Description

This satisfying meal uses only one baking dish and is made entirely in the oven. There is no need to dirty extra pans to make the rice on the stove top. It's comfort food at its best with yummy, garlicky rice and tender chicken.

Ingredients

• 5 chicken thigh fillets, bone in, skinless (or drumsticks with skin on with same cooking time and temp)
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 large cloves garlic, minced
• 2 T. butter or olive oil
• 1 1/2 c. long grain white rice*
• 1 1/2 c. warmed chicken broth/stock
• 1 1/4 c. hot water
• Chicken Rub:
• 1 t. paprika
• 1 t. dried thyme
• 1/2 t. garlic powder
• 1/2 t. onion powder
• 3/4 t. salt
• black pepper

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Scatter onion and garlic in a 10 x 15 inch baking dish; place butter in the center. Bake for 15 minutes, checking at 12 minutes, mix if some bits are browning too much.
3. Meanwhile, mix together Chicken Rub ingredients; rub on both sides of the chicken.