Description
A flavorful comfort food dish featuring tender chicken, fluffy rice, and bright lemon, perfect for busy weeknights.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 pounds chicken breasts
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup long-grain white rice
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest (fresh is best!)
- 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
- Add the diced onion to the skillet and sauté for about 3-4 minutes, until softened and translucent.
- Stir in the minced garlic and cook for another 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
- Transfer the cooked onion and garlic mixture to the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Place the chicken breasts on top of the onion and garlic mixture.
- Sprinkle the dried thyme, dried rosemary, lemon zest, salt, and black pepper evenly over the chicken breasts.
- Add the uncooked rice around the chicken in the slow cooker.
- Pour the chicken broth over the rice and chicken, ensuring the rice is submerged in the liquid.
- Drizzle the fresh lemon juice over everything in the slow cooker.
- Cover the slow cooker with the lid and set it to cook on low for 3-4 hours or high for 1.5-2 hours, until the chicken is fully cooked and the rice is tender.
- Once cooking time is complete, remove the chicken breasts from the slow cooker and set them aside.
- Stir in the frozen peas into the rice and broth mixture, allowing them to warm through.
- Shred or slice the chicken breasts and return them to the slow cooker, mixing everything together.
- Gently stir the mixture to combine the chicken, rice, peas, and broth.
- Taste and adjust seasoning with additional salt or pepper if needed.
- Sprinkle the chopped fresh parsley over the top just before serving.
- Serve hot, ensuring each plate gets a portion of both chicken and rice.
Notes
You can swap out the chicken for turkey or use vegetable broth for a vegetarian twist.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 180 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 800mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 2g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 40g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 40g
- Cholesterol: 100mg