Lemon chicken & rice skillet
Lemon chicken & rice skillet — a budget family dinner from the ChaChaMo library: 8 ingredients, about 40 minutes, roughly $11 for 4 servings. one-pot, gluten-free, dairy-free, toddler-friendly.
Ingredients
- 1.5 lb Chicken thighs, boneless
- 1.5 cups Long-grain rice
- 3 cups Chicken broth (certified gluten-free)
- 1 Lemon
- 1.5 cups Frozen peas
- 2 tbsp Olive oil pantry staple
- 1 tsp Garlic powder pantry staple
- Salt & pepper (to taste) pantry staple
Steps
- Season chicken and brown in olive oil, 3 min per side; set aside.
- Stir rice into the same pan, add broth, and nestle the chicken back in.
- Cover and simmer 20 min until the rice drinks up the broth.
- Stir in peas and a big squeeze of lemon; rest 5 min off heat.