Super Easy Chicken and Rice

I enjoy this recipe for its simplicity and because my entire family loves it AND because it is still a great, nutritious meal!

Items Needed-

Chicken leg quarters

Rice

Water

Salt

Seasonings to suit you...I like granulated garlic.

Select a glass baking pan large enough to hold how ever many servings you are making.

Preheat oven to 350 f

For the rice, decide how much and what kind you are making. Add the appropriate amount of hot tap water to the pan, add salt, and then stir in the rice.

You can leave the leg quarters whole or divide them into thighs and drumsticks. White rice cooks faster than brown rice, so maybe for white rice divide the chicken pieces, but for brown rice, leave the leg quarters intact. Simply place the raw chicken pieces one layer deep and not touching each other into the rice water mixture. Sprinkle with salt and garlic granules or whatever spices you like on your rice. Put pan in oven. The juices of the cooking chicken soak into the rice, which is why we like using the dark meat instead of white meat. Cook until the chicken is done and the rice has absorbed the liquid. With a 5 serving portion, it usually takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes or so. Check at an hour so you can start watching it.

It takes about two minutes of prep to make this dish...the rest is just waiting for it to cook. You can bake a squash in another pan and it will cook in about the same amount of time, so there is your veggie!

Tweak the recipe to make it your own, and enjoy!