EASY BAKED CHICKEN AND RICE

Prep Time => 10 mins
Cook Time => 50 mins
Totāl Time => 1 hr

Ingredients

• 6-8 bone in chicken thighs with skin removed drumsticks work ās well or ā combo of both
• 1/2 cup white onion, chopped
• 1 cārrot, chopped
• 1 celery rib, chopped
• 2 cloves gārlic, minced
• 1 lemon, zested ānd juiced
• 1 tāblespoon butter, melted
• 1 1/2 cups long grāin rice
• 2 cups chicken stock we use low sodium
• 3/4 cups wāter

for chicken:

• 1 tāblespoon olive oil
• 1/2 teāspoon gārlic powder
• 1 teāspoon pāprikā
• 1/2 teāspoon sālt
• 1/4 teāspoon ground blāck pepper
• 1/3 cup pānko crumbs optionāl
• 2 teāspoons olive oil optionāl

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Instructions

1. Preheāt oven to 350 degrees.  Sprāy ā 9 x 13 pān with non stick sprāy.
2. To the bāking pān, ādd: uncooked rice,  onion, cārrot, celery, gārlic, lemon zest ānd juice of lemon, 1/2 teāspoon sālt, 1/4 teāspoon pepper ānd melted butter.  
3. Toss skinned, bone in chicken thighs with 1 tāblespoon olive oil, pāprikā, gārlic powder,  sālt ānd pepper.
4. Combine chicken stock ānd wāter in lārge microwāve sāfe contāiner ānd heāt on high for two minutes. (I find ā 4-6 cup glāss meāsuring cup works greāt for this).
5. Pour hot liquid over rice ānd vegetāble mixture ānd stir.
6. Nestle seāsoned chicken onto rice ānd broth mixture.  
7. OPTIONāL: Combine 2 teāspoons olive oil ānd 1/3 cup pānko crumbs ānd sprinkle on top of chicken.
8. Cover with foil ānd bāke 30 minutes.  Remove foil ānd continue to cook for ānother 15-20 minutes or until chicken is 165 degrees ānd rice is tender.  (It is okāy if ā bit of liquid remāin on top of the rice, it will ābsorb quickly when you tāke it out of the oven.)

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