Recipe - Chicken and Wild Rice Bake

 

Yesterday I totally fell off the grid when it came to being on-line.  I didn't blog or reply to messenger at all.  Too many things to do including a mammogram.  Today I thought I would share a new recipe I made last week that turned out pretty good.  

4 Chicken Thighs, bone-in and skin on
1 1/2 cup of Wild Rice
1 cup fresh green beans
1 can of Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 to 2 cups chicken broth
2 cups of sliced Mushrooms
2 garlic cloves, diced
A pinch or two of Herbs de Provence
Salt & Pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 400

Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper on both sides. Heat a skillet over medium heat with 1 tbsp of vegetable oil. Add chicken thighs, skin side down, and cook for 4-5 minutes. Flip and cook for another 4-5 minutes, or until golden brown and cooked through. Set aside. Brown mushrooms.

Spray an oven-safe dish with cooking spray. Add rice and sliced mushrooms to the dish. In a mixing bowl, combine cream of mushroom soup with a small amount of chicken broth to thin it slightly.

Pour the soup mixture over the rice and mushrooms, stirring to combine. Place the green beans on top of the rice. Place the cooked chicken thighs on top of the green beans. Add more chicken stock if needed to ensure the rice is moist.

Cover the dish with a lid or foil. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until the rice is cooked through and the chicken is heated. Check the rice after 30 minutes and stir to ensure even cooking.

Remove the dish from the oven. Let it rest for a few minutes before serving.

FEW NOTES - Now I always make a new recipe exactly as given but now I will make some changes for the next time.  I couldn't find the Herbs de Provence so I changed it to a pinch of summer savory and that really added a nice touch.  I think just wild rice is too much wild rice and plan on using a mix of wild and perhaps regular rice.  Hubby liked the wild rice, DD not so much, so perhaps a mix will do better.  Anyway, although the instructions look long, it really isn't and is a very nice dish to serve in winter months. 

Have a lovely day!