Weekday Night Chicken and Rice with Kale
Ann says
This is a quick post; similar to the amount of time it took to make this dinner tonight. I have made many a variation on a simple chicken and rice. It can be made very sticky and sumptuous with bone-in and skin-on chicken thighs and white short grain rice and onions….or it can be made healthier and still delicious like I did tonight.
Tomorrow is my last day of clinical EVER. So tonight, I needed something…savory
o_O
Abe says
This would also be delicious with some grated parmesan cheese mixed in at the end. Also, for the uninitiated, clinicals are when they air drop students into hospitals and have them help out and/or follow people around.
Chicken and Rice with Kale
serves 2-4
Ingredients:
About 2 cups of kale, roughly chopped
4 chicken boneless skinless chicken thighs (or whatever you have)
1 cup brown rice
2 1/2 cups chicken stock
salt and pepper to taste
2 tsp coriander (I freshly grind mine, but whatever)
Start out by putting your rice and chicken stock in a pot: bring to a boil and turn the heat down to low. Salt and pepper well. Let it simmer while you cook the following things.
In a large non-stick skillet put a tablespoon of oil and the chicken thighs on medium-high heat. Salt and pepper these, too. Brown them on both sides and remove to a plate.
Add a little more oil to the same pan. Add the kale and toss to coat in the oil. Put in a couple of tablespoons of water and the coriander and cover the skillet. Allow to cook for about 5-10 minutes until wilted and pretty tender.
By now your rice should be nearly completely cooked-just a little al dente. Tear the chicen into pieces and toss it all into the pan with the kale. Toss in the rice and any extra liquid too. If there isn’t any extra liquid, consider adding a little more chicken stock or water at this time. Stir it all together and taste for seasoning. Adjust as needed. Cook this, covered, for about 5 more minutes and stir again, and cover for another couple of minutes. It should be sort of gooey by now. Enjoy!
Sounds easy and delish! Since my b/f and I have been trying to cook more this will be a lovely little recipe to add to our repertoire. (I totally just starred and faved this post on google reader btw ;p)