Skip to main content

365: Day 219


8/8/13: Scoop it in and pour it out.
Over and over and over.

*****
Cook's Notes: I am exhausted so I opted for a simple yet delicious dinner for tonight. This recipe is adapted from Mark Bittman's "Minimalist" column (New York Times), posted on Dinner: A Love Story. Derek is working so I'm going to enjoy this while watching one of my new favorite series, "Orange is the New Black" on Netflix!

DINNER: A LOVE STORY

Chicken and Rice

CATEGORIES
 one-pot, chicken

INGREDIENTS

    • 2 cups chicken broth
    • 3 tablespoons olive oil
    • 2 medium onions, about 8 ounces, peeled and sliced
    • salt and pepper
    • 2 chicken breasts cut into bite size pieces
    • 1 1/2 cups white rice (such as long-grain, jasmine or basmati - brown rice takes longer to tenderize and you don’t want to overcook your chicken)
    • 1 cup frozen peas, added at the end (optional)
    • handful herbs, chopped
    • juice from 1/2 a lemon

INSTRUCTIONS

    1. Bring broth and one cup of water to a boil. While you are waiting for it to boil, add olive oil to a large skillet (that has a lid) set over medium-high heat. Add onions, salt and pepper. Cook until onions soften, about 4 minutes.
    2. Add rice to the pan and stir until each grain is covered in oil. Nestle chicken in rice, add salt and pepper, then pour in the broth (or water). Reduce heat to medium-low and cover.
    3. Cook 20 minutes, until all water is absorbed and chicken is cooked through. Garnish with parsley and a squeeze of lemon.
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Silas' Blog

Well it's been a busy 3 years since I last posted! Stay tuned as we may have more posts coming now that it looks like I have a new contributor... Silas recently read a book called "Starting Your Own Blog", and now he is bound and determined for us to let him start his own blog! We convinced him that he should start out by drafting content and a posting calendar. We made templates this morning and he wrote his first "post" today!
4 comments
Read more

Food Prep

We recently bought a house and moved about 20 miles outside of Boston. One of the changes that came along with a new commute and work schedule is that I have started making dinner for the kids every night, instead of just Friday-Sunday (Julia, our wonderful long-time nanny, historically fed them dinner Monday-Thursday). Derek and I still have opposite work schedules, which means that I have the kids without him 5-6 nights/week. In order to make healthy meals AND pack lunches while flying solo, at a minimum I need to have a well-stocked fridge and basic menu plan for the week. Even better is when I can get some cooking and/or food prep done on Sunday. Before I go to the gym on Sunday mornings I usually peruse some recipes in search of culinary inspiration. Today I came across a recipe that caught my eye on Budget Bytes . I was planning on hitting Trader Joe's after the gym, so I picked up the frozen roasted corn that is the cornerstone of this recipe. The first part of my foo...
Post a Comment
Read more

Auntie Tracy's Visit

Tracy is one of my best friends, but I haven't seen her in person in two years ! This means that I hadn't met her daughter, Brynn, who turns 2 in June. I was sooooooooo excited when I found out that Tracy and Brynn would be visiting Tracy's sister, Timery this weekend. We decided to meet at Mall Tots  again so that the kids could run around and we could catch up. It's a 45 minute drive and it was a beautiful day, so the kids were hunkered down with sunglasses, snack and stuffed animals on the ride up. Zoe and Brynn initially got acquainted in the bouncy house, And then Zoe pushed her around in a car.   Of course my kids (and husband!) had plenty of distraction with the video games too. We packed up the kids and then had lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings before heading back home. Timery and Tracy are like sisters to me. What a fantastic day!!!  
Post a Comment
Read more