🍚 Garlic Chicken Rice

Rice sauteed with chicken breast and golden garlic, with a touch of paprika. A complete meal in 20 minutes.
⏱️ 20 min🍽️ 2 servings👩🍳 Easy🔥 603 calories per serving💪 46 g protein per serving
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked (about 7 oz / 200 g) rice
- 10.5 oz (300 g), 2 breasts chicken breast
- 2 1/4 tsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- to taste salt
- to taste black pepper
- 1 tsp (optional) sweet paprika
How to make it, step by step
- Bring water with a pinch of salt to a boil and cook the rice for the time indicated on the package; drain.
- Meanwhile, cut the chicken breasts into cubes or strips.
- Heat the olive oil in a skillet and brown the minced garlic.
- Add the chicken, season with salt and pepper, and cook 8-10 minutes until cooked through and golden.
- Add the cooked rice to the skillet and mix everything for 2-3 minutes; add a teaspoon of sweet paprika if you want more flavor.
- Serve hot.
Recipe by Aina S., from the CestaChef community.
Nutrition facts (per serving)
603
calories
46 g
protein
68 g
carbs
15 g
fat
Values are approximate.
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