and Satisfying
It cooks in just 25 minutes in one skillet!
Spice up your weeknight dinner routine with this one-skillet Mediterranean chicken and rice recipe. In this version, tender and juicy chicken thighs cook with diced tomatoes and yellow rice. It makes a savory turmeric and saffron flavor. After just 25 minutes on the stove, you’ve got a delicious dinner! Mediterranean cuisine boasts many vibrant ingredients, including basil, dill, cucumbers, olive oil and lemon. Our top tip for this delicious Mediterranean chicken and rice recipe: Cook it in a cast-iron skillet. While any deep frying pan will do, cast-iron pans hold heat especially well and produce a great sear. Don’t have jasmine rice? Any white long-grain rice works just as well.
For more Mediterranean recipes, click through for Mediterranean Stuffed Peppers and Mediterranean Meatball Salad. And if you want to learn more about the Mediterranean diet, read on to find out why research says the Mediterranean Diet is best for gut health.
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Ingredients
- 1½ lbs. boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into thirds
- ½ tsp. garlic powder
- ¼ tsp. salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- 1 Tbs. oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 (7 oz.) pkg. yellow rice
- 1 (14.5 oz.) can diced tomatoes, drained
- Baby arugula (optional)
Instructions
PrintRub chicken all over with garlic powder, salt and pepper. In a 12" nonstick skillet, heat oil over high heat; add chicken. Cook, flipping once, until browned, 2–3 min. per side; transfer to a plate.
In the same skillet, add onion; over medium heat, cook, stirring occasionally, until softened 7–8 min. Add 2 cups water; over medium-high heat, bring to a boil. Stir in rice and tomatoes; bring to a boil. Cook 1 min. Add chicken back to skillet; reduce heat to medium-low. Cover and cook until rice is tender and chicken is no longer pink, 20–25 min. Remove from heat. If desired, top with baby arugula.
Nutrition
- Calories: 390
- Fat: 19 gram
- Saturated Fat: 5 gram
- Protein: 22 gram
- Carbohydrate: 32 gram
- Fiber: 2 gram
- Cholesterol: 110 mg
- Sugar: 4 gram
- Sodium: 740 mg
