For more easy weeknight meals, you might want to check out our Japanese Chicken Curry, Chinese Chicken Salad, or Chicken Flautas. If I haven’t already made it abundantly clear with my other Historically Hungry series where I tend to talk about food and recipes from the past and put them in historical context, I’m kind of a huge nerd. So while that series focuses on history, working on my American Eats series focuses more on geography and allows me to do a essentially revisit my 5th grade years where we were each required to do a state report on an assigned state in our country. Remember those? So while at first glance, a skillet Lemon Chicken & Rice recipe might not immediately strike you as being from Arkansas, I wanted to include it because Arkansas leads all other states in the production of one ingredient that is very important to Arkansas: rice! It’s their top crop and the most recent statistics I saw indicated that Arkansas produces almost half of all rice in the United States, more than any other state! Our family loves rice and we eat it often, making Mexican rice, cilantro lime rice, or Brazilian white rice to go as sides with whatever we are having for dinner. But I wanted to do something a little different this time around and share a main dish where rice was a key ingredient, rather than just something served on the side. There were a lot of ways I could have gone with an easy rice recipe representing Arkansas in my American Eats series, but since we are in the season of hectic schedules with busy days going back to school and even busier evenings with gymnastics and piano and ice skating lessons, I’ve been doing a lot of sheet pan or skillet meals like sheet pan shrimp fajitas or the homemade hamburger helper cheeseburger pasta skillet that I recently shared. So I thought I would share a one-pot rice dish where the entire meal is made in the same skillet, which means it’s super easy and there is less to clean up at the end of the night. Also, it’s ready in less than 30 minutes, which is always a win in my book!
How to Make Skillet Lemon Chicken & Rice
Making this healthy chicken and rice recipe is simple as can be. While the recipe calls for boneless skinless chicken breasts, you could use chicken thighs if you prefer dark meat. I tend to switch back and forth depending on what I have on hand. The flavors of lemon, garlic, chicken, rice, broccoli, and parmesan come together perfectly and the aroma of this dinner cooking is just wonderful. Best yet, when dinner is over there is only one pan to wash. My family really enjoyed this easy, healthy dinner and the leftovers made a delicious lunch for me the next day as well. Anybody else with me on looking forward to leftovers as lunch rather than a boring old sandwich?
More Delicious Rice Recipes to Try
Cheesy Chicken Broccoli & Rice Casserole Slow Cooker Spicy Steak, Rice, Lentils & Quinoa One Pan Asian Beef & Rice Skillet Taco Stuffed Peppers The BEST Stuffed Peppers Homemade Mexican Rice (aka Spanish Rice) Easy Rice Pilaf with Orzo Pasta Garlic Rice with Fried Egg Creamy Leftover Turkey Wild Rice Soup
More States I Have Visited in my American Eats Series
Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Arkansas • California • Colorado • Connecticut • Delaware • Florida • Georgia • Hawaii • Idaho • Illinois • Indiana • Iowa • Kansas • Kentucky • Louisiana • Maine • Maryland • Massachusetts • Michigan • Minnesota • Mississippi • Missouri • Montana • Nebraska • New Jersey • New York • Oregon • Puerto Rico • South Carolina • South Dakota • Texas • Utah • Wisconsin Let me know what you thought with a comment and rating below. You can also take a picture and tag me on Instagram @houseofnasheats or share it on the Pinterest pin so I can see.
