This collection of recipes with chicken and rice presents some scrumptious and easy recipe ideas to try out. Many of the recipes here are suitable for busy weeknights and are also family-friendly. For variety, there will be stovetop, oven, and instant pot recipes. The most common chicken parts used in these recipes are chicken breasts and chicken thighs which can be bone-in or boneless.
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Gear for Cooking Chicken and Rice Recipes
- Instant Pot – for chicken and rice recipes calling for the instant pot cooking method.
- Meat Thermometer – for checking the interior of chicken if cooked.
- Skillet – for cooking chicken and rice recipes on the stovetop.
- Instant Pot – for cooking certain recipes with chicken and rice.
- Air Fryer – for cooking certain recipes with chicken and rice calling for an air fryer.
- Frying pan – for cooking chicken and rice in place of a skillet.
- Casserole dish – for making chicken and rice casserole dishes
Chicken with Rice Recipes
1. One-Pot Chicken and Rice Recipe
- Ready in: 40 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Stovetop
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 9
This recipe produces a one-pot gluten-free dish suitable for any weekday dinner. This comfort meal is essentially part soup and part risotto save that no stirring is involved. This is a family-friendly recipe that will feed even toddler members of the family. Some of the ingredients going into the recipe are carrots, butter, minced onion, minced garlic, and gluten-free chicken stock. The carrots in this recipe will add some inviting color to the dish. If deboned, chicken thighs can be used in place of the chicken breasts. Stick with the Jasmine rice vs say Minute rice to avoid ending up with a mash.
2. Oven Baked Chicken and Rice Recipe
- Ready in: 1 hr. 20 minutes
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Oven
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 24
- Calories: 513kcal per serving
- Carbs: 48g per serving
This recipe with chicken and rice is another easy one-pot dish, which, this time around, is made in the oven as a baked dish. The chicken in the recipe is skinless, bone-in chicken thighs that are added to a casserole dish together with some long grain rice. For a crispy golden look, the chicken is broiled for about 3 minutes once it’s cooked inside. One more notable ingredient going into this recipe is button mushrooms. The mushrooms are sautéed separately on the stovetop for a few minutes or until they soften.
3. Delicious Spanish Chicken and Rice Dish
- Ready in: 30 minutes
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American, Spanish Inspired
- Method: Stovetop
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 13
- Calories: 426kcal per serving
- Carbs: 43g per serving
If you wish for a weeknight suitable chicken and rice recipe with a Spanish touch to it, this is it. What’s more, this is a single-pot dish which saves time and clean-up efforts. The recipe calls for 6 main ingredients and a further 7 ingredients for making the Spanish seasoning. The most interesting part about this recipe is that all the ingredients are familiar ingredients and are almost always already in the pantry. Nothing exotic. Ingredients for the Spanish seasoning that will be applied by rubbing on the chicken pieces include smoked paprika, garlic powder, chili powder, and Italian seasoning. The chicken in the recipe can be skinless and boneless breasts or thighs. The final dish will be garnished with sliced lemon slices before serving.
4. Lemon and Rosemary Chicken and Rice Recipe
- Ready in: 40 minutes
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American, Mediterranean inspired
- Method: Stovetop
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 11
- Calories: 690kcal per serving
This recipe produces a scrumptious Mediterranean dish suitable for any weeknight meal. The main flavor and aromas in this dish are derived from lemon, garlic, and rosemary. Compared to other recipes with chicken and rice, this recipe utilizes lightly fried rice that is then cooked. The final dish can be served with vegetables and is suitable for the whole family including young children. The chicken used in this recipe is boneless and skinless chicken thighs. Other ingredients are long white rice, chicken broth, lemon juice, garlic cloves, butter, salt, and pepper.
5. Creamy Garlic Chicken and Rice Recipe
- Ready in: 30 minutes
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Stovetop
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 10
- Calories: 340kcal per serving
- Carbs: 33g per serving
Out of this recipe, you have yourself a zero-hassle one-pot, family-friendly, weeknight suitable meal that is ready in a record 30 minutes. In fact, this is one of the fastest dishes to make among the recipes with chicken and rice in this collection. The main ingredients are chicken breast, heavy cream, long-grain white rice, chicken broth, and baby spinach. The recipe follows very easy and simple steps. The chicken is cooked first, the broth is added and then the rice is also added. The baby spinach is added last, contributing some lovely green contrast to the appetizing dish.
6. Creamy Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Recipe
- Ready in: 40 minutes
- Prep time: 15 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Stovetop
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 10
- Calories: 676kcal per serving
- Carbs: 61g per serving
If you are keen on recipes with chicken and rice made using an instant pot, this is it. What you get is a scrumptious creamy chicken and rice one-pot dish suitable for weeknights that can feed the whole family. Notable ingredients that contribute to the recipe’s distinct flavor are parmesan cheese and lemon juice. Use only white rice, avoiding brown rice, minute and instant rice as these would cook slower or faster than the chicken. The final dish will look like a risotto in texture only that not as much effort as risotto is needed to make it. Yum! Ready in 40 minutes, you may as well add this recipe to your weekly rotation.
7. Air Fryer Chicken Fried Rice Recipe
- Ready in: 15 minutes
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Air Fryer
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 7
- Calories: 350kcal per serving
- Carbs: 52g per serving
Of all the recipes with chicken and rice in this collection, this will be the fastest to make on account of an Air Fryer. It is, in fact, a one-pot dish. All the ingredients are dumped into the Air Fryer at once and cooked through. The catch, however, is that the diced breast chicken used in this recipe must be fully cooked first. This can be done a day or days in advance. The rice must also be fully cooked and cold when introduced into the Air Fryer. Other ingredients going into this recipe are white onion, celery, and soy sauce which should be gluten-free if you wish to make this recipe gluten-free. What you get in the end is a full meal for four.
8. Ultimate Sweet and Sour Chicken With Rice
- Ready in: 40 minutes
- Serves: 2
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Method: Stovetop
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 15
- Carbs: 95.9g per serving
If you crave the good old sweet and sour classic takeaway, you can replicate it at home using this recipe. Best of all it is easy to make and is suitable for weeknight dinners too. Notable ingredients going into the recipe are chicken breasts, white long-grain rice, Chinese rice wine, and honey. All in all, the ingredients going into this recipe are familiar and often already in the pantry. The chicken and the rice are cooked separately and combined later at serving time. The sweet and sour chicken will be served over the rice and garnished with some sliced spring onion.
9. Cheesy Chicken, Broccoli, and Rice Dish
- Ready in: 30 minutes
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Stovetop
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 9
- Calories: 574kcal per serving
- Carbs: 16g per serving
This recipe produces an appetizing, scrumptious, and filling meal that combines cheese, broccoli, chicken, and rice. Taking only 20 minutes to get ready, it is a perfect fit for busy weeknights. All the action takes place in a single large pan or 12-inch skillet on the stovetop. The pan or skillet must have raised edges in order to properly contain the cooking ingredients. Ingredients going into this recipe are boneless and skinless chicken breasts, long-grain white rice, broccoli florets, cheddar cheese, and chicken broth among others. The chicken and the rice are introduced in the recipe, uncooked.
10. Cheesy, Chicken, and Rice Casserole
- Ready in: 1hr. 15 minutes
- Prep time: 15 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Oven, Bake
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 7
- Calories: 455kcal per serving
If you wish for an easy-to-do, assemble and cook recipe with chicken and rice, this is it. All the ingredients are put in the casserole dish raw and baked in the oven together. What you get in the end is a deliciously creamy-looking meal made using long-grain white rice, mixed vegetables, boneless and skinless chicken breast as well as cheddar cheese. Serve the dish accompanied by some bread and green salad with some lettuce. If you enjoy casseroles in general, we suggest this collection of Casseroles with Chicken.
11. Bone-in Chicken Thighs and Rice Recipe
- Ready in: 55 minutes
- Resting time: 5 minutes
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Serves: 6
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
- Method: Oven
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 9
- Calories: 370kcal per serving
- Carbs: 39g per serving
This dish is anchored in garlic flavor. If you are a fan of garlic, you should find this recipe easily hitting home. What you get is a one-pot family-friendly dinner that is ready in 55 minutes. The chicken thighs used in this recipe will be very juicy and their flavor also permeates the rice upon which they sit whilst baking in the skillet. On the ingredients front, you will need bone-in chicken thighs, paprika, Italian seasoning, long-grain white rice, some butter, garlic, and garlic powder among other items. This is an oven-baked dish and will require a skillet with a cover. An aluminum foil could also work as a cover in case you have no access to a pan with a cover. Chicken thighs make some of the best chicken dishes, that’s for sure. If you enjoy them just as we do we suggest these Recipes with Chicken Thighs.
12. Smothered Chicken Tenders, and Rice Recipe
- Ready in: 35 minutes
- Prep time: 10 minutes
- Serves: 4
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Oven, Smothering
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 8
This recipe easily qualifies among our top-rated recipes with chicken and rice, most of all because it is very delicious and also because it only takes 5 minutes to assemble. The rest of the time is the hands-free time whilst the dish bakes away in the oven. Ingredients required for this smothering recipe include boneless, skinless chicken tenders, cooked rice, milk, mozzarella, bacon, and cheddar cheese. The cooked rice will form the base of the pan upon which the chicken thighs will be laid. At some point during the oven baking, bacon and cheese will be added to the dish and allowed to melt and cook in the final minutes. Serve warm and enjoy. Chicken tenders used in this recipe with chicken and rice have a variety of other scrumptious applications. If this interests you, we suggest our other collection of Recipes with Chicken Tenders.
13. Lime Chicken, and Lentil Rice Recipe
- Ready in: 45 minutes
- Serves: 8
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Instant Pot, Slow Cooker
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 11
- Calories: 370kcal per serving
- Carbs: 39g per serving
Is it possible at all to combine chicken, lentils, and rice to create a tasty and filling meal? This recipe does exactly that using dried lentils, chicken breasts, and limes. The combination of chicken and lentils represents a big source of protein in the dish. These and other ingredients go into the instant pot save for the rice which is cooked separately and served with the chicken and lentils at the end. This is a very easy dish to make in just 45 minutes. Whilst the instant pot does its thing on the chicken and lentils, cook your rice and get it ready. Other interesting ingredients going into this recipe include Sala Verde, chicken broth, garlic, cilantro, jalapenos, and green onions. If lentils make you feel happy and you wish for more ways to enjoy them, we suggest this collection of Recipes with Lentils.
14. Chicken and Jasmine Rice with Bok Choy Recipe
- Ready in: 40 minutes
- Serves: 2
- Cuisine: American
- Method: Stovetop
- Course: Main
- Ingredients: 11
- Calories: 620kcal per serving
Finally, in this collection of recipes with chicken and rice, is this scrumptiously filling recipe made using chopped chicken breast, jasmine rice, garlic, corn starch, and Bok choy among others. This is an easy-to-follow and easy-to-do recipe that has cooking in 3 parts namely the rice, the veggies, and the chicken breast. The veggies and the chicken are finally combined and served over the earlier cooked rice. Green scallions and sesame seeds will be used to garnish the dish.
Conclusion
The foregoing collection of recipes with chicken and rice shows the many recipe ideas available to try out using these two ingredients together. Best of all, the recipes are suitable for busy weeknights and employ a variety of cooking methods such as stovetop, oven, and instant pot.
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