Dreaming of the Islands Chicken and Rice
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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5-6
ingredients
- 4 lbs chicken pieces (give or take)
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons sea salt, divided
- 3⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper, divided
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1 cup long-grain rice, uncooked
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth
- 1 (13 1/2 ounce) can coconut milk
- 3⁄4 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
- 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 4 green onions, chopped diagonally
- 1 (3 1/2 ounce) jar macadamia nuts, toasted and chopped
- fresh pineapple (optional)
directions
- Sprinkle chicken evenly with 1 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
- Brown chicken in hot oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat for 8-10 minutes on each side. Removed chicken from skillet and drain, reserving 1 tablespoons of drippings in skillet.
- Add butter and melt, stirring to loosen particles from bottom of skillet; add onion and saute a few minutes. Add the rice and saute about 4 minutes; add garlic and saute about 1 more minute. Stir in the broth, coconut milk, pineapple juice and crushed red pepper. Return chicken to skillet. Sprinkle the rest of salt and pepper and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer about 30 minutes, or until the rice is tender.
- Fluff the rice with a fork and sprinkle with the green onions and nuts. Garnish, if desired.
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Reviews
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So sorry to mess up your stars, but we just didn't find this exciting at all. In fact, I'm questioning whether I could have done something wrong! It wasn't sweet at all, and although the rice had a mildly spicy flavor, we found the chicken completely bland. The only thing I changed was to leave out the nuts, as my hubby doesn't like them. Thanks anyway for sharing the recipe! We won't be trying this one again.
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I won't rate this because, thanks to the picky eaters in my house, I had to leave out most of the seasonings, even the pepper and such, so the dish came out a bit bland. I can say though, that I really liked the nice nutty flavor of the rice and macademia nutes, but had hoped for more coconut and pineapple flavor...you couldn't taste them at all.
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