Leftover Rice - Rice and Chicken Dutch Oven Bake

 

I talk about making food for the week, well this was leftover night. Let's try something new.

 

I took out 4 chicken breasts from the freezer and cut them in half because they were so thick.

I put them in my hot Dutch oven to sear the outside. I sprinkled garlic, chicken bouillon, chili powder, and fresh ground pepper over the chicken.

 

After the chicken breasts were seared, I took them out (not fully cooked) and put the leftover Spanish rice in the seasoning-coated Dutch over. I placed the chicken over the rice and topped with a little bit of cheese. Put the lid on, drop the heat to low and let cook, covered, for about 15 minutes. Use a meat thermometer to check the chicken. Then serve!

I took a picture of the rice with the seasoned side up. It's not burned at all, it's the seasonings from the chicken searing that come off and cook into the rice. The flavor was out of this world. Even my 4 year old, who hates rice, ate all of her dinner!