One Pot Rice with Chicken. We took loose inspiration from Hainanese chicken rice to create this weeknight-friendly dish that retains the comforting and fragrant qualities of the beloved original. Chinese chicken and rice - a one pot wonder! Hands up everyone who would make fried rice more often but you never seem to have day old cooked rice when the craving hits?

I just adore these one pot meals! More simplicity and less dishes to wash is my kind of dinner. I wanted a traditional chicken and rice recipe that I could work with. You can have One Pot Rice with Chicken using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of One Pot Rice with Chicken

1. Prepare 4 Tbsp of Vegetable Oil.
2. It's 2 lbs of Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts.
3. It's 1 of Onion, diced.
4. You need 1 of Green Bell Pepper, diced.
5. You need 3 Cloves of Garlic, sliced.
6. Prepare 2 cups of Long Grain White Rice.
7. You need 1 cup of Crushed Tomatoes.
8. It's 1-1/2 cups of halved black pitted olives.
9. It's 4 cups of Chicken Broth.
10. Prepare of Fresh Chopped Chives, Parsley or Cilantro.

I stuck pretty close to her recipe for my own one pot chicken and rice. I had to make a few tweaks to suit my own tastes. If there's one thing we find magical about Instant Pots, it's how quickly and perfectly they cook chicken and rice. The rice is the perfect texture and the chicken is insanely tender.

One Pot Rice with Chicken step by step

1. Add the oil to a large skillet preheated over medium high heat..
2. Add the diced chicken to the hot pan, season it with salt and pepper and let it cook for about 5-8 minutes until your chickendevelops a golden brown color on all sides..
3. Add the onion, pepper and cook them for about 5-7 minutes or until they begin to soften..
4. Add the garlic and cook for one more minute, stirring constantly. Be careful to not burn your garlic..
5. Add the rice, tomatoes, olives and chicken broth to the pan, stir and bring it to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover and cookfor about 20-25 minutes or until the rice is fully cooked..
6. Top with chives and enjoy!.

Super simple and satisfying Hainanese chicken rice: juicy steamed chicken and ginger garlic rice cooked in the same pot. Have you ever had Hainanese chicken rice before? Are you as obsessed with it as I am? I'm guessing the answer is no because I have a lifelong, deep obsession with. This One Pot Chicken and Rice recipe is an easy-to-make, delicious and family-friendly meal.