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Oven Baked Chicken and Creamy Rice

5 minutes prep, the creamiest rice you've ever tasted with flavour filled chicken. Serve it up with some greens and you've got the easiest and yummiest dinner sorted!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time50 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Dairy Free, Gluten Free

Ingredients

  • 1 1/4 cup of water
  • 400 ml can coconut milk
  • 3/4 cup white rice
  • 1/4 tsp Paprika
  • 2 tsp Garlic powder
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 4 Chicken Breasts
  • Coriander or parsley to garnish optional

Chicken Spice Rub

  • 1/2 tsp ground paprika
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • olive oil

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 200C and lightly grease a baking dish
  • Add rice, coconut milk, water, 1/4 tsp paprika and 2 tsp garlic powder to baking dish, stirring well to combine.
  • Lightly coat chicken with olive oil and rub with 1/2 tsp each of paprika, garlic and 1 tsp of cumin.
  • Place chicken on top of rice, cover dish with foil and bake for 45minutes. Remove foil and bake another 5-10 if it looks really liquidy. Remove from oven and let stand for 5minutes then stir the rice before serving.