Chicken is considered a dietary meat, so dishes with it are preferable for those who care about their health. In the oven, chicken and rice can be cooked in different ways, in any case, you get a healthy and tasty main dish or a hearty, but not heavy dinner.
Classic recipe
This recipe for chicken and rice in the oven contains only the simplest ingredients and the main products in it will be, in fact, chicken and rice cereal. To this dish you can submit any salad or just vegetables. You can sprinkle with chopped fresh herbs.
Products:
- 1 whole chicken;
- 120 grams of rice (better to take long grain);
- 5 cloves of garlic;
- 100 g of any plant oils (ideal olive);
- 40 grams of soy sauce;
- 20 g of salt and pepper;
- herbs, which like more - the taste of the one who prepares the dish.
Cooking time: 1.5 hours
Caloric value for 100 g dishes: 230 kcal.
Garlic is peeled, washed, cut very finely. Rice must be cooked so that it is crumbly and does not stick together in one solid mass.
The chicken is washed, remove excess veinlets and entrails. In a small deep bowl, mix the butter with herbs, garlic, pepper, salt and soy sauce.
This mixture needs to rub the entire surface of the chicken inside and out.
Then rice is placed inside the bird. The carcass outlet needs to be stapled with threads or toothpicks so that the porridge does not fall out during the cooking process.
Chicken put on a baking sheet and cover with foil. The oven must be turned on 180 degrees and the bird should be sent there for half an hour. Then get the dish, open the foil, pour the rest of the sauce on the carcass and send it back for another 30 minutes.
Recipe for chicken baked with rice and vegetables
A side dish for chicken is rice with vegetables. All products are baked together in the oven, which allows them to soak in the aroma and juice of each other. This dish is not too high in calories and can be a great light dinner.
Products:
- 400 g chicken breast;
- 250 grams of rice (long grain);
- 80 grams of green peas;
- 350 ml of drinking filtered or mineral water;
- 150 g tomatoes (ripe, but strong);
- 100 g of pepper (any, but it will be more interesting to look green, orange or yellow);
- 200 g carrots;
- 6 g of salt and any plant. oils;
- 2 g pepper and curry.
The time spent on cooking dishes: 1 h 15 min.
Caloric content per 100 g: 100.5 kcal.
Breast should be washed and cut into small cubes, about 1 cm in size. Cut tomatoes and peppers in the same way. Carrot coarsely rubbed.
Wash rice and cook in 350 ml of water. Then fold the porridge into a colander and wait for the liquid to drain. Grease the form in which the dish will be baked.
All products mix and put bake for 40 minutes in the oven, turned on 180 degrees. Chicken, baked with rice and vegetables in the oven can be sprinkled with chopped greens.
Chicken with rice and corn in a pot
A dish cooked in a pot will have a special taste and will decorate the table. When cooking, the pot should be closed with a lid. It can be made from dough - the same as that used for dumplings.
Products:
- 1 kg of chicken meat;
- 2 pcs. carrots and onions;
- 400 grams of corn;
- 230 grams of rice (better than white, long grain);
- about 10 g of salt (according to taste preferences);
- 2 g of pepper;
- 1 tsp. paprika;
- 25 ml of any plant oils;
- 0, 5 l of water.
Cooking time: 1.5 hours
Calories per 100 g: 135 kcal.
Rice with corn and chicken in a pot in the oven is easy to prepare. The liquid from the jar of corn is drained. Onions and carrots are finely cut (carrots can be grated) and fried a little in oil in a pan, then rice (not cooked, previously washed) and corn are laid out there as well.
Products are mixed so that the rice is soaked with oil. Then the pan is set aside from the plate.
Chicken meat is cut into not too big pieces. They need to roll on all sides in a mixture of paprika and salt with pepper.
Then equal portions of rice are put in pots, a chicken is placed on top, and the whole thing is poured with water. The dishes are covered with lids and the dish is sent to be baked for an hour in an oven with an exposed temperature of 200 degrees.
Lazy rice with chicken in the oven
Another simple recipe with a minimum of ingredients. The basis of the dish is chicken and rice, but you do not need to stuff the carcass - here you use wings, thighs, drumsticks or bird fillets (you can choose from several different parts).
Products:
- 300 grams of rice (it is better to stop the choice on the long-grain steamed)
- 600 ml of water (products need to be filled with hot water);
- 1,200 g chicken meat;
- 50 g plums. oils;
- 10 g of salt (it is better to take the sea, and the amount can be changed in accordance with the preferences);
- 1 tsp. Paprika, you can also add about 2 grams of pepper.
Cooking time: 1 hour
Caloric content per 100 g: 145 kcal.
Rice should be well washed, put in a baking dish in an even layer (it is better to choose dishes with high enough sides). Chicken pieces are washed, then dried (for example, with napkins or a paper towel) and rubbed with spices (paprika, salt, pepper, but others can be added).
Meat spread on rice, distributing in between pieces of butter. Hot water is poured into the dishes.
The temperature at which you want to turn on the oven is 200 degrees. Half an hour the dish is prepared under the foil and another half an hour - without it.
Chicken recipe stuffed with rice and dried fruit
This original, exquisite recipe is worthy to cook it for a holiday.
Products:
- 1 whole chicken (about 1.5-2 kg in weight);
- 1 tbsp. rice (for this recipe is better to take long grain);
- 100 g of dried fruits (dried apricots, prunes, raisins, you can even use figs);
- 1 orange;
- 1 tbsp. l drain oils;
- herbs (dill, cilantro) and spices (salt, pepper) - according to preferences;
- 1 tsp honey (better to take liquid).
Time spent: 1.5-2 hours.
Caloric value for 100 g dishes: 245 kcal.
How to cook chicken stuffed with rice in the oven? Consider in detail. Before cooking dried fruits, it is better to hold them in a strong tea brew. Rice is boiled in 150 ml of water (until it is half cooked). Then the excess water is drained.
The top (colored) part of the orange skin is rubbed on a grated, and juice is squeezed from one half. Rice, dried fruit, zest and orange juice (leave some juice for the subsequent lubrication of the carcass), spices, herbs and butter (it can be melted a little before that for easier mixing) mix in a deep container.
Chicken rubbed with salt and pepper over the entire surface. Inside put rice. The edges of the hole pinned with toothpicks or secured with thread.
Breast up the chicken is placed on a baking sheet or in the sleeve for baking, or wrapped in foil. Oven include 190 degrees, bake the dish for 45 minutes.
Then you need to remove the foil or open the sleeve and grease the bird with orange juice and honey sauce. After that, it bakes another 10-15 minutes.
Rice and chicken casserole in the oven
For a tasty and flavorful casserole of chicken and rice, you will need minced chicken.
Products:
- 400 grams of rice (you can take both round and long grain);
- 1 pc. onion, pepper and tomato;
- 30 grams of yogurt (without additives and not fat);
- 200 g of minced chicken;
- 30 ml rast. oils (better than olive);
- 50 ml of soy sauce;
- 50 g of kefir (1%);
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 15 g of pepper and special seasoning for chicken dishes;
- 70 grams of cheese (it is better to take not too hard variety).
Time spent: 50 min.
Caloric value for 100 g of a product: 218 kcal.
The rice is boiled and then washed. Onions, tomatoes and peppers are cut into half rings. Yogurt, kefir and soy sauce mixed with garlic and spices.
The baking sheet is covered with foil (it needs to be greased with oil), on which the rice is laid out in an even layer (it is better to take the dishes with small sides). Then comes a layer of minced meat, then - vegetables. Everything is poured sauce.
Coarsely grated cheese is sprinkled on top. Baked at 180 degrees dish for 30-40 minutes. When it is ready, you can sprinkle any chopped greens on top.
Tips from experienced chefs
When baking whole chicken with rice in the oven, it should not be stuffed too tightly. Better to put leftover rice around it. Before you start cooking, it is better to dry the carcass with paper napkins.
Too many hanging skins, a large number of veins and fat deposits - all this needs to get rid of before cooking.
To check whether the meat is ready, it can be pierced with a fork or a toothpick - if a clear juice is extracted, it means that the dish has been sufficiently baked.
It’s not as difficult to bake a chicken as a whole or in slices. But it is better to start with easier recipes, in which fillet pieces or separate parts of the bird are used.
Another recipe for delicious chicken is in the next video.
