Recipe: Tasty Garlic lime chicken and rice

Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Garlic lime chicken and rice. Bone-in chicken works best in slow cookers. The bones help keep the chicken in one piece during the long cooking time. Serve with a tossed green salad or steamed fresh vegetables.

Garlic lime chicken and rice One Pan Chili Lime Chicken and Rice. I am OBSESSED with one pan and one pot meals. Stir in broth, green onion greens, green chilies, lime zest, lime juice, black beans and season with salt and pepper to taste. You can cook Garlic lime chicken and rice using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Garlic lime chicken and rice

  1. Prepare 1 lb of chicken breasts.
  2. It's 1/4 tsp of salt.
  3. Prepare 1/4 tsp of pepper.
  4. It's 1/2 cup of white wine.
  5. Prepare 1 cup of chicken broth.
  6. It's 1/4 of fresh lime juice (about 2 small limes).
  7. Prepare 2 clove of garlic, minced.
  8. It's 2 tbsp of butter.
  9. Prepare 1/2 tsp of dried thyme.
  10. Prepare 1 cup of uncooked instant rice.

Sprinkle spice mixture generously on both sides of chicken breasts. The chicken, rice and beans are all cooked in one pan so the flavor of the chicken gets soaked up into the rice. The rice is also packed with fresh flavors of cilantro and lime and the addition of beans makes this one pot meal complete. In a large resealable plastic bag, combine the lime juice, vinegar, garlic and seasonings; add chicken.

Garlic lime chicken and rice step by step

  1. Spray nonstick pan with cooking spray and heat over medium high..
  2. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Cook in hot pan just until browned..
  3. Meanwhile, spray crock pot with nonstick cooking spray. Add chicken broth, garlic, thyme, and lime juice..
  4. When chicken is golden, add to crock pot..
  5. Deglaze saute pan with wine, then add to crock pot...
  6. Cover and cook on low 5-6 hours or on high 3-4 hours..
  7. During last 20 minutes of cooking time, add rice. Cover and cook until moisture is absorbed..

In a skillet, brown chicken on all sides in oil. I served this Garlic and Lime Cilantro Rice with delicious Tandoori Chicken the other night and it was a perfect marriage of flavors. You can check out the recipe by clicking on the photo below. (It's so tasty!). Another serving idea to go with this delicious garlic and lime cilantro rice is our mint and lime yogurt chicken. Homemade steak fajita bowls with garlic lime rice.