Dinner ready in 20 minutes! Enjoy this skillet made flavorful chicken served with rice - a delightful meal.
Lemon-Basil Skillet Chicken with Rice
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 20 min
- Ingredients 9
- Servings 4
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon canola oil
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (1 lb)
- Paprika
- 1 1/2 cups hot water
- 1 1/2 cups uncooked instant brown rice
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
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Step1In 10-inch nonstick skillet heat oil over high heat. Sprinkle both sides of chicken breasts with paprika; add to hot skillet. Immediately reduce heat to medium-high; cover and cook 4 minutes.
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Step2Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, place hot water; cover tightly. Heat to boiling. Stir in rice; remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes.
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Step3Turn chicken; cover and cook 4 to 5 minutes longer or until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (170°F). Remove chicken from skillet; place on serving platter. Cover to keep warm.
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Step4In same hot skillet, mix butter, lemon juice, basil and salt. If necessary, return to heat to melt butter.
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Step5Place rice on serving platter; arrange chicken over rice. Spoon butter mixture over chicken.
Nutrition
330
Calories
11g
Total Fat
28g
Protein
32g
Total Carbohydrate
0g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 330
- Calories from Fat
- 90
- Total Fat
- 11g
- 16%
- Saturated Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 23%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 85mg
- 28%
- Sodium
- 270mg
- 11%
- Potassium
- 210mg
- 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 32g
- 11%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 7%
- Sugars
- 0g
- Protein
- 28g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 6%
- 6%
Exchanges:
2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 3 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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