SPECIAL ONE POT CHICKEN AND RICE WITH PEAS AND CARROTS

SPECIAL ONE POT CHICKEN AND RICE WITH PEAS AND CARROTS

INGREDIENTS:

  • 4 chicken breasts, bone-in, skin on, split (about 10-12 ounces each)
  • Salt & pepper, to taste
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 1 onion, chopped medium
  • ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1½ cups long grain white rice
  • 3½ cups low sodium chicken broth
  • ½ cup dry white wine
  • 1  (10-ounce) package peas and carrots
  • 4 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded (about 1 cup)
  • Lemon wedges for serving

DIRECTIONS:

Pat the chicken dry with paper towels, then season with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a large Dutch oven over medium high heat until just smoking. Add the chicken, skin side down, and cook until golden, about 5 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a plate, leaving the fat in the pot. Add the onion, red pepper flakes and 1/2 teaspoon salt to the fat in the pot and place over medium heat. Cook, scraping up any browned bits, until the onion is softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the garlic, and cook until fragrant, about 15 seconds. Stir in the rice and cook until the edges turn translucent, about 3 minutes. Stir in the broth and the wine and bring to a simmer. Return the chicken to the pot, skin-side up. Cover, and reduce the heat to low, and cook until the chicken is fully cooked through and registers 160 on an instant read thermometer, about 25 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a serving platter. Pat the peas and carrots dry, then stir into the rice …

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